Seminole County School District Explained

Seminole County School District
Streetaddress:203 E 6th Street
City:Donalsonville
State:Georgia
Zipcode:39845
Country:USA
Coordinates:[1]
Superintendent:Mark Earnest
Faculty:102.40 (FTE)[2]
Grades:Pre-Kindergarten – 12
Enrollment:1,340 (2022–23)
Ratio:13.09
Accreditations:Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Georgia Accrediting Commission
Free Label1:Telephone
Free Text1:(229) 524-2433

The Seminole County School District is a public school district in Seminole County, Georgia, United States, based in Donalsonville. It serves the communities of Donalsonville and Iron City.

Schools

The Seminole County School District has one elementary school and one middle-high school.[3]

Elementary school

Middle-high school

History

The first school in Donalsonville was held in the Masonic lodge in 1892. Later the Donalsonville School was expanded into a two story building, including grades one through eleven.

The first recorded black school was not until the late 1920s. By 1955, there was only one school for black students in Seminole County, the Seminole County Training School; it was located in Donalsonville and enrolled around 540 students. In 1970, during the integration of schools, three schools were created. They were the only schools in Seminole County and included Donalsonville Elementary, which housed Kindergarten through fourth grades; Seminole County Junior High School, with fifth through eighth grades; and Seminole County Senior High School, housing grades nine through twelve.

Today there are two schools, Seminole County Elementary, which includes Kindergarten through fifth grades; and Seminole Middle-High School, which houses grades six through twelve. Pre-K programs have also opened in Donalsonville.

Seminole County High School was once the playing ground for Washington Redskins player Phillip Daniels. He left Donalsonville for the University of Georgia, where he played out his college football career until he was drafted in 1996 by the Seattle Seahawks.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Free US Geocoder . 2010-06-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110511062509/http://geocoder.us/ . 2011-05-11 .
  2. Web site: Seminole County. National Center for Education Statistics. May 25, 2024.
  3. Web site: Schools in Seminole County. Georgia Board of Education. 9 October 2010.