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Jordan Middle School

Zoned GCPS middle school in Lawrenceville — seats are assigned by home address in the Jordan zone of the Central Gwinnett cluster.

  • Grades: 6–8
  • How to get in: Zoned by home address
  • Cluster: Central Gwinnett
  • Area: Lawrenceville (central Gwinnett)
  • Student mix: 55.6 / 100

Jordan Middle is a zoned middle school in the Central Gwinnett cluster; students go on to Central Gwinnett High School. It is one of the smaller GCPS middle schools; the directory lists about 750 students. Visit and ask questions before treating any ranking or reputation claim as a fit guarantee.

8 Village Way, Lawrenceville, GA 30046

Official starting points

  • School site: jordanms.gcpsk12.org
  • Zoning: GCPS Central Gwinnett cluster page and GCPS permissive transfers
  • GCPS school profile: gcpsk12.org › School Profiles › Jordan Middle 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

  • Fine arts — the GCPS profile reports orchestra, band and choral students performing at GMEA evaluation.
  • STEM activities — the profile mentions a robotics team, a school science fair and a STEAM Night.
  • Gifted services — the profile reports that the share of students qualifying for gifted services increased.
  • Gifted (PROBE) — GCPS middle schools offer gifted classes in math, science, social studies and language arts for students who qualify, placed by area of strength (GCPS PROBE page). Ask which subjects are offered here.

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

Principal

Hunter McRae

School details

Address
8 Village Way, Lawrenceville, GA 30046
  • School hours: 8:45 AM – 4:00 PM (school-published student hours; instruction begins 9:15 AM). GCPS directory lists 9:20 AM – 4:00 PM. Confirm the current student bell schedule directly with Jordan.
  • Source: School site; GCPS directory and school profile. Hours: school site (General Information page) and GCPS directory

How families get in

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

  • Feeder elementary schools (GCPS Central Gwinnett cluster page): Jenkins Elementary School and Simonton Elementary School. Confirm your address with GCPS before buying or renting for a school.
  • Next step: students go on to Central Gwinnett High 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).

Never treat social media dates as official.

Who it tends to fit

A good match when

  • You live in the Jordan zone (Jenkins or Simonton elementary feeders).
  • You want a smaller middle school.
  • Your student wants robotics, orchestra, band or chorus.

Think twice when

  • You want the elective menu that can come with a larger enrollment — ask about Connections options.
  • 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 ≈ 49% · Black ≈ 44% · White ≈ 6% · hidden by GaDOE (small counts): Asian, Two or more, plus other very small groups
  • Total enrollment about 750 students (GCPS directory, rounded)
  • Student mix score: 55.6 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

Village Way 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.Which Connections classes are offered in each grade?
  2. 2.How are students placed in gifted (PROBE), accelerated or advanced classes?
  3. 3.How do new students find clubs, teams and a friend group in the first weeks?
  4. 4.Which courses can 8th graders take for high school credit?
  5. 5.How does the school communicate with families (ParentVUE, ParentSquare, newsletters)?

What to do next

  1. 1.Confirm your address is zoned for Jordan Middle 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 student.
  4. 4.Register through GCPS Online Registration.