Mulberry Elementary School
Zoned GCPS elementary school in Auburn — seats are assigned by home address in the Mulberry attendance zone of the Dacula cluster; its Spanish Dual Language Immersion classes fill by GCPS application.
- Grades: Pre-K–5
- How to get in: Zoned by home address (DLI by application)
- Cluster: Dacula
- Area: Auburn
- Student mix: 70.1 / 100
Mulberry Elementary is a zoned elementary school in the Dacula cluster; students go on to Dacula Middle School, then Dacula High School. It is one of the GCPS elementary schools with a Spanish Dual Language Immersion program, and it fields an FLL robotics team. Visit and ask questions before treating any ranking or reputation claim as a fit guarantee.
442 E. Union Grove Circle, Auburn, GA 30011
Official starting points
- School site: mulberryes.gcpsk12.org
- Zoning: GCPS Dacula cluster page and GCPS permissive transfers
- GCPS school profile: gcpsk12.org › School Profiles › Mulberry 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
- 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.
- Robotics — an FLL Robotics Team (GCPS school profile).
- Family and inclusion events — monthly Mornings with Moms and Doughnuts with Dads, Multicultural Night and Students with Exceptionalities Week.
- 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. Mandy T. Yearby
School details
- Address
- 442 E. Union Grove Circle, Auburn, GA 30011
- Phone
- (678) 226-7460
- Official school site
- mulberryes.gcpsk12.org(opens in a new tab)
- School hours: 8:15 AM – 2:45 PM
- Source: School site; GCPS directory and school profile. Hours: GCPS directory; the school lists 8:15 AM – 2:45 PM with an arrival bell at 7:45 AM and tardy bell at 8:15 AM.
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 Dacula cluster page): Dacula 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
A good match when
- You live in the Mulberry zone and want your child to move on to Dacula Middle School with neighborhood classmates.
- You want your kindergartner to apply for Spanish DLI.
- Your child is interested in robotics.
Think twice when
- You want DLI for an older child — GCPS describes DLI as starting in kindergarten; ask whether later entry is possible.
- 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 ≈ 43% · Hispanic ≈ 25% · White ≈ 21% · Asian ≈ 6% · Two or more ≈ 5% · other groups hidden (very small)
- Total enrollment about 750 students (GCPS directory, rounded)
- Student mix score: 70.1 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.
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
E. Union Grove Circle in Auburn. 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.
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Questions to ask on a tour
- 1.Which grades have DLI classes, and which middle school continues the program?
- 2.How is gifted (FOCUS) service delivered here — resource classes, cluster classes or advanced content?
- 3.Which specials (art, music, PE, STEM, computer science, languages) does each grade rotate through?
- 4.How does the school help a child who needs extra support in reading or math?
- 5.Which before- and after-school care options operate on campus or offer pickup from the school?
What to do next
- 1.Confirm your address is zoned for Mulberry Elementary School using the GCPS cluster pages.
- 2.Check GaDOE CCRPI and the GOSA School Grades Report for official school data.
- 3.Tour the school and ask about the programs that matter to your child.
- 4.Register through GCPS Online Registration.