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Knight Elementary School

Zoned GCPS elementary school in Lilburn — seats are assigned by home address in the Knight attendance zone of the Parkview cluster.

  • Grades: K–5
  • How to get in: Zoned by home address
  • Cluster: Parkview
  • Area: Lilburn
  • Student mix: 69.2 / 100

Knight Elementary is a zoned elementary school in the Parkview cluster; students go on to Trickum Middle School, then Parkview High School. Every student takes Computer Science in the specials rotation, and the school hosts gifted, multilingual and special education family workshops. Visit and ask questions before treating any ranking or reputation claim as a fit guarantee.

401 North River Drive, Lilburn, GA 30047. The school website uses “Drive,” while the GCPS school profile uses “Road.” Confirm the correct street designation with Knight Elementary.

Official starting points

  • School site: knightes.gcpsk12.org
  • Zoning: GCPS Parkview cluster page and GCPS permissive transfers
  • GCPS school profile: gcpsk12.org › School Profiles › Knight 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

  • Computer Science special for all students — coding, computational thinking and problem-solving (GCPS school profile).
  • Family workshops — Gifted Education and Multilingual Learner workshops, plus Limitless Kids, a parent-led group supporting students in special education (GCPS school profile).
  • Clubs — Knight Singers, STEM Club, FIRST LEGO Robotics, Garden Club, Reader’s Rally, Student Council, Orff Club, Math Olympiad, Girls on the Run, Art Assistant Club and Kindness Club.
  • 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. Toni Ferguson

School details

Address
401 North River Drive, Lilburn, GA 30047. The school website uses “Drive,” while the GCPS school profile uses “Road.” Confirm the correct street designation with Knight Elementary.
  • School hours: 8:50 AM – 3:20 PM
  • Source: School site; GCPS directory and school profile. Hours: GCPS directory; the school lists 8:50 AM – 3:20 PM with student arrival beginning 8:20 AM.

How families get in

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

  • Next step (GCPS Parkview cluster page): Trickum 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 Knight zone and want your child to move on to Trickum Middle School with neighborhood classmates.
  • You want computer science for every child.
  • You want parent workshops on gifted or special education.

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 ≈ 48% · Black ≈ 18% · Asian ≈ 17% · White ≈ 13% · Two or more ≈ 5% · other groups hidden (very small)
  • Total enrollment about 900 students (GCPS directory, rounded)
  • Student mix score: 69.2 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

North River Drive in Lilburn. 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 Knight 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.