Norcross High School
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5300 Spalding Drive Peachtree Corners, Georgia 30092 United States |
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| Coordinates | 33°58′01″N 84°12′44″W / 33.96699°N 84.212084°WCoordinates: 33°58′01″N 84°12′44″W / 33.96699°N 84.212084°W |
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| Type | Public |
| Motto | Envisioning a world-class school |
| Established | 1957 (as West Gwinnett High School) |
| Principal | Will Bishop |
| Teaching staff | 189.00 (FTE) |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 3,649 (2013-2014) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 19.3 |
| Campus size | 10.1 acres (4.1 ha) |
| Color(s) | Blue, silver, and white |
| Mascot | Blue Devils |
| Website | www |
Norcross High School is located in Peachtree Corners , Georgia, United States. It is part of the Gwinnett County Public Schools. It serves the cities of Norcross and Peachtree Corners.
Norcross High School occupies a 440,000-square-foot (41,000 m2) facility at 5300 Spalding Drive which opened in August 2001. William Bishop is the current school principal. Norcross is the only high school in the Gwinnett County school system to have the IB Diploma Programme (1999).
Norcross High School's rival is North Gwinnett High School. Its mascot is the Blue Devil and the school colors are blue, silver, and white.
Municipal bonds were issued for a new modern brick schoolhouse in 1903, and another bond issue approved an additional school in 1914. These buildings stood side by side on College Street for many years in the center of Norcross and were preceded by an old wooden building at the same site. Before this older wooden school was destroyed, it became very unsteady.
After the second red-brick building was constructed as a grammar school, the first building became Norcross High School. Both of the brick schools were demolished several years ago, although the first building was in use until 1970.
According to a booklet compiled in 1923 and recently reprinted, the rural schools surrounding Norcross were Beaver Ruin with 60 students, Glover with 172, Mechanicsville School with 87, and Pittman with 60. Crabapple School, which was located at Pinckneyville, had apparently closed earlier.
In 1933, a report printed in Flanigan's History, Volume I stated, "Norcross has three buildings valued at $60,000, and used thirteen teachers. For many years this has been one of the best schools in the county and is accredited first class." A school for black children was located near Hopewell Baptist Church at that time, according to Clara Nesbit.
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