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Summerour Middle School

Zoned GCPS middle school on Price Place in Norcross — an IB Middle Years Programme school in the Norcross cluster.

  • Grades: 6–8
  • How to get in: Zoned by home address
  • Cluster: Norcross
  • Area: Norcross (southwest Gwinnett)
  • Student mix: 33.8 / 100

Summerour 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). Summerour offers the IB Middle Years Programme to every student and is on GCPS’s list of DLI Spanish continuation middle schools. Visit and ask questions before treating any ranking or reputation claim as a fit guarantee.

321 Price Place, Norcross, GA 30071

Official starting points

  • School site: summerourms.gcpsk12.org
  • Zoning: GCPS Norcross cluster page and GCPS permissive transfers
  • GCPS school profile: gcpsk12.org › School Profiles › Summerour 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 page says Summerour and Pinckneyville offer the MYP to every 6th–8th grader, with students continuing the five-year MYP in 9th and 10th grade at Norcross High.
  • 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 and leadership — the school site has fine arts, clubs and Junior Leadership Corps pages; the GCPS profile reports orchestra, chorus and band at LGPE.
  • 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

Confirm current principal with GCPS. The district profile lists Joielle Parker, while the school website lists Dr. Natalie Looney.

School details

Address
321 Price Place, Norcross, GA 30071
  • 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 Norcross cluster page): Baldwin Elementary School, Beaver Ridge Elementary School and Norcross 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 Summerour zone (Baldwin, Beaver Ridge or Norcross elementary feeders).
  • Your student is continuing DLI Spanish from Baldwin Elementary.
  • You want an IB framework for every class.

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 ≈ 80% · Black ≈ 15% · Asian ≈ 5% · 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: 33.8 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. 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

Price Place in Norcross. 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 DLI Spanish students also fit MYP language requirements?
  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 Summerour 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.