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Profile: Clayton County

Year Minimum Foundation building program completed
c. 1957.

Year of total integration
1970. Fountain's high school closed a year earlier.

Known high schools
  • Fountain (Forest Park)
Jonesboro seems to have had a high school in the early 1950s. Its formal name is unknown.

Known schools
  • 1955-56: Fountain High, Jonesboro Colored
  • 1956-57: Jonesboro Colored Elementary
The Georgia Department of Education begins publishing a list of schools in 1956-57.
  • 1956-57: William A. Fountain (grades 1-12), Jonesboro Colored (1-8). Not a complete list.
  • 1957-58: William A. Fountain (grades 1-12), Jonesboro Elementary (1-8)
  • 1958-59: William A. Fountain (grades 1-12), Jonesboro Elementary (1-8)
  • 1959-60: William A. Fountain (grades 1-12), Jonesboro Elementary (1-8)
  • 1960-61: William A. Fountain (grades 1-12), Jonesboro Elementary (1-8)
  • 1961-62: William A. Fountain (grades 1-12), Jonesboro Elementary (1-8)
  • 1962-63: William A. Fountain (grades 1-12), Jonesboro Elementary (1-8)
  • 1963-64: William A. Fountain (grades 1-12), Jonesboro Elementary (1-9)
  • 1964-65: William A. Fountain (grades 1-12), Jonesboro Elementary (1-9)
  • 1965-66: William A. Fountain (grades 1-12), J.W. Arnold (1-9)
  • 1966-67: William A. Fountain (grades 1-12), J.W. Arnold (1-9)
  • 1967-68: William A. Fountain (grades 1-12), J.W. Arnold (1-6)
  • 1968-69: William A. Fountain (grades 1-12), J.W. Arnold (1-6)
  • 1969-70: William A. Fountain (grades 1-6), J.W. Arnold (1-3)
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