Georgia education statistics: size of school systems, 1969-1970

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Number of Children in Average Daily Attendance 1 Totals . 4
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16 17
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1969-70 School Year
NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE(ADA) Systems are arranged according to size--based on total ADA, grades K-12.

SYSTEM NAME
Ran~e 10.001 and Over
Atlanta City DeKalb Cobb Muscogee Chatham Richmond Bibb Fulton Clayton Dougherty Gwinnett Houston Glynn Walker Clarke
Range 9.001-10.000
Hall Floyd
Range 8.001-9.000
Spalding Whitfield

TOTAL
97,781* 78,033 40,007 39,683 38,579* 33,120 32,247* 32,209 23,090 21,579 14,937 14,856 11 ,631 10,213 10,124
9,359 9,219
8,739 8,168

RANK
20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
32 33 34 35 36 37 38

SYSTEM NAME
Range 7.001-8.000
Coweta Colquitt Carroll
Range 6.001-7.000
Valdosta City Tift Catoosa Cherokee Polk Bulloch Douglas Baldwin Henry
Range 5.001-6.000
Rome City Columbia Newton Lowndes Decatur Marietta City LaGrange City

TOTAL
7,649 7,636 7,011
6,984* 6,676 6,503* 6,450 6,428* 6,401* 6,337 6,157 6,099
5,972* 5,870 5,856 5,802 5,562* 5,239* 5,198*

*lndicates the ADA is less than the ADA for 1968-69.

RANK

SYSTEM NAME

TOTAL

Ran~e 5.001-6.000 cont'd

39

Walton

5,057*

Ran~e 4.001-5.000

40

Coffee

4,855*

41

Bartow

4,756

42

Wayne

4,739*

43

Burke

4,719*

44

Meriwether

4,569*

45

Jefferson

4,547*

46

Washington

4,491*

47

Thomasville City

4,459

48

Crisp

4,412*

49

Laurens

4,346*

50

Habersham

4,275

51

Emanuel

4,273*

52

Waycross City

4,261*

53

Peach

4,231

54

Grady

4,207*

55

Rockdale

4,204

56

Dalton City

4,191*

57

Stephens

4,161

58

Elbert

4,021*

59

Thomas

4,011*

Range 3.001-4.000

60

Paulding

3,964

61

Decatur City

3,839

62

Dublin City

3,808

63

Worth

3,807

64

Dodge

3,719*

*Indicates the ADA is less than the ADA for 1968-69.

RANK
65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85
86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93

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SYSTEM NAME

TOTAL

Range 3.001-4.000 cont'd
Forsyth McDuffie Gainesville City Ware Effingham Hart Chattooga Brooks Screven Appling Troup Macon Liberty Tattnall Mitchell Americus City Early Gordon Camden Telfair Terrell
Ran~e 2.001-3.000
Murray Madison Cook Franklin Fannin Jones Upson Dooly

3,585 3,582 3,508* 3,502 3,492 3,485* 3,406 3.398* 3,374* 3,361* 3,352* 3,332* 3,305* 3,295* 3,261* 3,237 3,176* 3.,067 3,055 3,047 3,011
2,994 2,971 2,946 2,938* 2,876* 2,872 2,833* 2,806*

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RANK
94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122

SYSTEM NAME

TOTAL

Ran~e 2,001-3,000 cont'd

Harris Fayette Berrien Thomaston Ci ty Morgan Wilkes Sumter Toombs Butts Monroe Lamar Greene Carrollton City Pierce Jeff Davis Hancock Vidalia City Wilkinson Cartersville City Twiggs Winder City Turner Fitzgerald City Haralson Putnam Jenkins Pickens Randolph Bacon

2,738* 2,693 2;638 2,580 2,573* 2,547* 2,532* 2,514 2,496 2,455* 2,429 2,426* 2,400* 2,391* 2,370* 2,361* 2,352 2,337 2,301* 2,290* 2,242 2,239 2,237 2,211* 2,172 2,158* 2,138 2,110* 2,009*

*lndicates the ADA is less than the ADA for 1968-69.

RANK
123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151

SYSTEM NAME
Range 1,001-2,000
Evans Dade McIntosh Taylor Ca 1houn City Jackson Irwin Oglethorpe Rabun Seminole Gilmer Calhoun Bryan Lee Talbot Pelham City Wilcox Stewart White Lumpkin Oconee Miller Warren Charlton Atkinson Johnson Candler Clinch Pike

TOTAL
1,988* 1,969* . 1,968* 1,949 1,930 1,930 1,897* 1,881 1,860* 1,871* 1,838 1,834* 1,810 1,788* 1,767* 1,764* 1,752* 1,746 1,734 1,713 1,699* 1,675* 1,671* 1,662 1,640 1,619* 1,577* 1,553* 1,538*

RANK

SYSTEM NAME

TOTAL

Range 1,001-2,000 cont'd

152

Crawford

1,530

153

Marion

1,529

154

Union

1,525

155

Lincoln

1,519

156

Montgomery

1,472

157

Commerce City

1,451

158

Treut1en

1,437*

159

Brantley

1,426*

160

Jasper

1,426*

161

Lanier

1,327

162

Cochran City

1,293*

163

Barrow

1,287

164

Pulaski

1,287*

165

Jefferson City

1,281

166

West Point Ci ty

1,186

167

Heard

1,185

168

Banks

1,157*

169

Bremen City

1,123

170

Hogansville City

1,101*

171

Buford City

1,086*

172

Wheeler

1,079*

173

Baker

1,025*

174

Clay

1,019*

Range 1,000 or less

175

Long

927*

176

Towns

916*

177

B1eck1ey

884*

178

Trion City

861*

1:79

Hawkinsville City

854

180

Dawson

8~4

181

Schley

784

*Indicat~s the ADA is less than the ADA for 1968-69.

RANK
182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190

SYSTEM NAME

TOTAL

Range 1,000 or less cont'd
Chickamauga City Ben Hill Webster Quitman Taliaferro Glascock Echols Chattahoochee Tallulah Falls City

749 746* 605* 584* 515* 473* 463* 336* 200

TOTAL
County Systems Independent Systems
STATE

841,959 177,468
1,019,427

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ADA RANGE 10,001 and Over 9,001 - 10,000 8,001 - 9,000 7,001 - 8,000 6,001 - 7,000 5,001 - 6,000 4,001 - 5,000 3,001 - 4,000 2,001 - 3,000 1,001 - 2,000 1,000 or Less TOTAL NUMBER SYSTEMS

NO. SYSTEMS 15 2 2 3 9 8 20 26 37 52 16
190

In 1969-70, the median size school system was 2,666 in average daily attendance.
1969-70 Compared with 1968-69
99 Systems increased in ADA
-2l Systems decreased in ADA
190 Systems

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