Discovery High School
Lawrenceville, GA · High School · Grades 9-12
Discovery High School is a high school in Lawrenceville, GA with 2,803 students enrolled and a 33% proficiency rate. Part of Gwinnett County. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Discovery High School is a high school located in Lawrenceville, Georgia. The school serves 2,803 students in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.6:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 33% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading. The school reports a 73% graduation rate.
73% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating the school serves a predominantly low-income community.
Discovery High School is part of the Gwinnett County in Georgia. The school receives Title I federal funding.
How This School Compares
Discovery High School has 2,803 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Gwinnett County (1,299 students). Its 33% proficiency rate is 15 percentage points below the district average of 47%. Compared to the Georgia state average of 44%, the school performs 11 points lower.
Frequently Asked Questions
Discovery High School has 2,803 students enrolled in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.6:1.
According to EDFacts data, 33% of students at Discovery High School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Discovery High School has a 73% graduation rate, measuring the percentage of students who graduate within four years.
Discovery High School is part of the Gwinnett County in Lawrenceville, Georgia. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
The this entity record above pulls directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.