2012 Unsafe Schools Data: Does Your Child Attend a Dangerous School?

Under No Child Left Behind, states must develop a definition of "persistently dangerous" schools, and then allow students to transfer who have been victims of a violent criminal offense or who attend a school that meets the definition.

This is defined as the Unsafe Schools Choice Option. Currently, there are no "persistently dangerous" schools (based on the state's definition)* in Gwinnett County, or even Georgia.

However, there are schools in Gwinnett County that have had more violations than others. Below find schools with the most violations in 2012, included within the definition of "persistently dangerous."

2012 Districtwide Data

Total Violations: 527

255 -- non-felony drugs

155 -- felony weapons

81 -- felony drugs

33 -- terroristic threats

3 -- armed robbery

No. 1: Norcross High School

2012: 39 violations

16 -- non-felony drugs

11 -- felony drugs

8 -- felony weapons

4 -- terroristic threats

(In 2011, there were 28 violations, and 7 violations in 2010.)

No. 2: Central Gwinnett High School

2012: 32 violations

10 -- non-felony drugs

9 -- terroristic threats

7 -- felony weapons

3 -- armed robbery

3 -- felony drugs

(In 2011, there were 29 violations, and 16 violations in 2010.)

No. 3: Berkmar High School

2012: 29 violations

19 -- non-felony drugs

5 -- felony weapons

4 -- felony drugs

1 -- terroristic threats

(In 2011, there were 31 violations, and 27 violations in 2010.)

No. 4: Mill Creek High School

2012: 28 violations

17 -- non-felony drugs

6 -- felony weapons

5 -- felony drugs

(In 2011, there were 11 violations, and 24 violations in 2010.)

No. 5: Duluth High School

2012: 25 violations

18 -- non-felony drugs

4 -- felony weapons

3 -- felony drugs

(In 2011, there were 9 violations, and 31 violations in 2010.)

No. 6: Parkview High School

2012: 24 violations

15 -- non-felony drugs

6 -- felony drugs

2 -- felony weapons

1 -- terroristic threats

(In 2011, there were 24 violations, and 37 violations in 2010.)

No. 6: Meadowcreek High School

2012: 24 violations

18: non-felony drugs

4: felony weapons

1: felony drugs

1: terroristic threats

(In 2011, there were 17 violations, and 25 violations in 2010.)

No. 6: Peachtree Ridge High School

2012: 24 violations

16: non-felony drugs

6: felony weapons

2: felony drugs

(In 2011, there were 30 violations, and 23 violations in 2010.)

No. 7: Grayson High School

2012: 20 violations

14: non-felony drugs

3: felony drugs

3: felony weapons

(In 2011, there were 5 violations, and 28 violations in 2010.)

No. 8: North Gwinnett High School

2012: 19 violations

7: non-felony drugs

7: felony weapons

5: felony drugs

(In 2011, there were 22 violations, and 53 violations in 2010.)

No. 8: Lanier High School

2012: 19 violations

16: non-felony drugs

1: felony drugs

1: felony weapons

1: terroristic threats

(In 2011, there were 13 violations.)

No. 9: Shiloh High School

2012: 17 violations

8: non-felony drugs

7: felony drugs

2: felony weapons

(In 2011, there were 18 violations, and 5 violations in 2010.)

No. 10: Mountain View High School

2012: 14 violations

7: felony weapons

4: felony drugs

3: non-felony drugs

(In 2011, there were 22 violations, and 15 violations in 2010.)

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* Georgia's definition of a "persistently dangerous" school is any school in which for three consecutive years:

• At least one student is found by official tribunal action to have violated a school rule related to a violent criminal offense (including aggravated battery, aggravated child molestation, aggravated sexual battery, aggravated sodomy, armed robbery, arson, kidnapping, murder, rape, and voluntary manslaughter) either on campus or at a school-sanctioned event;

• At least 2 percent of the student body or 10 students, whichever is greater, have been found to have violated school rules related to other identified criminal offenses, including non-felony drugs, felony drugs, felony weapons, terroristic threats;