Year Minimum Foundation building program completed 1956. Cochran Colored moved into a new building in February 1956. Bleckley had a county school system and Cochran had a separate city system, an arrangement that lasted until the two merged in 1977. Bleckley County built nothing for its African American students in the 1950s.

Year of total integration

Known high schools Cochran Colored Thompson Street (Cochran) Many Black schools changed their names in the 1960s to less racially offensive terms. "Cochran Colored" was indeed the name Cochran city schools submitted annually to the Georgia Department of Education for its schools directory. For its new name, the school chose its physical location, Thompson Street.

Known schools 1950-51: Arde (1 teacher), Brown Hill (1), Bryant Gift (1), Center Hill (2), Cochran (8), Dennis Gift (1), Green Grove (1), Longstreet (1), St. Paul (2), Thompson Gift (1), Wimberly (2) (full list) 1951-52: Cochran (9 teachers) 1952-53: Brown Hill, Center Hill, Cochran (10 teachers), Dennis Gift, Green Grove, St. Paul, Wimberly (full list) 1954-55: Cochran Colored 1955-56: Cochran The Georgia Department of Education begins publishing a list of schools in 1956-57. 1956-57: Brown Hill (grades 1-8) (county); Cochran Colored (1-12) (city). County list not complete. 1957-58: Brown Hill (grades 1-8), Center Hill (1-8), Green Grove (1-8), St. Paul (1-8), Wimberly (1-8) (county); Cochran Colored (1-12) (city) 1958-59: Brown Hill (grades 1-8), Green Grove (1-8), St. Paul (1-8), Wimberly (1-8) (county); Cochran Colored (1-12) (city) 1959-60: Brown Hill (grades 1-8), Green Grove (1-8), St. Paul (1-8), Wimberly (1-8) (county); Cochran Colored (1-12) (city) 1960-61: Brown Hill (grades 1-8), Green Grove (1-8), St. Paul (1-8), Wimberly (1-8) (county); Cochran Colored (1-12) (city) 1961-62: Brown Hill (grades 1-8), Green Grove (1-8), St. Paul (1-8), Wimberly (1-8) (county); Cochran Colored (1-12) (city) 1962-63: Brown Hill (grades 1-8), Green Grove (1-8), St. Paul (1-8), Wimberly (1-8) (county); Cochran Colored (1-12) (city) 1963-64: Brown Hill (grades 1-8), Green Grove (1-8), St. Paul (1-8), Wimberly (1-8) (county); Cochran Colored (1-12) (city) 1964-65: Brown Hill (grades 1-8), Green Grove (1-8), St. Paul (1-8), Wimberly (1-8) (county); Cochran Colored (1-12) (city) 1965-66: Westside Elementary (grades 1-8) (county); Cochran (1-12) (city) 1966-67: Westside Elementary (grades 1-8) (county); Cochran (1-12) (city) 1967-68: Westside Elementary (grades 1-7) (county); Thompson Street (1-12) (city) 1968-69: Westside Elementary (grades 1-7) (county); Thompson Street (1-7, 10-12) (city) 1969-70: Westside Elementary (grades 1-6) (county); Thompson Street (1-6) (city)

Additional notes Bleckley County came under intense scrutiny in the 1960s for conditions at its county Black elementary schools. After an expose by the Atlanta Inquirer in 1963, Bleckley got in gear and built Westside Elementary to consolidate them.