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Pinckneyville Middle School

Zoned GCPS middle school on West Jones Bridge Road in Peachtree Corners — an IB Middle Years Programme school in the Norcross cluster.

  • Grades: 6–8
  • How to get in: Zoned by home address
  • Cluster: Norcross
  • Area: Peachtree Corners (southwest Gwinnett)
  • Student mix: 70.8 / 100

Pinckneyville Middle is a zoned middle school in the Norcross cluster; students go on to Norcross High School or Paul Duke STEM High School (students choose during 8th grade). Pinckneyville is an IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) World School; the GCPS profile says students can continue IB at Norcross High. Visit and ask questions before treating any ranking or reputation claim as a fit guarantee.

5440 W. Jones Bridge Road, Peachtree Corners, GA 30092

Official starting points

  • School site: pinckneyvillems.gcpsk12.org
  • Zoning: GCPS Norcross cluster page and GCPS permissive transfers
  • GCPS school profile: gcpsk12.org › School Profiles › Pinckneyville 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

  • IB MYP for every student (no application) — the school’s IB pages and Summerour’s IB page say Pinckneyville and Summerour offer the MYP to every 6th–8th grader. Zoned students take part automatically; there is no separate application.
  • World languages — Pinckneyville’s IB curriculum provides French and Spanish instruction across the middle school years, with opportunities to earn high school language credit. Families should confirm current course requirements and credit eligibility.
  • eSTEAM Academy — the school’s eSTEAM page describes entrepreneurship, science, technology, engineering, arts and math project-based learning through Connections; ask which students are scheduled into it.
  • 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

Chad D. Charoenlap

School details

Address
5440 W. Jones Bridge Road, Peachtree Corners, GA 30092
  • School hours: 9:15 AM – 4:00 PM (school-published bell schedule). GCPS directory lists 9:20 AM – 4:00 PM. Confirm the current student bell schedule directly with Pinckneyville.
  • Source: School site; GCPS directory and school profile. Hours: school site (Daily Bell Schedule 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 Norcross cluster page): Peachtree Elementary School, Simpson Elementary School and Stripling Elementary School. Confirm your address with GCPS before buying or renting for a school.
  • Next step: students go on to Norcross High School or Paul Duke STEM High School (students choose during 8th grade).
  • 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 Pinckneyville zone (Peachtree, Simpson or Stripling elementary feeders).
  • You want an IB framework (inquiry, design cycle, service) for every class.
  • Your student wants French or Spanish within an IB program.

Think twice when

  • Your student prefers a traditional, non-IB approach — MYP is schoolwide here.
  • 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 ≈ 40% · White ≈ 28% · Black ≈ 23% · Asian ≈ 5% · Two or more ≈ 4% · other groups hidden (very small)
  • Total enrollment about 1,150 students (GCPS directory, rounded)
  • Student mix score: 70.8 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

West Jones Bridge Road in Peachtree Corners. 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 do MYP service and personal-project expectations work in 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 Pinckneyville 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.