2005-2006
- Arts/Academics
- North Gwinnett ranks #1 in Gwinnett County and #557 in America according to Newsweek's "Top Public High Schools".
- 8 Governor's Honors Program Finalists: Dance (Sarah D'Urso), Social Studies (Brandon Gordon), Piano (Seda Hocaoglu), Math (Jung Kim), Technology (Daniel Lei), Vocal Music (Bryan Lewis), Visual Art (Ji Young Park) and Chemistry (Sarah Williams).
- Engineering Team ranked #1 in Georgia and #6 in the Nation according to TEAMS (Tests in Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics and Science), sponsored by the Junior Engineering and Technical Society (JETS). 3rd Consecutive State Championship!
- Reading Team ranked #1 in Georgia
- #1 in Area and Gwinnett County in Georgia Mathematics League competition, #6 team in Georgia, #3 student in Georgia (Joe Fang)
- In the Greater Atlanta Mathematics Examination, North Gwinnett finished second (out of seventeen Metro Atlanta high schools competing) and first among all Gwinnett County High Schools.
- North Gwinnett Key Club received the Gwinnett Top School award for March of Dimes Walk America for the second straight year (2005 and 2006)
- NorthGwinnett.com is a 2006 Winner of the International Student Media Festival awards.
- Placed 4th in Region 3 (the Southeastern states) in Mu Alpha Theta's National Log 1 Contest
- Gordon College Writing Awards State Level (First Place essay: Abbey Platts, Third Place essay and poem: Billie Damren)
- River of Words National Poetry Contest: of approximately 7,000 entries in the high school category 3 students placed in the top twenty (Taylor Volkman, Lauren Ann Fowler, DeZaune Olive)
- Region 7AAAAA Literary Meet (First Place Essay: Katherine Park, Second Place Essay: Michael Parrn 7AAAAA Second Place Spelling: Michael Parr and Katherine Park
- First Place poem in the Gwinnett County Public Library Poetry Contest (Jessica Thai)
- 4 Atlanta-Journal Constitution editorial contributors: Katherine Park, Kori Jackson, Philip Aloisio, and Kristi McKnight
- 29 All State Chorus participants (highest in Gwinnett County, 2nd highest in the state behind only a fine arts magnet school)
- All Superior and Excellent Ratings at Choral Large Group Performance Evaluation (straight superior ratings in sight reading), Georgia Music Educators Association
- All Superior Ratings for ensembles at Solo and Ensemble Performance Evaluation, Georgia Music Educators Association
- Bulldog Award in the Reflections Competition (Ana Gardner, landscape)
- This website (northgwinnett.com) received a perfect score at the State Media Festival, and advanced to the International Media Festival competition.
- Two student web teams placed in 5 of 15 categories in the Technology Association of Georgia's (TAG) 2006 Webchallenge Contest, winning 1st place in both Concept and Interactivity categories, and 3rd Overall.
- In Theater, Courtney Holbrook and Michelle Wood won for individual acting excellence, sub-region One-Act competition
- 2 alternates for Governor's Honors Program in Theatre (Bertille Haddock, Kevin Vickery)
- Athletics
- Girls Golf won Region, 3rd place in States, State Individual Co-Champion (Louisa Yang)
- Girls Softball, State Elite Eight, most wins in school history (28)
- Gwinnett County Girls Softball Player of the Year (Jessica Batten)
- Girls Varsity Soccer, State Sweet Sixteen
- Girls Varsity Basketball, State Tournament (22-7 ).
- Tony Watkins (Girls Basketball) was selected Gwinnett County coach of the year (Gwinnett Daily Post)
- Baseball, State Playoffs
- Football, State Playoffs
- Georgia's #1 Men's Epee Fencer (Houston Fullerton), #3 Women's Epee Fencer (Devon Drew), #5 Fencing Team
- Ice Hockey State Champion, Tier B
- Step Team won 3rd place in the "Step on Our Level" competition at Shiloh High School, March 2006
- #3 Pole Vaulter in State Championships (Zach Luna)