Peachtree Elementary School
Principal: Gretchen Runaldue
5995 Crooked Creek Road, Peachtree Corners, GA 30092
School Highlights
The following school highlights showcase how Peachtree Elementary School is fulfilling Gwinnett County Public School's four strategic priorities of Empathy, Equity, Effectiveness, and Excellence. Visit the School Profile Dashboard to find more detailed data on our school.
- Peachtree Elementary, a Primary Years Programme (PYP) school, continues its fourteenth year as a part of the International Baccalaureate (IB).
- Peachtree Elementary robotics team, the PantherBots, competed in the Mountain View First Lego League (FLL) and received the Champions Award. They also qualified for the Mountain View (FLL) Super Regionals, where they received the Project Award.
- The Peachtree Elementary School Garden received the School Garden Champion Award and the Most Sustainable Garden for the 2024-25 school year from the UGA Gwinnett County Extension. In May 2025, the garden was recognized for the Most Innovative Garden and its Project Manager was given the Evergreen Award for consistently sustaining a garden for 7 years and connecting the garden with the students' learning.
- The Georgia Department of Education recognized Peachtree Elementary School with Operational status for implementing Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) in the last school year. PBIS encourages positive behaviors with recognition for students who exhibit appropriate school conduct.
- Extracurricular activities at Peachtree included: Chorus, Art Club, Reader's Rally, Robotics with PantherBots, Safety Patrol, Cup Stacking, and Student Council.
- Peachtree students and their families enjoyed such events as: Meet Your Teacher, Curriculum Night, Literacy Night, Movie Night, STEAM Night, Holiday Lunches, Peachtree's Got Talent, Assessment Night, Honors Days, Exhibition, and Celebrate Peachtree.
- Peachtree's Parent Center provided families with instructional support and English classes. We also continued our commitment to our younger learners with Play2Learn.
- Peachtree's Chorus performed for our parents, but also went in the community and sang at Peachtree Corner's Town Center's Holiday Glow, the Norcross Cluster Innovation Showcase, and Norcross High School's Youth Night.
- Peachtree students and staff participated in the Norcross Cluster Innovation Showcase at Lillian Webb Park in downtown Norcross where they engaged with other Norcross Cluster schools in robotics and engineering tasks.
- Peachtree Elementary was recognized by US News & World Report as one of the "Best Elementary Schools" in Georgia.