Coweta County School System

Coweta County School District
Address
167 Werz Industrial Boulevard
Newnan
, Georgia, 30263-5803
United States
Coordinates33°24′05″N 84°45′48″W / 33.4013285°N 84.7633764°W / 33.4013285; -84.7633764[1]
District information
GradesPre-kindergarten – 12
SuperintendentEvan Horton
Accreditation(s)Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Georgia Accrediting Commission
NCES District ID1301500[2]
Students and staff
Enrollment23,200 (2022–23)[2]
Faculty1,577.30 (FTE)[2]
Staff1,563.50 (FTE)[3]
Student–teacher ratio14.71[2]
Other information
Telephone(770) 254-2800
Websitecowetaschools.net

The Coweta County School District is the primary education system in Coweta County, Georgia, United States. Its headquarters are an antebellum building on Jackson Street (US 29) at Sprayberry Road in Newnan, Georgia. Coweta County is the 9th-fastest-growing county in Georgia and the 26th-fastest-growing in the country. The school system has grown from 9,210 students in 1984 to over 22,000 students in 2007.[4]

Overview

The school system operates eighteen elementary schools, six middle schools and three high schools, serving an area of 431 square miles (1,120 km2) with approximately 22,000 students and 1,200 teachers.[4][5]

Elementary schools

  • Arbor Springs Elementary
  • Arnco-Sargent Elementary
  • Atkinson Elementary
  • Brooks Elementary
  • Canongate Elementary
  • Eastside Elementary
  • Elm Street Elementary
  • Grantville Elementary
  • Jefferson Parkway Elementary
  • Moreland Elementary
  • Newnan Crossing Elementary
  • Northside Elementary
  • Poplar Road Elementary
  • Ruth Hill Elementary
  • Thomas Crossroads Elementary
  • Western Elementary
  • Welch Elementary
  • White Oak Elementary
  • Willis Road Elementary

Middle schools

  • Arnall Middle School
  • Blake Bass Middle School
  • East Coweta Middle School
  • Evans Middle School
  • Lee Middle School
  • Madras Middle School
  • Maggie Brown Middle School
  • Smokey Road Middle School
  • Central Education Center (CEC) - 8th Grade Academy

High schools

Controversies

Board member's participation in Capitol insurrection

Roughly a week after the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, it was revealed Coweta school board member Linda Menk had attended the rally in Washington, D.C.[6][7] Menk, after facing backlash from the community, refused to resign from her position, and urged her fellow board members that October to leave the Georgia School Boards Association after its parent organization, the National School Boards Association, sent a letter to the Biden presidential administration urging an investigation into the "growing number of threats of violence and acts of intimidation occurring across the nation."[8] Menk ended up resigning in late 2022.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "GPS Coordinates". Retrieved August 31, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "Coweta County". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
  3. ^ "Coweta County–Staff". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Coweta County School System
  5. ^ Local School Directory - Coweta County School District
  6. ^ Hill, Brian (January 12, 2021). "Parents want school board member removed after she attended deadly pro-Trump rally in US Capitol". FOX 5 Atlanta. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  7. ^ "Coweta Co. School Board Member Who Attended Trump Rally Asked To Step Down: 'She Needs To Resign'". January 18, 2021. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  8. ^ "Menk urges Coweta school board to leave GSBA over letter to Biden". The Newnan Times-Herald. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  9. ^ "Menk resigns from school board". The Newnan Times-Herald. November 2, 2024. Retrieved August 8, 2024.