The Fulton County School System is a

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headquartered in

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. The system serves the area of

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outside the

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s (which are served by

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). Fulton County Schools serve the cities of

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, Milton, Mountain Park, Roswell, and

north of Atlanta, and Chattahoochee Hills, College Park,

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, Fairburn,

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, Palmetto, Union City, and Fulton's remaining unincorporated areas in the south. Fulton County is the fourth-largest school system in

. The Fulton County school district is the only non-contiguous

in the state, having a 17-mile (27 km) separation (

) between the north and south. As of the 2012–2013 school year, Fulton has 11,500 full-time employees, including 7,500 teachers and other certified personnel, who work in 99 schools and 15 administrative and support buildings. Approximately 94,000 students attend classes in 58 elementary schools, 19

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s, 19

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s, and seven

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s. Fulton County Schools is overseen by a seven-member board, all of whom are elected by geographic electoral district to four-year terms. Members of the Fulton County Board of Education are elected to four-year terms. Elections are held in even-numbered years. As of 2019, the school members include: District 1 - Katha Stuart, District 2 - Katie Reeves, District 3 - Gail Dean, District 4 - Linda Bryant, District 5 - Linda McCain, District 6 - Kimberly Dove, District 7 - Julia Bernath.

Territory

The district's territory spans about .

Operations

The district headquarters is in

. The district has another Sandy Springs office and one in Union City. Previously the school district was headquartered in Atlanta. The district moved its headquarters in the period September 2014 through June 2015, citing how the majority of students live in the northern portions of the counties. The district maintains the Union City office for people living in the southern portion. Wayne Washington of ''

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'' wrote in 2013 that "There have long been complaints from some parents that the southern part of the ..district has been neglected in favor of the faster-growing, more affluent northern part."

Schools

Charter schools

* Amana Academy * Dunwoody Springs Charter Elementary School * Fulton County Connected Academy * Fulton Academy of Science and Technology (FAST) * Hapeville Middle School * KIPP South Fulton Academy * The Main Street Academy * Sandy Springs Charter Middle School *

North Springs Charter School of Arts and Sciences North Springs Charter High School (formerly called North Springs High School from 1963 to 2007) is a charter high school located in Sandy Springs, Georgia, United States. It is the only magnet school in the Fulton County School System that off ...

* Ridgeview Charter Middle School *

Riverwood International Charter School Riverwood International Charter School is a charter school located in Sandy Springs, Georgia, Sandy Springs, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. Riverwood is one of Fulton County, Georgia, Fulton County School's four magnet school, magn ...

* Spalding Drive Charter Elementary School * T.E.A.C.H * Woodland Charter Elementary School

Alpharetta Cluster

Alpharetta High School Alpharetta High School is a public high school located in Alpharetta, Georgia, United States within the Fulton County School System. ''Atlanta Magazine'' named Alpharetta High School one of the metro Atlanta area's best all-around high schools ...

* Creek View Elementary School * FCS Innovation Academy * Lake Windward Elementary School * Manning Oaks Elementary School * New Prospect Elementary School * Webb Bridge Middle School

Banneker Cluster

* Benjamin E. Banneker High School * Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School * Crossroads Second Chance South * Heritage Elementary School * S.L. Lewis Elementary School * Ronald E. McNair Middle School * Love T. Nolan Elementary School * Feldwood Elementary School

Cambridge Cluster

* Cambridge High School * Hopewell Middle School * Northwestern Middle School * Summit Hill Elementary School * Manning Oaks Elementary School * Cogburn Woods Elementary School * Esther Jackson Elementary School (Alpharetta Elementary School) - Occupied a temporary site until 2016, when it received its current name and entered a new facility built on the site of the old one. * Birmingham Falls Elementary School

Centennial Cluster

* Centennial High School * Haynes Bridge Middle School * Hillside Elementary School * Holcomb Bridge Middle School * Esther Jackson Elementary School * Northwood Elementary School * River Eves Elementary School * Barnwell Elementary School (has students in Johns Creek cluster)

Chattahoochee Cluster

Chattahoochee High School Chattahoochee High School (colloquially referred to as "Hooch") is a public high school in Johns Creek, Georgia, United States, within the Fulton County School System. It is located next to its only feeder school, Taylor Road Middle School. ...

