South Gwinnett High School

South Gwinnett High School
Address
Map
2288 East Main Street

Snellville
,
Georgia
30078
Coordinates33°51′14″N 84°00′27″W / 33.853972°N 84.00755°W / 33.853972; -84.00755
Information
TypePublic
Established1957
School districtGwinnett County Public Schools
PrincipalRodney D. Jordan
Staff148.40 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment2,677 (2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio18.04[1]
CampusSuburban[1]
Color(s)   Navy and gray
MascotComet
AccreditationSACS
Information770-972-4840
Region4 in Class AAAAAAA (GHSA)
WebsiteSouth Gwinnett High School

South Gwinnett High School (SGHS) is a public high school for students in grades 9–12. The school is located in Snellville, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Gwinnett County Public Schools system, one of the 15 largest public school systems in the country. South Gwinnett is home to about 2,800 students. The school pulls from much of Southeastern Gwinnett county, including areas of Snellville and rural residential areas of Loganville.

The oldest of the four high schools in southeastern Gwinnett County, Snellville Consolidated High School was formed by the 1957 merger of Snellville High School (founded in 1923) and Grayson High School. As Gwinnett County saw extremely rapid population growth in the 1980s, Shiloh High School and Brookwood High School were opened to accommodate the rapid growth in South Gwinnett's school district. As Gwinnett County continued to see more students enter its system, South Gwinnett's district was split in half in 2000, when Grayson High School was "re-opened" at a new facility in Loganville.

Awards and recognition

South Gwinnett was ranked as the 711th best high school in the State of Georgia in 2002 by the Georgia Public Policy Foundation. The school was ranked 159th in the state and 12th (of 16) in Gwinnett County in the 2010 GPPF Report Card.[2]

The school's mock trial team won the National High School Mock Trial Championship in 1995, held in Denver, Colorado.[3]

South Gwinnett High School made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in 2009. Under the No Child Left Behind act, a school makes AYP if it achieves the minimum levels of improvement determined by the state of Georgia in terms of student performance and other accountability measures.[4]

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

References

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  2. ^ Georgia High School Report Card for Parents Archived 2011-07-10 at the Wayback Machine, Georgia Public Policy Foundation. Accessed May 13, 201.
  3. ^ Participant History & Past National Winners Archived 2007-08-21 at the Wayback Machine, National High School Mock Trial Championship. Accessed July 1, 2007.
  4. ^ Info on South Gwinnett Archived 2009-08-01 at the Wayback Machine, Education.com. Accessed August 20, 2010.
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