State Superintendent recognizes Gwinnett schools
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- GCPS News
Forty-nine Gwinnett County public schools have been recognized by Georgia State Superintendent Richard Woods for their excellence in literacy and math. Woods honored the schools during a ceremony at Gwinnett County Public Schools’ (GCPS) J. Alvin Wilbanks Instructional Support Center. During the event, the principals, and some accompanied by their support staff, were presented with banners after the Georgia Department of Education named their school a Literacy Leader School, Math Leader School, or both.
The Literacy Leader honor recognizes schools for achievement or growth in the percentage of students reading at grade level or above. The 20 GCPS schools that earned the honor are among a select group of 406 from around the state. The Math Leader award recognizes schools for achievement or growth in the percentage of students scoring at the Proficient Learner level or above in mathematics. Twenty-nine of the 479 schools that earned the award are from GCPS.
During the presentation, Superintendent Woods celebrated the district’s ongoing commitment to strong, high-impact literacy and mathematics practices. The recognition also underscored the district’s mission to provide rigorous learning experiences that prepare students for future success.
The following schools were recognized for increasing the percentage of students reading at or above grade level:
- Anderson-Livsey ES
- Archer HS
- Coleman MS
- Craig ES
- Crews MS
- Dacula HS
- Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
- Harmony ES
- Lawrenceville ES
- Level Creek ES
- Magill ES
- Meadowcreek ES
- New Life Academy of Excellence
- North Gwinnett HS
- North Gwinnett MS
- Pharr ES
- Riverside ES
- Roberts ES
- Suwanee ES
- Taylor ES
The following schools were recognized for demonstrating exceptional achievement or growth in math:
- Bay Creek MS
- Britt ES
- Burnette ES
- Coleman MS
- Couch MS
- Creekland MS
- Crews MS
- Dacula MS
- Duluth MS
- Five Forks MS
- Fort Daniel ES
- Grace Snell MS
- Graves ES
- Head ES
- Jones MS
- Jordan MS
- Knight ES
- Lanier MS
- Lovin ES
- McConnell MS
- Mulberry ES
- North Gwinnett MS
- Northbrook MS
- Osborne MS
- Pinckneyville MS
- Seckinger HS
- Suwanee ES
- Trickum MS
- Twin Rivers MS
Woods also recognized four schools—Beaver Ridge, Craig, Freeman’s Mill, and Harmony Elementary schools— that received the 2024-25 John Hancock Award, which celebrates schools that have demonstrated exceptional instruction in cursive writing. Additionally, Woods commended Kanoheda Elementary School's principal, Dr. Dranita Morrow, for the school's positive impact in its learning community.