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Nesbit Elementary School

Zoned GCPS elementary school in Tucker — seats are assigned by home address in the Nesbit attendance zone of the Meadowcreek cluster.

  • Grades: K–5
  • How to get in: Zoned by home address
  • Cluster: Meadowcreek
  • Area: Tucker
  • Student mix: 26.4 / 100

Nesbit Elementary is a zoned elementary school in the Meadowcreek cluster. Nesbit Elementary students go on to Lilburn Middle School and then continue within the Meadowcreek cluster, which is served by Meadowcreek High School and McClure Health Science High School. Families should confirm the current high school selection and enrollment process with GCPS. The GCPS school profile describes ESOL support, a schoolwide attendance initiative and PBIS. Visit and ask questions before treating any ranking or reputation claim as a fit guarantee.

6575 Cherokee Drive, Tucker, GA 30084

Official starting points

  • School site: nesbites.gcpsk12.org
  • Zoning: GCPS Meadowcreek cluster page and GCPS permissive transfers
  • GCPS school profile: gcpsk12.org › School Profiles › Nesbit 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

  • ESOL support — the profile reports dozens of multilingual learners exiting the ESOL program.
  • PBIS and a schoolwide attendance initiative (“Mission Attendance”); the school site posts Title I family-engagement information.
  • 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

Nakia Miller

School details

Address
6575 Cherokee Drive, Tucker, GA 30084
  • School hours: 8:15 AM – 2:45 PM
  • Source: School site; GCPS directory and school profile. Hours: GCPS directory; the school’s Bell Schedule lists 8:15 AM – 2:45 PM; the school also posts 7:45 AM – 2:45 PM under School Hours.

How families get in

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

  • Next step (GCPS Meadowcreek cluster page): Lilburn 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 Nesbit zone and want your child to move on to Lilburn Middle School with neighborhood classmates.
  • Your child is learning English.
  • You want structured attendance and 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 ≈ 84% · Black ≈ 16% · hidden by GaDOE (small counts): Asian, White, Two or more, plus other very small groups
  • Total enrollment about 1,200 students (GCPS directory, rounded)
  • Student mix score: 26.4 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

Cherokee Drive in Tucker. 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 Nesbit 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.