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Profile: Wilcox County
Year Minimum Foundation building program completed
c. 1956.
New schools built at Abbeville (Neapolis Street) and at Rochelle (Wilcox County Training). Original plans were to build a school at Pineview (George A. White Elementary), but it is doubtful that happened, at least on a grand scale.
| Year of total integration
1970.
| Known high schools
- Excelsior (Rochelle)
- Excelsior (Rochelle)
- Wilcox County Training (Rochelle)
The original Excelsior closed with the building of a new school in Rochelle in 1956, which was given the name Wilcox County Training. Later, the school reverted back to the Excelsior name.
| Known schools
- 1947-48: Abbeville, [Rochelle], Turner (all start Sept. 8, remainder start Oct. 6)
- 1951-52: Abbeville, Antioch, Forest Glenn, McCormick, Pineview, Pope City, Turner-Pinkney
- 1952-53: Abbeville High, Antioch, Brown Hill, Excelsior High, Forest Glenn, Lorey, McCormick, Pineview, Pope City, Seville, Snow Hill, Turner-Pinkney Junior High (possibly full list)
- 1953-54: Abbeville (5 teachers), Antioch (1 teacher), Brown Hill (1), Excelsior (7), Forest Glenn (1), Lacy (1), McCormick (1), Pineview (3), Pope City (1), Seville (1), Snow Hill (2), Turner-Pinkney (5) (full list)
- 1955-56: Eight schools (08/18/1955 The Wilcox County Chronicle)
The Georgia Department of Education begins publishing a list of schools in 1956-57.
- 1956-57: Abbeville (grades 1-8), Pineview (1-7), Rochelle (1-12). Rochelle's name was Wilcox County Training. Unsure if others had been named yet.
- 1957-58: George A. Hill (grades 1-8), Neapolis Street (1-8), Wilcox County Training (1-12)
- 1958-59: George A. Hill (grades 1-8), Neapolis Street (1-8), Wilcox County Training (1-12)
- 1959-60: George A. Hill (grades 1-8), Neapolis Street (1-8), Wilcox County Training (1-12)
- 1960-61: George A. Hill (grades 1-8), Neapolis Street (1-8), Wilcox County Training (1-12)
- 1961-62: George A. Hill (grades 1-8), Neapolis Street (1-8), Wilcox County Training (1-12)
- 1962-63: George A. Hill (grades 1-8), Neapolis Street (1-8), Wilcox County Training (1-12)
- 1963-64: George A. Hill (grades 1-8), Neapolis Street (1-8), Excelsior Elementary & High (1-12)
- 1964-65: George A. Hill (grades 1-8), Neapolis Street (1-8), Excelsior Elementary & High (1-12)
- 1965-66: Neapolis Street (1-8), Excelsior Elementary & High (1-12)
- 1966-67: Neapolis Street (1-8), Excelsior Elementary & High (1-12)
- 1967-68: Neapolis Street (1-7), Excelsior Elementary & High (1-12)
- 1968-69: Excelsior Elementary & High (grades 1-12)
- 1969-70: Excelsior Elementary & High (grades 1-12)
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