Lanier Middle School is a public school in Buford, Georgia, United States, grades 6-8.
The Georgia state Department of Education awarded the school a "2006 Platinum Award for Greatest Gain in Percentage of Students Meeting and Exceeding Standards" after the school improved its percentage of students meeting and exceeding state testing standards. With 92.84 percent of students at or above state standards, a gain of 3.32 percent over the year before, the school improved more than 99.54 percent of middle schools in Georgia, according to the state's "report card" for the school.[1]
The school is part of the Gwinnett County Public Schools System and is in the Lanier Cluster. Lanier Middle School feeds students in to Lanier High School. The school is run by Principal Jaime Espinosa. A total of 2,463 students enrolled in 2006 and the school is forecast to have 3,206 by the 2010-2011 school year. The school hours are 9:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Lanier offers a variety of programs and sports such as basketball and cheerleading for eighth grade, and a step, dance, and running team for all other grades, with many other non-athletic clubs. One of these non-athletic clubs is the Quiz Bowl academic team, which is one of the highest ranked teams in the state and won second place at the state championship in 2009, losing to Duluth's Quiz Bowl team. Lanier has PROBE classes for students that are determined to be "Gifted" by the school system. These classes offer more in-depth review and higher level thinking for the participating students.
White, not of Hispanic origin 100%; Asian, Pacific Islander 0%; Hispanic 0%; Black, not of Hispanic origin 0%; Multiracial 0%; American Indian/Alaskan Native <0%;