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Encyclopedia > Atlanta Public Schools

Atlanta Public Schools is a school district based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. APS is run by the Atlanta Board of Education with superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall. Currently, the system has an active enrollment of 57,000 students, attending a total of 85 schools: 59 elementary schools (three of which operate on a year-round calendar), 16 middle schools, 10 high schools, and 7 charter schools.[1] The school system also supports two alternative schools for middle and/or high school students, two community schools, and an adult learning center. The school system also owns and operates radio station WABE-FM 90.1 (the National Public Radio affiliate) and PBS television station WPBA 30. APS operates all public schools in the city of Atlanta. School districts are a form of special-purpose district in the United States (amongst some other places) which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools. ... Nickname: Hotlanta, The Big Peach, The ATL, A-Town Location in Fulton County in the state of Georgia Coordinates: Country United States State Georgia Counties Fulton, Dekalb  - Mayor Shirley Franklin (D) Area    - City  132. ... WABE FM (90. ... Offical NPR logo National Public Radio (NPR) is an independent, private, non-profit membership organization of public radio stations in the United States. ... A public school, has two distinct meanings: elementary or secondary school supported and administered by state and local officials or in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, a private boarding school, generally not coeducational, that prepares students for the university. ...


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Secondary schools

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High schools

Carver High School is a high school in Atlanta, Georgia and part of Atlanta Public Schools [1] Carver, includes many schools in one. ... Frederick Douglass High School is a public school located in northwest Atlanta, Georgia in the community of Center Hill. ... Henry W. Grady High School is located in midtown Atlanta, Georgia. ... Benjamin Elijah Mays High School is a public school located in southwest Atlanta, Georgia. ... North Atlanta High School is a high school of approximately 1,300 students in Buckhead, an upscale area of Atlanta, Georgia. ... Southside Comprehensive High School is a high school of approximately 1,500 students in fast-developing southeast Atlanta, Georgia, United States community near Grant Park, just south of I-20. ... Daniel McClaughlin Therrell High School is a public high school located near I-285 and Greenbriar Mall in Southwest Atlanta. ...

Middle schools

  • Atlanta Charter Middle School
  • Brown Middle School
  • Bunche Middle School
  • Benjamin S. Carson Honors Preparatory School
  • Coan Middle School
  • Harper-Archer Middle School
  • Inman Middle School
  • Kennedy Middle School
  • King Middle School
  • Long Middle School
  • Parks Middle School
  • Price Middle School
  • Sutton Middle School
  • Sylvan Hills Middle School
  • Turner Middle School
  • Walden Middle School
  • Young Middle School

Primary schools

  • Adamsville Elementary School
  • Beecher Hills Elementary School
  • Benteen Elementary School
  • Bethune Elementary School
  • Blalock Elementary School
  • Bolton Academy
  • Boyd Elementary School
  • Brandon Elementary School
  • Burgess Elementary School
  • Capitol View Elementary School
  • Cascade Elementary School
  • Centennial Place Elementary School
  • Cleveland Avenue Elementary School
  • Connally Elementary School
  • Continental Colony Elementary School
  • Cook Elementary School
  • Deerwood Elementary School
  • Dobbs Elementary School
  • Dunbar Elementary School
  • East Lake Elementary School
  • Fain Elementary School
  • Fickett Elementary School
  • Finch Elementary School
  • Garden Hills Elementary School
  • Gideons Elementary School
  • Grove Park Elementary School
  • Heritage Academy Elementary School
  • Herndon Elementary School
  • Hill Elementary School
  • Hope Elementary School
  • Humphries Elementary School
  • Hutchinson Elementary School
  • Jackson Elementary School
  • Jones Elementary School
  • Kimberly Elementary School
  • Lin Elementary School
  • Miles Elementary School
  • Morningside Elementary School
  • Oglethorpe Elementary School
  • Parkside Elementary School
  • Perkerson Elementary School
  • Peyton Forest Elementary School
  • Rivers Elementary School
  • Scott Elementary School
  • Slater Elementary School
  • Smith Elementary School
  • D.H. Stanton Elementary School
  • F.L. Stanton Elementary School
  • Thomasville Heights Elementary School
  • Toomer Elementary School
  • Towns Elementary School
  • Usher Elementary School
  • Venetian Hills Elementary School
  • Waters Elementary School
  • West Manor Elementary School
  • White Elementary School
  • Whitefoord Elementary School
  • Williams Elementary School
  • Woodson Elementary School

Built in 1938, the Garden Hills Elementary School is on the National Register of Historic Places. ...

Former schools

Secondary schools

  • North Fulton High School 1920-1991
  • Northside High School 1950-1991
  • Henry McNeal Turner High School ?-1989
  • Charles Lincoln Harper High School
  • Daniel O'Keefe High School 1947-?
  • Hoke Smith High School 1947-1985
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt High School 1947-1985
  • Harper-Archer High School 1995-2002
  • Samuel Howard Archer High School ?-1995
  • Southwest High School 1950-1981
  • Joseph Emerson Brown High School 1947-1992
  • Luther Judson Price High School ?-1987
  • Boys High School 1872-1947
  • Girls High School 1872-1947
  • Tech High School 1909-1947
  • West Fulton High School ?-1992
  • Fulton High School 1917-1994
  • Walter F. George High School ?-1994
  • William F. Dykes High School 1959-1973
  • Bass High School 1948-1988
  • Commercial High School 1888-1947
  • Sylvan Hills High School 1949-1987

North Fulton High School was a public school located in Atlanta, Georgia. ...

External links

  • Atlanta Public Schools
  • Atlanta Public Schools zoning locator


 
 

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