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Profile: Oconee County

Year Minimum Foundation building program completed
1956.

All county schools were consolidated into Ed Stroud, an elementary and high school building.

Year of total integration
1969.

Ed Stroud closes completely in 1969. The building continued to house elementary school students under the name of Oconee County Intermediate School. In later years, its name became Colham Ferry.

Known high schools
  • Ed Stroud (Watkinsville)
  • Rosenwald (Watkinsville)

Stroud was a replacement building for Rosenwald in Watkinsville.

Known schools
  • 1945-46: Big Spring, Hillsboro, Mount Zion, Rose Hill, Rosenwald, Tigner
  • 1947-48: Big Spring, Brown's Chapel, Hillsboro, Mount Zion, Oak Grove, Rose Creek, Rosenwald, Salem(?), Shady Grove, Summer Hill, Tignus (or Tigner)
  • 1948-49: Big Springs, [Browntown], Hillsboro, Oak Grove, Rosenwald, Shady Grove, Summer Hill, Tigners
  • 1949-50: Big Spring, Hillsboro, Mount Zion, Oak Grove, Rose Creek, Rosenwald
  • 1950-51: Big Spring, Hillsboro, Mount Zion, Oak Grove, Rose Creek, Rosenwald, Summer Hill
  • 1951-52: Hillsboro, Mount Zion, Oak Grove, Rose Creek, Rosenwald
  • 1952-53: Hillsboro, Mount Zion, Oak Grove, Rosenwald
  • 1953-54: Rosenwald, "other colored schools" (4/14/54 Oconee Enterprise)
  • 1954-55: Rosenwald
  • 1955-56: Rosenwald
The Georgia Department of Education begins publishing a list of schools in 1956-57.
  • 1956-57: Ed Stroud (grades 1-12)
  • 1957-58: Ed Stroud (grades 1-12)
  • 1958-59: Ed Stroud (grades 1-12)
  • 1959-60: Ed Stroud (grades 1-12)
  • 1960-61: Ed Stroud (grades 1-12)
  • 1961-62: Ed Stroud (grades 1-12)
  • 1962-63: Ed Stroud (grades 1-12)
  • 1963-64: Ed Stroud (grades 1-12)
  • 1964-65: Ed Stroud (grades 1-12)
  • 1965-66: Ed Stroud (grades 1-12)
  • 1966-67: Ed Stroud (grades 1-12)
  • 1967-68: Ed Stroud (grades 1-12)
  • 1968-69: Ed Stroud (grades 1-12)
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