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Radloff Middle School

Zoned GCPS middle school on Shackleford Road — seats are assigned by home address in the Radloff zone of the Meadowcreek cluster.

  • Grades: 6–8
  • How to get in: Zoned by home address
  • Cluster: Meadowcreek
  • Area: Duluth / Norcross area (southwest Gwinnett)
  • Student mix: 32.2 / 100

Radloff Middle is a zoned middle school in the Meadowcreek cluster. Radloff Middle students 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. GCPS lists Radloff among its middle schools offering DLI Spanish continuation. Visit and ask questions before treating any ranking or reputation claim as a fit guarantee.

3939 Shackleford Road, Duluth, GA 30096

Official starting points

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

  • Dual Language Immersion (DLI) Spanish continuation — GCPS lists this school among the middle schools that continue its elementary DLI Spanish program; it is a cohort program for students coming from a DLI elementary path, not a schoolwide model (GCPS DLI news page).
  • Fine arts — the GCPS profile says the school added a guitar course and that its ensembles performed at Music in the Parks.
  • Clubs and family supports — the school lists clubs including robotics, FBLA, an engineers club and broadcast; the GCPS profile describes an on-site food pantry and parent center events.
  • 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

Dr. Jennifer Callahan

School details

Address
3939 Shackleford Road, Duluth, GA 30096
  • School hours: 9:20 AM – 4:00 PM
  • Source: School site; GCPS directory and school profile. Hours: GCPS directory (no student hours posted on the school site)

How families get in

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

  • Feeder elementary schools (GCPS Meadowcreek cluster page): Ferguson Elementary School, Graves Elementary School and Meadowcreek Elementary School. Confirm your address with GCPS before buying or renting for a school.
  • Next step: Radloff Middle students 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.
  • 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 Radloff zone (Ferguson, Graves or Meadowcreek elementary feeders).
  • Your student is continuing DLI Spanish from Meadowcreek Elementary.
  • You value on-site family supports such as a parent center and food pantry.

Think twice when

  • You want a published, detailed Connections list before choosing — ask the school directly.
  • 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 ≈ 81% · Black ≈ 16% · Asian ≈ 3% · hidden by GaDOE (small counts): White, Two or more, plus other very small groups
  • Total enrollment about 1,300 students (GCPS directory, rounded)
  • Student mix score: 32.2 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. 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

Shackleford Road in Duluth (Norcross area). 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.Which Connections classes, including guitar, are open to each grade?
  2. 2.How are students placed in gifted (PROBE), accelerated or advanced classes?
  3. 3.How do new students find clubs, teams and a friend group in the first weeks?
  4. 4.Which courses can 8th graders take for high school credit?
  5. 5.How does the school communicate with families (ParentVUE, ParentSquare, newsletters)?

What to do next

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