Archer High, 2255 New Hope Road: grades 9-12, 3,250 students in 2025, CCRPI 78.5, 93.8% graduation rate. Zone, feeders and the 7:10 a.m. start.

Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Archer High website, Gwinnett County Public Schools’ school directory, Find My School tool, zone map data published by Gwinnett County, 2026-27 calendar, the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement’s 2025 School Grades data, the Georgia High School Association and the federal NCES school directory.

Archer High School is a Gwinnett County Public Schools high school that serves unincorporated areas around Lawrenceville. It teaches ninth through 12th grade on New Hope Road, outside Lawrenceville city limits in unincorporated Gwinnett County, with a Lawrenceville mailing address, and is in the district’s Archer Cluster. Its teams are the Tigers.

Who to call

Principal

Dr. Conquisha Thompson is the principal, according to the school’s website and the district’s school directory.

Enrollment and teachers

The state counted 3,250 students at Archer High in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 3,073 students and 159 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 19.3 students per teacher.

State report card

Archer High’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 78.5, according to the state’s School Grades data. The Georgia average for high schools was 76.9 and Gwinnett County Public Schools’ was 77.8. The school’s single score was 78.5 in 2023, 80.0 in 2024 and 78.5 in 2025. Its four-year graduation rate was 93.8% in 2025, against 87.2% for Georgia and 85.4% for the district. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s Archer High report card.

CCRPI is the Georgia Department of Education’s “comprehensive school improvement, accountability, and communication platform,” according to GaDOE. The single score runs from 0 to 100 and is built from content mastery, progress, closing gaps and readiness, plus graduation rate for high schools. Georgia does not publish an A-to-F letter grade for schools in its 2025 data.

Georgia Milestones end-of-course tests, 2025, share of tested students at each of the two top levels:

Subject Proficient Distinguished
English (American literature) 44.2% 9%
Math (algebra) 33.9% 20.1%
Science (biology) 35.6% 12.6%
Social studies (U.S. history) 33.9% 31%

Attendance zone

Zones are set by Gwinnett County Public Schools and do not follow city limits. Check any address with Find My School; the district’s Archer Cluster map (PDF) shows the cluster’s school zones.

None of the 14,152 addresses inside Lawrenceville city limits is zoned for Archer High, by our match of Gwinnett County’s address data to the district’s zone map, which the county last updated on Oct. 2, 2026. Its zone covers about 5,093 addresses outside the city that carry a Lawrenceville mailing address.

Students in the Archer High zone come up through McConnell Middle, fed by Cooper, Harbins and Lovin elementary schools, according to the district’s zone map data.

We found no rezoning approved by the Board of Education that changes this zone. Gwinnett County Public Schools paused its multi-year redistricting plan effective Sept. 23, 2026, and says it will not redraw attendance boundaries for the 2027-28 school year; it plans community conversations in the second semester.

The school’s academics pages list a 9th Grade Academy, band and drama programs.

Sports and activities

Archer High plays in Region 4-AAAAAAA of the Georgia High School Association for 2026-27, according to the GHSA region alignment, with Grayson, Newton, Rockdale County and South Gwinnett. Home football games are at Archer Community Stadium on the campus, according to the school’s athletics site. Schedules and results: our Friday night football page and the scoreboard.

The school’s athletics site lists these teams:

  • Football, girls flag football, cheerleading, competitive cheer
  • Baseball, softball
  • Basketball, volleyball
  • Cross country, track and field
  • Golf, tennis
  • Lacrosse, soccer
  • Swimming and diving
  • Wrestling (boys and girls)
  • Esports

Calendar

From the district’s 2026-27 student calendar (PDF) (all district dates on the calendar page):

  • Monday, Oct. 12, to Friday, Oct. 16: fall break, no school
  • Tuesday, Nov. 3: Election Day; a Digital Learning Day, when students learn from home
  • Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
  • Dec. 16-18: early release for high school exams
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 4: winter break; the second semester begins Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2027
  • April 5-9, 2027: spring break
  • Wednesday, May 26, 2027: last day of school

Bell times

The district’s school directory lists student hours of 7:10 a.m. to 2:10 p.m.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Archer High School’s CCRPI score?

78.5 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against a Georgia high school average of 76.9. It was 80.0 in 2024.

What is Archer High School’s graduation rate?

93.8% for the four-year cohort in 2025, according to the state’s data, against 87.2% for Georgia and 85.4% for Gwinnett County Public Schools.

What time does Archer High School start?

7:10 a.m., with dismissal at 2:10 p.m., according to the district’s school directory.

What region is Archer High School in?

Region 4-AAAAAAA of the Georgia High School Association for 2026-27, with Grayson, Newton, Rockdale County and South Gwinnett.

Who is the principal of Archer High School?

Dr. Conquisha Thompson, according to the district’s school directory and the school’s website on Oct. 6, 2026.