Year Minimum Foundation building program completed 1955-1956. Atkinson County Training opened in February 1956, a few months after Atkinson County High. Those were the only schools constructed for either race, as old buildings for each in Willacoochee were usable.

Year of total integration ?

Known high schools Atkinson County Training (Pearson)

Known schools 1949-50: Three schools; all three in frame buildings, only one with running water, but all three do have electricity. 12 teachers total (The Pearson Tribune, 03/02/50) 1955-56: Atkinson County Training The Georgia Department of Education begins publishing a list of schools in 1956-57. 1956-57: Atkinson County Training (grades 1-12), Willacoochee Colored (1-7) 1957-58: Atkinson County Training (grades 1-12), Willacoochee Colored (1-7) 1958-59: Atkinson County Training (grades 1-12), Willacoochee Colored (1-7) 1959-60: Atkinson County Training (grades 1-12), Willacoochee Colored (1-7) 1960-61: Atkinson County Training (grades 1-12), Willacoochee Colored (1-7) 1961-62: Atkinson County Training (grades 1-12), Willacoochee Colored (1-7) 1962-63: Atkinson County Training (grades 1-12), Willacoochee Colored (1-7) 1963-64: Atkinson County Training (grades 1-12), Willacoochee Colored (1-7) 1964-65: Atkinson County Training (grades 1-12), Willacoochee Public (1-7) 1965-66: Atkinson County Training (grades 1-12), Willacoochee Public (1-7) 1966-67: Atkinson County Training (grades 1-12) 1967-68: Atkinson County Training (grades 1-12) 1968-69: Atkinson County Training (grades 1-12) 1969-70: Atkinson County Training (grades 1-12) Annual Reports of the Department of Education to the General Assembly of the State of Georgia - renamed Report on Georgia Schools in 1956 - ran a litany of statistics on public education in the state. Despite the name "Annual Reports," the books were issued every two years by the 1930s. Included in these stats are two major ones that help give a picture of Black schools where other statewide sources do not: The amount of African American schools in each school system, and the amount of one-teacher schools in each system. There were not without flaws, either. The Annual Reports were inconsistent with properly labeling city school systems. Before the 1950s, these were much more numerous. Cordele and Vienna, for example, were among the individual city systems that closed during the 1950s. Numbers were submitted by each school system, always with the chance of errors. The table presented here covers both numbers - total schools and one-teacher schools - nearly every two years from 1932 to 1956. No statistics were printed in 1946 and 1948. Stats are for the end of the school year. For example, 1950, refers to 1949-50. Year Total schools One-teacher Notes 1932 11 9 1934 13 12 1936 12 11 1938 13 10 1940 14 12 1942 14 12 1944 13 11 1950 3 1 1952 2 0 1954 2 0 1956 2 0

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