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McConnell Middle School

Zoned GCPS middle school on Ozora Road in Loganville — seats are assigned by home address in the McConnell zone of the Archer cluster.

  • Grades: 6–8
  • How to get in: Zoned by home address
  • Cluster: Archer
  • Area: Loganville (east Gwinnett)
  • Student mix: 62.1 / 100

McConnell Middle is a zoned middle school in the Archer cluster; students go on to Archer High School. Its Connections menu includes AgSTEM classes with an outdoor garden, grow labs and a small flock of chickens. Visit and ask questions before treating any ranking or reputation claim as a fit guarantee.

550 Ozora Road, Loganville, GA 30052

Official starting points

  • School site: mcconnellms.gcpsk12.org
  • Zoning: GCPS Archer cluster page and GCPS permissive transfers
  • GCPS school profile: gcpsk12.org › School Profiles › McConnell 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

  • AgSTEM Connections — the school’s Connections page describes agriculture and plant-growth units, an outdoor garden and grow labs, dissection and caring for chickens. These are Connections (elective) classes, not a schoolwide model.
  • Connections also include band, chorus, orchestra, business education, computer science, family and consumer science, guitar, media arts, music technology, theater arts, world languages and visual arts.
  • Clubs — the school lists clubs including robotics, chess, debate, Readers Rally and student government.
  • 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

Derico White

School details

Address
550 Ozora Road, Loganville, GA 30052
  • School hours: The school lists student hours as 8:50 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., with homeroom beginning at 8:55 a.m. The GCPS directory lists 9:20 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Confirm current arrival and bell times with McConnell.
  • 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 Archer cluster page): Cooper Elementary School and Lovin Elementary School. Confirm your address with GCPS before buying or renting for a school.
  • Next step: students go on to Archer High School.
  • Boundaries in this area changed when Murphy Middle opened (Archer/Dacula redistricting) — confirm your current assignment on the GCPS cluster pages.
  • 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 McConnell zone (Cooper or Lovin elementary feeders).
  • Your student likes hands-on agriculture and science.
  • Your student wants a music ensemble or theater.

Think twice when

  • Your address was affected when Murphy Middle opened — confirm your current assignment with GCPS.
  • You live outside the zone and need a guaranteed transfer seat.

Students

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

  • Black ≈ 56% · Hispanic ≈ 21% · White ≈ 14% · Two or more ≈ 5% · Asian ≈ 3% · other groups hidden (very small)
  • Total enrollment about 2,000 students (GCPS directory, rounded)
  • Student mix score: 62.1 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. These counts predate Murphy Middle’s opening and the Archer/Dacula redistricting, so the current mix may differ.

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

Ozora Road in Loganville. The school’s General Information page lists early drop-off rules. 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 many AgSTEM classes can a student take across 6th–8th grade?
  2. 2.How are students placed in gifted (PROBE), accelerated or advanced classes?
  3. 3.Which Connections (elective) classes are available in each grade, and how are they assigned?
  4. 4.How do new students find clubs, teams and a friend group in the first weeks?
  5. 5.Which courses can 8th graders take for high school credit?

What to do next

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