Financially Sound FY2019 Budget: $2.193 billion On average, the cost of educating one child in Gwinnett is $9,463 per year. The direct costs of instruction account for 70.8% of that amount. Putting it in perspective, of the state’s 10 largest school systems, GCPS had the 2nd lowest per-pupil expenditure in FY2017...

  2018 Gwinnett County Teacher of the Year Dr. Doug Doblar Head Elementary School ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS 2018 Elementary School Teacher of the Year Dr. Doug Doblar Head Elementary School Alcova Elementary School Jason Bishop Alford Elementary School Kelli O’Loughlin Anderson-Livsey Elementary School Jessica Askew Annistown Elementary School Vilmerlly Cosme Arcado Elementary School Nicole Trimble Baggett Elementary School Tracey Gatling* Baldwin Elementary School Courtlyn J. Harrison Beaver Ridge Elementary School Hilda Hernandez Benefield...

J. Alvin Wilbanks, CEO / Superintendent Gwinnett County Public Schools As Gwinnett County Public Schools prepares to welcome over 180,000 students and close to 12,000 teachers on August 6th, we also reflect with pride on the highlights of the past year. Here are but a few examples. We began 2017-2018 on an...

District is one of a handful of K-12 school districts to make the list.

Students across Gwinnett came together to experience a new way to conquer snow days.

Polk County is made up of three communities- Cedartown, Rockmart, and Aragon. Rockmart and Aragon align with Polk's top businesses, with Rockmart housing slate and rock quarries, and Aragon, "named for the mineral aragonite" that is often found in the area. Aragon was also the home to "Aragon Mill,...

Junior at Mill Creek High, Chika Nowosu, represents the perfect teenage role model for children in our community, as well as the prime example of what every high school student and teacher admires. Chika displays attributes which allow her to be an excellent student, friend, leader, and athlete. Chika has...

Current junior at Mill Creek High School, Grace Nebel, spends her time being a published author, participating her school's competition drama team, and volunteering. The 16-year-old is 1 of 10 authors nationwide that contributed to an anthology of short stories titled, Twisted Fairy Tales. She worked with Alternate Ending Publications...

Fran Overdyke, a longtime GCPS nurse, has been named Georgia School Nurse of the Year,

The first total solar eclipse in ages was witnessed for the first time by the students at Mill Creek High School on Monday, August 21, 2017. A total solar eclipse is when the moon is closest to the earth in its orbit, and completely covers over the sun. Principal Lane...