Year Minimum Foundation building program completed 1955. Forty-two (42!) Black public schools in Burke County were reduced to six: Cousins (at Sardis), Girard, Gough, Midville, Palmer (at Keysville) and Waynesboro High & Industrial. All six were new buildings.

Year of total integration 1970.

Known high schools Blakeney (Waynesboro) Boggs Academy (Keysville) Waynesboro High & Industrial Boggs Academy was a private school, with local and boarding students. It stayed open until 1984. It is possible that one of Burke's many, many, many county schools before 1955 had a full high school at some point.

Known schools 1921-22: Allen's Chapel, Antioch, Asbury, Bar Camp, Beech Branch, Beechwood, Blount's Chapel, Bottsford, Burton's Chapel, Calloways, Catesville, Clear Spring, Cobbtown, Cochran's Grove, Colson's, Daniel's Grove, Davisville, Ebenezer, Fairfield, Fellowship, Florence Grove, Fullwood, Gough, Grays Grove, Green Grove, Hammonds, Hatcher's Branch, Heath's, Herrington's Grove, Hickory Ridge, Hicksons Grove, Hopeful, Inman's Grove, Job Spring, Keysville, McCaan, McElmurray's, McIntosh, McKennies Branch, Midville, Mount Carmel, Mount Zion, Murphree, Noah's Ark, Oak Grove, Parkers Grove, Peal's Grove, Philips Grove, Pine Hill, Pleasant Grove, Portersville, Rays Bridge, Red Hill, Reynolds, Robinson Grove, Rocky Creek, Rosier, St. Clair, St. Thomas, Smith Chapel, Spring Hill, Springfield, Spread Oak, Summerstand, Thomas Grove, Thomas Hill, Third Chapel, Union Point, Walker's, Williams Grove, Winter 1925-26: Allen's Chapel, Antioch, Asbury, Beech Branch, Beechwood, Blount's Chapel, Bottsford, Callaway, Catesville, Clear Springs, Cobb, Cochran, Colson, Daniels Grove, Davisville, Doyles Grove, Ebenezer, Eveville, Fairfield, Fellowship, Florence, Fullwood, Gough, Given's Grove, Green Grove, Hammond, Hatcher's Branch, Heath, Herrington, Hickory Ridge, Hickson, Hopeful, Idlewood, Inman, Job's Spring, Keysville, McCaan, McElmurray, McIntosh, McKinne Branch, Midville, Mount Carmel, Mount Zion, Murphy, Noah's Ark, Oak Grove, Parker, Peel Grove, Phillips Grove, Pine Hill, Pleasant Grove, Portersville, Rays Bridge, Red Hill, Reynolds, Roberson, Rock Creek, Rosier, Saint Clair, Saint Mary, Smith, Spread Oak, Spring Hill, Springfield, Summerstand, Thomas Hill, Third Church, Union, Walker's Grove, Waynesboro, Williams Grove, Winter 1926-27: Allen, Antioch, Asbury, Bar Camp, Beanut, Beechbranch, Beechwood, Bottsford, Burton, Callaway, Catesville, Clearspring, Cobb, Cochran, Colson, Daniel, Davisville, Doyle, Ebenezer, Eveville, Fairfield, Fellowship, Florence, Fulwood, Givens, Gough, Gray's Grove, Green Grove, Hammond, Hatcher's Branch, Heath, Herrington, Hickory, Hickson, Hopeful, Idlewood, Inman, Job's Springs, Keysville, McCaan, McElmurray, McIntosh, McKinnie, Midville, Mount Carmel, Mount Zion, Murphree, Noah's Ark, Oak Grove, Parker's, Peel, Phillips, Pine Hill, Pleasant Grove, Portersville, Quinney, Raysbridge, Red Hill, Reynolds, Roberson Grove, Rock Creek, Rosier, Saint Clair, Saint Mary, Smith Chapel, Spread Oak, Spring Hill, Springfield, Summer Stand, Thomas Hill, Third Church, Union, Walker's Grove, Walnut Branch, Williams, Winter; "The following is a partial list of assignments to the colored schools of the county for the coming term (10/16/1926 True Citizen). 1942-43: Waynesboro High & Industrial 1950-51: Beechwood, Cobb Grove (1 teacher), Cross, Davisville, Florence Grove (1), Fulwood (1), Gough, Hammond, Harrington Grove, L.D. Hill, Idlewood, Inman Grove (2), Midville Junior High (7), Summer Stand Elementary (3), Third Church (1), Waynesboro High & Industrial; Boggs Academy 1951-52: Cousins Junior High, L.D. Hill, Inman Grove, Midville Junior High, Sardis High, Summer Stand Elementary, Thomas Hill, Waynesboro High & Industrial; Boggs Academy (Beechwood and Hammond consolidate at the start of the year with Waynesboro, 09/20/1951 True Citizen) 1952-53: 45 schools (The True Citizen, 04/02/1953); 47 schools (The True Citizen, 08/07, 1952). Allen Chapel, Ashbury, Bar Camp, Bottsford, Calloway, Colson, Cousins