The Gwinnett County Public Schools is a school district operating in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States. GCPS is the largest school system in Georgia,[3] with over 140 school buildings[4] and an estimated enrollment of over 182,000 students for the 2023–2024 school year.[4] GCPS is estimated to be the 14th largest school district in the U.S.[5] The district has its headquarters near Suwanee.[6]
As of 2020[update], Niche rates GCPS as A+ and within the top 25 school systems in Georgia.[7] GCPS was awarded the Broad Prize for Urban Education twice, in 2010 and 2014. 2014 was the last year the prize was awarded, GCPS was one of only two school districts to win the prize twice, and GCPS was the first district to have won the prize before and then win it again in its first year of eligibility to again win the prize.[8][9][10]
Calvin J. Watts is currently the superintendent of the district.
The district's schools are grouped into 19 geographical attendance zones referred to as "clusters." Each cluster includes at least one high school, for which it is named.[3]
The district operates a school police department with full police powers under Georgia law. The department consists of 74 Police Officer Standards and Training certified (P.O.S.T.) armed officers, five full-time office staff members, eight dispatchers, and 24 non-police crossing guards.
The department is divided into four zones: North (including Collins Hill, Discovery, GIVE East, Lanier, North Gwinnett, and Peachtree Ridge), South (including Brookwood, Grayson, Parkview, Shiloh, and South Gwinnett), East (including Archer, Central Gwinnett, Dacula, Mill Creek, and Mountain View), and West (including Berkmar, Duluth, GIVE West, Meadowcreek, and Norcross).[12]
The officers are responsible for mentoring, counseling, education, and event security in addition to their normal duties as school security officers.[13]
