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Rockmart High School (RHS) also known as the Fighting Yellow Jackets is the only
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in Rockmart,
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, United States. It is fed by Rockmart Middle School and by the
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community. As of the 2019–20 school year, the school had an enrollment of 961 students and a faculty of 44.80 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 21.45.


History

In 1912, the
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created the state's public school system. That year, the city of Rockmart began the Rockmart School System in the building vacated by the Piedmont Institution (established in 1889 by the
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). It had closed after a 23-year existence in 1912 after it was purchased by the Rockmart School Board of trustees. Rockmart High School was in the building for three years, until the building burned down in 1915. The building was later rebuilt, but the building burned down again in 1940. The current lot is now the Rockmart Governmental Complex. Prior to the Polk County School System of Georgia, RHS had its own city school system and
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also had its own city school system in Cedartown.


Racial integration

Before the
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of the Polk County School System, two high schools existed in Rockmart - RHS and Elm Street High School, which served the
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community of Rockmart. The integration of the school system began in 1966, when some African American students began attending Rockmart High School. Total integration was achieved in 1967, with the closing of Elm Street High School.


Demographics

According to a NCES 2021-22 school year
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, the racial makeup of the school was 690
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, 168
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, 3
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, 58 of two or more races, and 33
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or
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. Of those students 492 were
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and 464
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.


Extracurricular activities


Clubs

Rockmart High School has 18
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.


Athletics

Rockmart High School competes in Region 6 of the AAA Class. It sponsors 38 athletic teams on campus, with both boys and girls participating in varsity, junior varsity, and 9th grade competitions. RHS athletics are sponsored by many local businesses. Rockmart's first football team was established in 1923. The team of 1950 beat
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for the state title and went on to beat
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in the Peanut Bowl, giving them bragging rights as
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.


Drama

Every spring the advanced acting class performs at a GHSA
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competition. When the new Rockmart High School was constructed, performance space was not included. Instead, the Rockmart Thespians use the Rockmart Art Center Theatre for their productions. The department has produced many theatrical feats such as ''
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'', '' Grease'' ''
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''. In October 2008, the Rockmart High School Thespians placed first at the Region AA One Act Competition with their performance of ''
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''. The RHS Thespians then took the show to the State AA One Act Competition and placed third out of four schools. In 2013, Rockmart Thespians placed first in the State AAA One Act Competition with a riveting production of the thriller ''
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? ''When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?'' is a play by Mark Medoff. The setting is Foster's Diner, a New Mexico rest stop that lost most of its clientele when a new highway bypass opened. Employees include restless cook Stephen (nicknamed "Red Ryder ...
''.


Notable alumni

*
Nathan Dean Nathan Dean (May 9, 1934 – June 8, 2013) was an insurance executive from Rockmart, Georgia, who served 15 consecutive terms in the Georgia General Assembly as Senator for district 31.
, Georgia State Senator from the 31st DistrictVotesmart.org-Nathan Dean
/ref> * Danny Ware, former
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for the
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See also

*
Polk County School District, Georgia The Polk County School District is a public school district in Polk County, Georgia, Polk County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States, based in Cedartown, Georgia, Cedartown. It serves the communities of Aragon, Georgia, Aragon, Braswel ...
* Education in Georgia * List of high schools in Georgia


References


External links

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The Georgia Department of Education's Website for Rockmart High SchoolRockmart High School Alumni
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