Starling Elementary School

What this school is

• Clubs — Art, Chorus, Readers Rally, Robotics, Safety Patrol, Cooking, Sewing, Lego and Game, Model Makers, Set Design, Cheer, Volleyball, Kindness and Sign Language; the school site lists an after-school drone program for 4th–5th graders.
• Supports — Enrichment Clubs, Saturday enrichment sessions and Jr. Beta Club and Student Council (GCPS school profile).
• 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.

How families get in

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

• Next step (GCPS Grayson cluster page): Couch Middle School. Confirm your address with GCPS before buying or renting for a school.
• 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).

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Who it tends to fit

Students

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

• Black ≈ 50% · Hispanic ≈ 22% · Asian ≈ 13% · White ≈ 9% · Two or more ≈ 6% · other groups hidden (very small)
• Total enrollment about 1,350 students (GCPS directory, rounded)
• Student mix score: 67.5 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

Grayson Highway in Grayson. 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.

Compare before you commit

• Pharr Elementary SchoolAlso feeds Couch Middle (Grayson cluster)
• Gwinnett Online CampusGCPS online school (grades K–12) — a full-time online alternative to a zoned campus

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 Starling 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.