Forsyth County Schools · By address
Schools in Cumming
Cumming is served by Forsyth County Schools, the county-wide public district whose headquarters sit at 1120 Dahlonega Highway in Cumming. Attendance follows the boundary map for the exact address, never the city line, and many district schools with Cumming addresses sit in unincorporated Forsyth County.
This page is a family resource, not a ranking: it names real schools and the one reliable check. No school here is rated, ranked, or steered over another.
How it works
One county, one district, one address check
One district serves the whole county, which keeps the school question to a single boundary lookup. The district runs more than 40 schools across Forsyth, and the school for a given street comes from the official attendance zone map, which can be adjusted as neighborhoods fill. The street line, not the city line, decides the school.
High schools
The Cumming high schools
Forsyth Central High School
131 Almon C. Hill Drive
The high school in the Cumming core, near the City Center and a short drive from the square.
North Forsyth High School
3635 Coal Mountain Drive
The high school on the north side of the county around Coal Mountain.
Alliance Academy for Innovation
1100 Lanier 400 Parkway
The district's innovation high school, organized around career and technical pathways at the Lanier 400 campus.
Middle schools
The middle schools in and around Cumming
Otwell Middle School
605 Tribble Gap Road
The middle school on Tribble Gap Road in the Cumming core.
Little Mill Middle School
6800 Little Mill Road
The middle school on Little Mill Road, serving the southern Cumming side.
Liberty Middle School
7465 Wallace Tatum Road
The middle school on the north side near Wallace Tatum Road.
Hendricks Middle School
4950 Hyde Road
The middle school on Hyde Road, serving the eastern side of the area.
Elementary schools
Elementary schools to look up by address
The elementary schools with Cumming addresses run the full ring around the city: Cumming Elementary at 540 Dahlonega Street in the core, Chattahoochee Elementary at 2800 Holtzclaw Road, Brookwood Elementary at 2980 Vaughan Drive, Big Creek Elementary at 1994 Peachtree Parkway, Coal Mountain Elementary at 3455 Coal Mountain Drive, George W. Whitlow Elementary at 3655 Castleberry Road, Kelly Mill Elementary at 1180 Chamblee Gap Road, Mashburn Elementary at 3777 Samples Road, and Matt Elementary at 7455 Wallace Tatum Road. The zoned school for a specific street comes from the district boundary map.
The district also runs its non-traditional and special programs from its Cumming facilities, including the Academies of Creative Education at 1160 Dahlonega Highway.
Your address
The one reliable check
Run the exact street address through the Forsyth County Schools school locator, then check that school's own page for boundaries and family resources. A subdivision name, a school-name marketing area, or a real estate flyer is not proof of a zone. Zones are district decisions drawn on the official map, and they can be adjusted as neighborhoods fill.
The standing disclaimer
Boundaries change
Attendance zones are set by district boundary maps and can change. This guide names schools as family resources only and does not rank or compare them. Verify every zone against the official district map for the exact address before you rely on it.
An editorial guide, not a listings site. Updated September 22, 2026. Real-estate guidance on this page is provided by Rob Dietrich, REALTOR® with eXp Realty, LLC.