- 2009-2010 Silver award winner in the 2009
- Single Statewide Accountability System (SSAS) awards
- Named as one of the 2010 Advanced Placement Honors Schools by the Department of Education
- 96% of graduating class entering post-secondary education
- Five National Merit Scholarship winners
- Scholarship awards exceeding $12,224,636.00 have been offered to the 2010 graduating class
- Class of 2010 compiled 32, 141 hours of community service
- Over 200 seniors scored 1800 or above on SAT
- Girls’ Cross Country won state championship
- NGHS Football were Region Champs
- NGHS Girls’ Soccer were Region Champs
- The “Java Dawg Café” opened – huge success looking to expand
- North Gwinnett Robotics team won state championship 2010-2011
- The “Dawg House” school store was awarded the Distinguished Presenter Award at the 2009 DECA International Conference in Anaheim, CA
- North Gwinnett DECA chapter was overall Region Champions
- Four students qualified for the 2009 American Invitational Mathematics exam (top 5% of the nation)
- All State Arts Symposium Gold winner
- First place in Sculpture, National Art Honor Society State Convention National Scholastic Art and Writing
- Awards Latin students earned the prestigious National Latin Exam “Book Award”
- More student athletes signed letters of intent to continue their sports interest in colleges/universities than in previous years
- Drama Department concluded a great theatrical season with Spring musical, “Cinderella”
- NGHS Dance department will be going to perform at the Orange Bowl in 2011