Gwinnett School Tops High School Suspension List

Meadowcreek High School in Gwinnett County has metro Atlanta’s highest number of high school suspensions, according to a new database compiled by the AJC.

The database measures disciplinary actions in the DeKalb, Cobb, Clayton, Fulton and Gwinnett county school systems, as well as the cities of Atlanta, Buford, Decatur and Marietta systems.

It also measures the number of detentions, suspensions and other disciplinary actions.

Two other Gwinnett schools -- Norcross High School and Dacula High School -- figure in the top 10 as well.

Here are metro Atlanta’s 10 high schools with the most suspensions:

1. Meadowcreek High School (Gwinnett): 2566
2. Columbia High School (DeKalb): 1649
3. Martin Luther King, Jr. High School (DeKalb): 1161
4. McNair High School (DeKalb): 1049
5. Miller Grove High School (DeKalb): 941
6. Douglass High School (APS): 882
7. Forest Park High School (Clayton): 840
8. Norcross High School (Gwinnett): 773
9. Towers High School (DeKalb): 755
10. Dacula High School (Gwinnett): 721

You can view the AJC’s full searchable database by clicking here.

Patch’s Tim Darnell contributed to this report.