Gadsden County School District
Max D. Walker School Administration Building, the district headquarters
Address
35 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
Quincy
, Florida, 32351
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesPreK–12[1]
NCES District ID1200600[1]
Students and staff
Students4,924[1]
Teachers340.94[1]
Staff503.29[1]
Student–teacher ratio14.44[1]
Other information
Websitewww.gadsdenschools.org

Gadsden County School District (GCPS), or Gadsden County Schools (GCS), or Gadsden County Public Schools (GCPS), is a school district headquartered in the Max D. Walker School Administration Building in Quincy, Florida.[2] It serves Gadsden County as its sole school district.[3]

History

Several area private schools served county students before the formation of the school district, which occurred during a meeting in the county sheriff's office on September 18, 1869. The district initially enrolled about 2,500 students. Throughout much of its history, it relied on Rosenwald schools. Many of its contemporary school buildings opened in the 1960s.[4]

Prior to 1970, the school district had autonomous community schools and racial segregation; at that time all schools were integrated and the district was unified, with centrally located schools. After 1970 the white student population declined, with some students going to the Robert F. Munroe Day School and the Tallavanna Christian School.[5] According to Headley J. White, author of the 2006 PhD thesis "Effects of Desegregation on Gadsden County, Florida Public Schools 1968-1972," in post-desegregation Gadsden County, white students attending most Gadsden County public schools experienced stigma.[6] Many black students no longer worked on tobacco fields, causing the tobacco industry in the county to suffer and therefore damaging its economy and causing Gadsden County's population to decline.[5]

By 1999 the majority of white students were in private schools. In 1999 a Florida Trend article written by Cynthia Barnett described the county public schools as representing "everything wrong with the state's public schools: High rates of illiteracy, delinquency, drop-outs and teen pregnancy."[7]

Circa 2002 the school district had almost 10,000 students. In 2017 the school district had 5,400 students.[8]

Schools

High schools:

PK-8 schools:

Middle schools:

Elementary schools:

Alternative:

Former schools

High schools:[10]

Middle schools:[10]

Elementary schools:

Early childhood:[10]

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References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for GADSDEN". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  2. ^ "Home". Gadsden County School District. Retrieved July 31, 2022. 35 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd | Quincy, Florida 32351
  3. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Gadsden County, FL" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 31, 2022. - Text list
  4. ^ "A BRIEF HISTORY OF PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION IN GADSDEN COUNTY." Gadsden County School District. December 22, 2003. Retrieved on April 8, 2017.
  5. ^ a b White, p. 84 (PDF p. 92).
  6. ^ White, p. 74 (PDF p. 82)
  7. ^ Barnett, Cynthia (August 1, 1999). "A Sense of Possibility". Florida Trend. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  8. ^ a b c d e "SCHOOL MERGERS NOT POPULAR AT WEST GADSDEN". Havana Herald. March 3, 2017. Archived from the original on April 6, 2017. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  9. ^ Jiwanmall, Stephen (April 5, 2017). "Gadsden County School Consolidation Process Underway". WTXL. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  10. ^ a b c d "Schools." Gadsden County School District. April 6, 2001. Retrieved on April 6, 2017.
  11. ^ a b Jiwanmall, Stephen (May 30, 2017). "Gadsden County School Board Approves High School Details". WTXL. Retrieved August 1, 2017.

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