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Kanoheda Elementary School

Zoned GCPS elementary school in Lawrenceville — seats are assigned by home address in the Kanoheda attendance zone of the Berkmar cluster.

  • Grades: K–5
  • How to get in: Zoned by home address
  • Cluster: Berkmar
  • Area: Lawrenceville
  • Student mix: 38.0 / 100

Kanoheda Elementary is a zoned elementary school in the Berkmar cluster; students go on to Sweetwater Middle School, then Berkmar High School. The GCPS school profile describes PBIS, a media production studio and clubs including Chorus, Dance Team and Robotics. Visit and ask questions before treating any ranking or reputation claim as a fit guarantee.

1025 Herrington Road, Lawrenceville, GA 30044

  • School site: kanohedaes.gcpsk12.org
  • Zoning: GCPS Berkmar cluster page and GCPS permissive transfers
  • GCPS school profile: gcpsk12.org › School Profiles › Kanoheda 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

  • Media production studio (GCPS school profile).
  • Clubs — Chorus, Dance Team, Volleyball, Baking Club, Jump Rope Club, mentoring groups, Robotics and Podcast Club.
  • Family events — literacy, math, STEAM, multilingual, gifted and Title I family events and an International Night.
  • 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

Dr. Dranita L. Morrow

School details

Address
1025 Herrington Road, Lawrenceville, GA 30044
  • School hours: Tardy bell 8:15 AM, dismissal 2:40 PM (school-published hours). GCPS directory lists 8:15 AM – 2:45 PM. Confirm the current student bell schedule directly with Kanoheda.
  • Source: School site; GCPS directory and school profile. Hours: school site and GCPS directory; the school lists arrival 7:40–8:15 AM.

How families get in

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

  • Next step (GCPS Berkmar cluster page): Sweetwater 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).

Never treat social media dates as official.

Who it tends to fit

A good match when

  • You live in the Kanoheda zone and want your child to move on to Sweetwater Middle School with neighborhood classmates.
  • Your child is interested in media production or podcasting.
  • You want structured positive-behavior supports.

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 ≈ 75% · Black ≈ 25% · hidden by GaDOE (small counts): Asian, White, Two or more, plus other very small groups
  • Total enrollment about 900 students (GCPS directory, rounded)
  • Student mix score: 38.0 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

Herrington Road 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 Kanoheda 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.