Stone Mountain Street, Lawrenceville: homes, schools, commute

Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the City of Lawrenceville’s 2045 Comprehensive Plan (PDF) and its character area map service, Gwinnett County’s address point and school zone map data, the state’s 2025 School Grades data, Zillow Research, Ride Gwinnett and OpenStreetMap.

Stone Mountain Street runs south from the square, beside Scenic Highway, Ga. 124, the road to Snellville. The wedge of the city between them and Grayson Highway is mostly single-family subdivisions, with apartments and offices near downtown. The city’s 2045 Comprehensive Plan names it as one of the city’s two clusters of density: most of the city’s apartments, it says, are around Buford Drive and Hurricane Shoals Road “to the north and Stone Mountain Street to the south.”

What this means for you

• Zoned high school: Central Gwinnett High, for 98% of addresses. Check yours with Find My School.
• Home value: $340,279 in ZIP 30046 in August 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
• Nearest Ga. 316 interchange: Duluth Highway or Collins Hill Road, about 3 miles north in a straight line, reached through downtown.

Part of our Lawrenceville neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

On this page the area is south Lawrenceville between Scenic Highway (Ga. 124) on the west and Grayson Highway (Ga. 20) on the east, from the edge of downtown south to the city line near Sugarloaf Parkway. Stone Mountain Street runs along the west side near downtown. The plan says Scenic Highway connects Lawrenceville to U.S. 78 and I-20.

Gwinnett County’s address data has 1,070 addresses here: 70% single buildings, 17% parcels, 11% apartment units and 18 condos. All but eight are in ZIP code 30046; those are in 30045. On the city’s character area map, 75% are Traditional Residential, 16% Mixed Residential and the rest Commercial Corridor and Office land along the highways. Inside city limits the city provides police and trash pickup; Gwinnett County provides fire and EMS.

The plan’s bicycle risk index is highest on Grayson Highway “between Scenic Highway and Stone Mountain Street,” which it calls a sign of a “lack of safe facilities for cyclists” heading downtown. It also lists a postponed widening of Scenic Highway from four to six lanes.

Schools

How the area’s addresses split in Gwinnett County Public Schools’ zone map, matched address by address on Oct. 6. Scores are 2025 College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) figures from the state’s School Grades report; the state average was 78.0 and the district’s 81.5.

The Lawrenceville Elementary addresses are at the north end, near downtown; the 23 Grayson, Couch and Starling addresses are at the south end. More in our Lawrenceville schools guide.

Home values

The typical home value in ZIP 30046 was $340,279 in August 2026, down 2.85% from $350,276 in August 2025, according to the Zillow Home Value Index. The index is a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, not a sale price, and covers the whole ZIP code, including homes outside city limits. The citywide Lawrenceville figure was $376,674, down 2.55% on the year. More in our home prices guide.

Parks and trails

• Lawrenceville Female Seminary, 455 S. Perry St., at the north end: built in the 1830s as a school for young women and rebuilt in 1855, now the Gwinnett History Museum, open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday (county page).
• Alexander Park, just south of the city line: its dog park entrance is at 955 Scenic Highway and its main entrance at 800 Old Snellville Highway, with disc golf, a lake and a 1.7-mile paved trail (park page).

More in our parks guide and history and landmarks guide.

Getting around

• Ga. 316: about 3 miles north, through downtown. I-85 is reached at Exit 106 by Ga. 316 west.
• City Hall: about 1.7 miles by road from the middle of the area.
• Airport: about 38.3 miles to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Both are distances measured on the OpenStreetMap road network with the OSRM routing engine, not drive times.
• Bus: no Ride Gwinnett route stops inside this area, according to Ride Gwinnett’s schedule data. Route 40 stops at Johnson Road and Stone Mountain Street, on its west edge, and on Grayson Highway near downtown.

More in our getting around guide.

Groceries and everyday stores

From OpenStreetMap:

• Kroger, 455 Grayson Highway, at the north end
• ALDI, 1225 Scenic Highway, just south of the city line
• CVS Pharmacy, 1187 Grayson Highway, just southeast of the city line

How we drew this area

The plan names Stone Mountain Street as the center of south Lawrenceville’s apartment communities. This area’s edges follow Stone Mountain Street and Scenic Highway on the west, Grayson Highway and the city limit, leaving out the plan’s Downtown character area. School shares come from every address point inside it in Gwinnett County’s address data, matched to the county’s school zone layer on Oct. 6, 2026. Store locations are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Stone Mountain Street area of Lawrenceville a good place to live?

Here are the facts. It is south Lawrenceville between Scenic Highway and Grayson Highway, with 1,070 addresses, 70% of them single buildings. Ninety-eight percent are zoned for Central Gwinnett High, which scored 67.5 on the state’s 2025 CCRPI, and Zillow put the typical home value in ZIP 30046 at $340,279 in August 2026.

Where does Scenic Highway go from Lawrenceville?

South toward Snellville. The city’s plan says Scenic Highway, Ga. 124, connects Lawrenceville to U.S. 78 and I-20.

What schools serve the Stone Mountain Street area of Lawrenceville?

Most addresses are zoned for Winn Holt Elementary, Moore Middle and Central Gwinnett High. In Gwinnett County Public Schools’ zone map, 23 addresses at the south end are zoned for Starling Elementary, Couch Middle and Grayson High.

What is in the old Female Seminary building in Lawrenceville?

The Gwinnett History Museum. The building at 455 S. Perry St. was built in the 1830s as a school for young women and rebuilt in 1855, according to Gwinnett County.