Echols County School District

The Echols County School District is a public school district in Echols County, Georgia, United States, based in Statenville. It serves the communities of Fruitland and Statenville.

  • District headquarters
    District headquarters
  • School building
    School building

Echols County School District
Address
216 U.S. 129
Statenville
, Georgia, 31648-2200
United States
Coordinates31.379434°N 84.969978°W / 31.379434; -84.969978[1]
District information
GradesPre-school - 12
SuperintendentShannon C. King
Accreditation(s)Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Georgia Accrediting Commission
Students and staff
Enrollment868[2]
Faculty48[2]
Other information
Telephone(229) 559-5734
Websitewww.echols.k12.ga.us

Schools
Elementary-Middle School building
High school building

The Echols County School District has one elementary-middle-high school, all in one building.[3]

Elementary-middle-high school
  • Echols County Elementary/Middle School[4]
  • Echols County High School

Litigation

In 2020, the school district settled a racial discrimination case brought by a teacher who had been the only Black teacher in the district until she was fired in 2018 over alleged financial improprieties.[5][6]

References
  1. "Free US Geocoder". Archived from the original on May 11, 2011. Retrieved June 8, 2010.
  2. School Stats, Retrieved September 8, 2015.
  3. "Schools in Echols County". Georgia Board of Education. Retrieved October 1, 2010.
  4. Georgia Board of Education, Retrieved March 11, 2012.
  5. Land, Greg (December 14, 2020). "Fired Southeast Georgia Teacher Settles Race Discrimination Case for $137K". Daily Report. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
  6. Richards, Terry (July 20, 2020). "Echols school system faces racial discrimination lawsuit". Valdosta Daily Times. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
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