* Abbotts Hill Elementary School * Findley Oaks Elementary School * Ocee Elementary School * State Bridge Crossing Elementary School * Taylor Road Middle School

Creekside Cluster

* Creekside High School * Bear Creek Middle School * Campbell Elementary School * Oakley Elementary School * Palmetto Elementary School * Evoline C. West Elementary School

Johns Creek Cluster

Johns Creek High School Johns Creek High School is a public high school in Johns Creek, Georgia, Johns Creek, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States, serving grades 9–12. The school is a part of the Fulton County School System. Its students primarily reside ins ...

* Autrey Mill Middle School * Barnwell Elementary School (has students in Centennial cluster) * Dolvin Elementary School * Medlock Bridge Elementary School

Langston Hughes Cluster

Langston Hughes High School Langston Hughes High School (LHHS) is a public secondary school located in Fairburn, Georgia, United States, a suburb of metropolitan Atlanta. LHHS is in South Fulton County adjacent to Renaissance Elementary and Renaissance Middle School. Histo ...

* Cliftondale Elementary School * Gullatt Elementary School * Liberty Point Elementary School * Renaissance Elementary School * Renaissance Middle School

Milton Cluster

* Milton High School * Alpharetta Elementary School * Birmingham Falls Elementary School * Crabapple Crossing Elementary School * Hopewell Middle School * Northwestern Middle School * Summit Hill Elementary School

North Springs Cluster

* Dunwoody Springs Charter Elementary School * Ison Springs Elementary School * Sandy Springs Charter Middle School * Spalding Drive Charter Elementary School * Woodland Charter Elementary School

Northview Cluster

* Northview High School * Findley Oaks Elementary School * River Trail Middle School * Shakerag Elementary School * Wilson Creek Elementary School

Riverwood Cluster

Riverwood High School Riverwood International Charter School is a charter school located in Sandy Springs, Georgia, United States. Riverwood is one of Fulton County School's four magnet sites, offering International Studies and International Baccalaureate Programs. N ...

* Heards Ferry Elementary School * High Point Elementary School * Lake Forest Elementary School * Ridgeview Charter Middle School

Roswell Cluster

* Roswell High School * Independence High School (Alternative School) * Crabapple Middle School * Crossroads Second Chance North * Elkins Pointe Middle School * Hembree Springs Elementary School * Mimosa Elementary School * Mountain Park Elementary School * Roswell North Elementary School * Sweet Apple Elementary School

Tri-Cities Cluster

Tri-Cities High School Tri-Cities High School is a public high school in East Point, Georgia, United States. It is a part of the Fulton County School System. The school opened in 1988 under the leadership of principal Dr. Herschel Robinson. It was originally formed by ...

* Brookview Elementary School * College Park Elementary School * Conley Hills Elementary School * Asa Grant Hilliard Elementary School * Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary School * Hapeville Elementary School * Parklane Elementary School * Harriet Tubman Elementary School * Paul D. West Middle School * Woodland Middle School Hilliard Elementary, named after former East Point resident Asa Grant Hilliard III, opened in 2016 on the site of the former Mount Olive Elementary School, which opened in 1960. Mount Olive was replaced by Hilliard, with the former building razed in 2014. Mount Olive had a temporary site in 2014–2015 in East Point, with the new building and new name in effect in August 2015. Oak Knoll Elementary School closed. Since 2015 it houses RISE Grammar School/RISE Prep School (which together serve K-8), which purchased the facility for $1.73 million in May 2018.

Westlake Cluster

* Westlake High School * Camp Creek Middle School * Seaborn Lee Elementary School * Frank D. McClarin Success Academy * A. Philip Randolph Elementary School * Sandtown Middle School * Stonewall Tell Elementary School

References

External links

Fulton County School System's Current Board Members
{{Fulton County School System School districts in Georgia (U.S. state) Education in Fulton County, Georgia