Junior High, Daniel Grove, Fellowship, Fielding, Florence Grove, Fullwood, Girard High (or junior high), Gough, Green Grove, Herrington Grove, L.D. Hill, Idlewood, Inman Grove, McKinney, Midville Junior High, Mount Zion, Noah's Ark, Palmer Junior High, Peel Grove, Rosier, Rock Creek, St. Clair, Sardis, Springfield, Summerstand Elementary, Thomas Hill, Third Church, Union Point, Watkinsville, Waynesboro High & Industrial, William Grove, Winter; Boggs Academy 1953-54: 44 schools (The True Citizen, 08/13/1953) Battsford, Cousins Junior High, Gough Elementary, Idlewood, Midville Junior High, Palmer Elementary, Rosier Grove, Springfield High, Summerstand Elementary, Waynesboro High & Industrial 1954-55: 42 schools (The True Citizen, 09/30/1954) Cobb Grove, R.L. Cousins Junior High, Fielding Grove, Gough, Greens Grove, L.D. Hill, Inman Grove, Keysville, Midville Junior High, Mount Zion, Rock Creek, Rosier Grove Elementary, St. Clair, Summerstand Elementary, Third Church, Waynesboro High & Industrial, Williams Grove The Georgia Department of Education begins publishing a list of schools in 1956-57. 1956-57: Cousins Elementary (grades 1-9), Girard Elementary (1-8), Gough Elementary (1-9), Midville Elementary (1-9), Palmer (1-8), Waynesboro High & Industrial (1-12). The Georgia Educational Directory indicates Burke's school list was incomplete, but it actually was complete. 1957-58: Cousins Elementary (grades 1-9), Girard Elementary (1-8), Gough Elementary (1-9), Midville Elementary (1-9), Palmer Elementary (1-8), Waynesboro High & Industrial (1-12) 1958-59: Cousins Elementary (grades 1-9), Girard Elementary (1-8), Gough Elementary (1-9), Midville Elementary (1-9), Palmer Elementary (1-8), Waynesboro High & Industrial (1-12) 1959-60: Cousins Elementary (grades 1-9), Girard Elementary (1-8), Gough Elementary (1-9), Midville Elementary (1-9), Palmer Elementary (1-7), Waynesboro Elementary (3-4), Waynesboro High & Industrial (1-2, 5-12) 1960-61: Cousins Elementary (grades 1-9), Girard Elementary (1-8), Gough Elementary (1-9), Midville Elementary (1-9), Palmer Elementary (1-8), Waynesboro Elementary (3-4), Waynesboro High & Industrial (1-2, 5-12) 1961-62: Cousins Elementary (grades 1-9), Girard Elementary (1-8), Gough Elementary (1-9), Midville Elementary (1-9), Palmer Elementary (1-8), Waynesboro Elementary (3-4), Waynesboro High & Industrial (1-2, 5-12) 1962-63: Cousins Elementary (grades 1-9), Girard Elementary (1-8), Gough Elementary (1-9), Midville Elementary (1-9), Palmer (1-8), Waynesboro Elementary (3-4), Waynesboro High & Industrial (1-2, 5-12) 1963-64: Cousins Elementary (grades 1-9), Girard Elementary (1-8), Gough Elementary (1-9), Midville Elementary (1-9), Palmer (1-8), Waynesboro Elementary (3-4), Waynesboro High & Industrial (1-2, 5-12) 1964-65: Cousins Elementary (grades 1-9), Girard Elementary (1-8), Gough Elementary (1-9), Midville Junior High (1-9), Palmer Elementary (1-8), Waynesboro Elementary (3-4), Waynesboro High & Industrial (1-2, 5-12) 1965-66: Cousins Elementary (grades 1-9), Girard Elementary (1-8), Gough Elementary (1-8), Midville Junior High (1-9), Palmer Elementary (1-8), Waynesboro Elementary (3-4), Waynesboro High & Industrial (1-2, 5-12) 1966-67: Blakeney Elementary (grades 1-8), Blakeney High (9-12), Cousins Elementary (1-8), S.R. Dinkins Elementary (1-8), Girard Elementary (1-8), Gough Elementary (1-8), Palmer Elementary (1-8) 1967-68: Blakeney Elementary (grades 1-8), Blakeney High (9-12), Cousins Elementary (1-8), S.R. Dinkins Elementary (1-8), Girard Elementary (1-8), Gough Elementary (1-8), Palmer Elementary (1-8) 1968-69: Blakeney Elementary (grades 1-7), Blakeney High (8-12), Cousins Elementary (1-8), S.R. Dinkins Elementary (1-8), Girard Elementary (1-8), Gough Elementary (1-7), Palmer Elementary (1-8) 1969-70: Blakeney Elementary (grades 1-7), Blakeney High (8-12), Cousins Elementary (1-8), S.R. Dinkins Elementary (1-8), Girard Elementary (1-8), Gough Elementary (1-7), Palmer Elementary (1-8)

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