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Gwin Oaks Elementary School

Zoned GCPS elementary school in Lawrenceville — seats are assigned by home address in the Gwin Oaks attendance zone of the Brookwood cluster.

  • Grades: K–5
  • How to get in: Zoned by home address
  • Cluster: Brookwood
  • Area: Lawrenceville
  • Student mix: 76.8 / 100

Gwin Oaks Elementary is a zoned elementary school in the Brookwood cluster; students go on to Five Forks Middle School, then Brookwood High School. The GCPS school profile describes a chorus that performs in the community, a student broadcast team and two robotics teams. Visit and ask questions before treating any ranking or reputation claim as a fit guarantee.

400 Gwin Oaks Drive, Lawrenceville, GA 30044

Official starting points

  • School site: gwinoakses.gcpsk12.org
  • Zoning: GCPS Brookwood cluster page and GCPS permissive transfers
  • GCPS school profile: gcpsk12.org › School Profiles › Gwin Oaks Elementary School
  • State data: GaDOE CCRPI at ccrpi.gadoe.org and GOSA Georgia School Grades Report

GCPS district:678-301-6000 (main)678-301-7085 (Planning, attendance boundaries)Find My School

What this school is

  • Chorus and arts — chorus performances and student art in GCPS Tapestry and the Brookwood Cluster Art Fair.
  • Student broadcast team and two robotics teams (GCPS school profile).
  • Jr. Beta Club service projects.
  • Gifted (FOCUS) — GCPS elementary gifted services for students who qualify; each school chooses the settings (resource, cluster, advanced content) (GCPS FOCUS page). Ask how FOCUS is delivered here.

Test scores and state ratings are not reproduced here — check GaDOE CCRPI and GOSA directly. Rankings: Not publicly available in this guide.

Principal

Wendy McDonald

School details

Address
400 Gwin Oaks Drive, Lawrenceville, GA 30044
  • School hours: 7:45 AM – 2:45 PM (school-published hours). GCPS directory lists 8:15 AM – 2:45 PM. Confirm the current student bell schedule directly with Gwin Oaks.
  • Source: School site; GCPS directory and school profile. Hours: school site and GCPS directory.

How families get in

Type: Zoned GCPS elementary school — assigned by home address (not a lottery or application school).

  • Next step (GCPS Brookwood cluster page): Five Forks Middle School. Confirm your address with GCPS before buying or renting for a school.
  • Living elsewhere in Gwinnett: a permissive transfer is possible only if the school is on GCPS’s current transfer list. Approvals are capacity-based and must be renewed each year — see GCPS permissive transfers.
  • Admit rate: Not applicable (zoned school).

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Who it tends to fit

A good match when

  • You live in the Gwin Oaks zone and want your child to move on to Five Forks Middle School with neighborhood classmates.
  • Your child is interested in chorus, broadcasting or robotics.

Think twice when

  • You live outside the zone and need a guaranteed transfer seat.

Students

Race/ethnicity mix (GaDOE FTE enrollment count; approximate percentages, not a ranking):

  • Hispanic ≈ 26% · Black ≈ 25% · Asian ≈ 22% · White ≈ 22% · Two or more ≈ 4% · other groups hidden (very small)
  • Total enrollment about 1,100 students (GCPS directory, rounded)
  • Student mix score: 76.8 out of 100 (Gwinnett County overall: 72.9) — the chance that two randomly chosen students are from different racial/ethnic groups; 0 = all one group, higher = more mixed. This guide’s own calculation, 100 × (1 − Σ group share²), from GaDOE enrollment counts — not an official GCPS or state rating, and it does not reflect income or education.

Source: Georgia Department of Education, FTE Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity and Gender. Percentages are rounded and may not total 100. For official Georgia accountability, use GaDOE CCRPI and the GOSA School Grades Report.

Location and daily life

Gwin Oaks Drive in Lawrenceville. GCPS buses serve students who live in the attendance zone; stop and time details are listed in ParentVUE (GCPS Transportation). Families attending through a permissive transfer are responsible for arranging transportation. GCPS does not provide regular transportation for permissive transfers.

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Questions to ask on a tour

  1. 1.How is gifted (FOCUS) service delivered here — resource classes, cluster classes or advanced content?
  2. 2.Which specials (art, music, PE, STEM, computer science, languages) does each grade rotate through?
  3. 3.How does the school help a child who needs extra support in reading or math?
  4. 4.Which before- and after-school care options operate on campus or offer pickup from the school?
  5. 5.How does the school communicate with families (ParentVUE, ParentSquare, newsletters)?

What to do next

  1. 1.Confirm your address is zoned for Gwin Oaks Elementary School using the GCPS cluster pages.
  2. 2.Check GaDOE CCRPI and the GOSA School Grades Report for official school data.
  3. 3.Tour the school and ask about the programs that matter to your child.
  4. 4.Register through GCPS Online Registration.