New Life Academy of Excellence, Duluth: admission and report card

Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the New Life Academy website, Gwinnett County Public Schools’ school directory, the district’s special school registration page, Find My School tool, 2026-27 student calendar, the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement’s 2025 School Grades data and the federal NCES school directory.

New Life Academy of Excellence is a tuition-free public charter school in Gwinnett County Public Schools, serving kindergarten through eighth grade on River Green Parkway, inside the city off Peachtree Industrial Boulevard. It has no attendance zone: families apply, and seats are filled by lottery. Its mission statement says it gives students the opportunity to learn Mandarin Chinese.

• Address: 4725 River Green Parkway, Duluth, GA 30096
• Phone: 678-720-9870
• Grades: Kindergarten to 8
• Website: www.newlifeacademyga.com

Who to call

• New Life Academy front office: 678-720-9870
• Apply: the school’s admissions pages; a parent or guardian submits the application
• Bus routes: the school, or the district’s Transportation Department, 770-338-4800
• Gwinnett County Public Schools main line: 678-301-6000
• Your zoned school: New Life Academy has no zone; for the neighborhood school at an address, use Find My School

Principal

The district’s school directory lists Alphonsa Foward Jr. as the school’s director and CEO.

Enrollment and teachers

The state counted 654 students at New Life Academy in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 603 students and 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 17.2 students per teacher.

State report card

New Life Academy’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 82.4, according to the state’s School Grades data: 87.8 for its elementary grades and 67.0 for its middle grades. The Georgia averages were 78.6 for elementary schools and 78.4 for middle schools, and Gwinnett County Public Schools’ were 82.9 and 84.2. The school’s single score was 83.0 in 2023, 78.6 in 2024 and 82.4 in 2025. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s New Life Academy 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-grade tests, 2025, share of tested students in grades three to five at each of the two top levels:

Middle grades, share of tested students at each of the two top levels:

Admission

New Life Academy has no attendance zone. To apply, a child must live in Gwinnett County and be school age: 5 by Sept. 1 for kindergarten and 6 by Sept. 1 for first grade, according to the school’s eligibility page.

For the 2026-27 school year, the school’s enrollment schedule ran re-enrollment for current students from Nov. 3 to Dec. 19, 2025, open enrollment for new students from Dec. 19, 2025, to Jan. 30, 2026, and a public lottery through Gwinnett County Public Schools on Feb. 4, 2026. Applications received after open enrollment go on a waiting list, and the application process “does not guarantee enrollment,” according to the district’s special school registration page. The school does not admit students on a first-come, first-served basis.

The school had not posted dates for 2027-28 applications when we checked. Watch its admissions page.

Because it has no zone, New Life Academy does not feed a particular high school. After eighth grade, students attend the high school for their home address: for most of Duluth, Duluth High. Check an address with Find My School.

Calendar

The school publishes its own calendar. For reference, the district’s approved 2026-27 student calendar for Gwinnett County Public Schools has these dates; confirm each with the school:

• Monday, Oct. 12, to Friday, Oct. 16: fall break, no school
• Oct. 28-29: early release for kindergarten through eighth grade, for parent-teacher conferences
• Tuesday, Nov. 3: Election Day, a Digital Learning Day; students learn from home
• Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
• 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 About Us page lists two campuses:

• Elementary school campus, kindergarten to fifth grade: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.; morning carpool 7:30 to 8 a.m., afternoon carpool 3 to 3:30 p.m.
• Middle school campus, sixth to eighth grade: 7:45 a.m. to 3 p.m.; morning carpool 7:30 to 7:45 a.m., afternoon carpool 3 to 3:30 p.m.

Both offices are open 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

More

• The school’s website and admissions pages
• The district’s directory page for New Life Academy
• The state’s report card for New Life Academy
• Every public school that serves Duluth, with zones and scores: our Duluth public schools guide
• District calendar, registration and the Board of Education: our Duluth schools guide

Frequently asked questions

Is New Life Academy of Excellence a public school?

Yes. It is a tuition-free public charter school in Gwinnett County Public Schools, serving kindergarten through eighth grade.

How do you get into New Life Academy of Excellence?

Apply online during open enrollment; the child must live in Gwinnett County. Seats are filled by a public lottery run through Gwinnett County Public Schools.

What is New Life Academy of Excellence’s CCRPI score?

82.4 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data: 87.8 for its elementary grades and 67.0 for its middle grades.

What time does New Life Academy of Excellence start?

The elementary campus runs 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and the middle school campus 7:45 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to the school.