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Profile: Early County

Year Minimum Foundation building program completed
c. 1954

Three African American schools were built, Washington (Blakely), Carver (Jakin) and Kestler (Damascus).

Year of total integration
1970.

Known high schools
  • Carver (Jakin)
  • Kestler (Damascus)
  • Washington (Blakely)

Early's Board of Education decided to close Kestler's high school in 1960 because of low attendance. It was part of a much larger survey (printed in the Jan. 14, 1960 Early County News) about the county holding on to its rural elementary and high schools as attendance plummeted. White high schools at Damascus and Jakin remained open.

Known schools
  • 1921-22: Friendship, Pleasant Grove, Pleasant Hill, Shiloh, Spring Creek
  • 1922-23: 38 schools (04/12/1923 Early County News)
  • 1923-24: 38 schools (02/28/1924 Early County News)
  • 1941-42: Allen Chapel, Bancroft, Bright Star, Cross Roads, Deal, Early County Training, Ebenezer, Friendship, Good Hope, Hartley's Gift, Hayes Grove, Jakin Colored High, Jerusalem, Kestler Junior High, Kiokee, Macedonia, Mt. Meighs, Mt. Zion, Oak Grove, Old Town, Piney Grove, Plattsville, Pleasant Grove, Pleasant Hill, Prospect, St. John, St. Maryland, Salem, Sardis, Shiloh, Timmons, True Vine, Union Hill, Washington High, Zion Hill, Zion Hope, Zion Watch
  • 1946-47: Bancroft, Carver, Early County Training, Good Hope, Hartley Gift, Kestler, Mount Meighs, Old Town, Plattsville, Saint John, Salem, True Vine, Union Hill, Victory
  • 1947-48: Carver, Early County Training, Kestler, Mount Meighs, Victory, Washington. Five high schools and 22 elementary schools (1/29/48 Early County News)
  • 1951-52: Washington
  • 1952-53: Carver High (Jakin), Kestler High (Damascus), Washington High (Blakely)
  • 1954-55: [Jakin], Kestler, Washington (full list)
  • 1955-56: Washington
  • 1956-57: Carver Elementary (Jakin), Washington
The Georgia Department of Education begins publishing a list of schools in 1956-57.
  • 1956-57: Carver Elementary (grades 1-8), Kestler Elementary & High (1-12), Washington Elementary & High (1-12). May or may not be a complete list.
  • 1957-58: Carver (grades 1-7), Kestler (1-12), Washington (1-12)
  • 1958-59: Carver (grades 1-8), Kestler (1-12), Washington (1-12)
  • 1959-60: Carver (grades 1-8), Kestler (1-12), Washington (1-12)
  • 1960-61: Carver (grades 1-8), Kestler (1-8), Washington (1-12)
  • 1961-62: Carver (grades 1-8), Kestler (1-8), Washington (1-12)
  • 1962-63: Carver (grades 1-8), Kestler (1-8), Washington (1-12)
  • 1963-64: Carver (grades 1-8), Kestler (1-8), Washington (1-12)
  • 1964-65: Carver (grades 1-8), Kestler (1-8), Washington (1-12)
  • 1965-66: Carver (grades 1-8), Kestler (1-8), Washington Elementary (1-6), Washngton High (7-12)
  • 1966-67: Carver (grades 1-7), Kestler (1-8), Washington Elementary (1-6), Washington High (7-12)
  • 1967-68: Carver (grades 1-7), Kestler (1-8), Washington Elementary (1-6), Washington High (7-12)
  • 1968-69: Kestler (grades 1-8), Washington Elementary (1-6), Washington High (7-12)
  • 1969-70: Kestler (grades 1-8), Washington Elementary (1-6), Washington High (7-12)
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