Hopkins Elementary School

What this school is

• Spanish Dual Language Immersion (DLI) — a cohort, not schoolwide. DLI students spend half the day learning in Spanish and half in English, entering in kindergarten and continuing each year. Other students follow the regular English program (GCPS DLI page). GCPS’s list of DLI continuation middle schools does not name one for this program — ask GCPS World Languages which middle school continues this DLI path.
• Specials — Art, Music, Physical Education, Spanish, Health, Computer Science and Reading Enrichment (school School Information page).
• STEM and community — a Drone Club, a school science fair and an on-site community clothing and food bank (GCPS school profile).
• 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.

How families get in

Type: Zoned GCPS elementary school — assigned by home address (not a lottery or application school), with DLI seats filled by application.

• Next step (GCPS Berkmar cluster page): Berkmar Middle School. Confirm your address with GCPS before buying or renting for a school.
• DLI seats: families of rising kindergartners apply through GCPS’s DLI application, and seats are filled by lottery. GCPS says DLI schools may consider transfers if slots are not filled by zoned students and families provide transportation — application windows change, so check the GCPS DLI page.
• Pre-K: the GCPS directory lists Pre-K at this school; enrollment is separate from K–5 zoning — ask the school or GCPS Early Learning.
• 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); DLI lottery odds: Not publicly available.

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Who it tends to fit

Students

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

• Hispanic ≈ 87% · Black ≈ 8% · Asian ≈ 5% · hidden by GaDOE (small counts): White, Two or more, plus other very small groups
• Total enrollment about 1,100 students (GCPS directory, rounded)
• Student mix score: 23.4 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. Several groups are hidden in the GaDOE report for this school, so treat the score as approximate.

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

Dickens Road in Lilburn. GCPS buses serve students who live in the attendance zone; stop and time details are listed in ParentVUE (GCPS Transportation). DLI transfer families provide their own transportation. Families attending through a permissive transfer are responsible for arranging transportation. GCPS does not provide regular transportation for permissive transfers.

Compare before you commit

• Minor Elementary SchoolAlso feeds Berkmar Middle (Berkmar cluster)
• Gwinnett Online CampusGCPS online school (grades K–12) — a full-time online alternative to a zoned campus

Questions to ask on a tour

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

What to do next

1. 1.Confirm your address is zoned for Hopkins 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.