Education
Public schools in Haralson County serve more than 5,700 students in three primary schools, three elementary schools, two middle schoosl, two high schools and an alternative school.
Haralson County is a predominately rural community located between Atlanta and Birmingham. The county has four small towns within its jurisdiction: Tallapoosa, Waco, Bremen, and Buchanan, which serves as the county seat. Bremen has its own city school system, while Haralson County School System serves the rest of the towns and county outside of Bremen city limits.
Haralson County is home to approximately 30,000 residents. The student population of Haralson County's schools mirrors the county's demographics. The schools are 92.4 percent white, 3.2 percent black, and 2.5 percent multi-racial and 1.5 percent Hispanic. Sixty-two percent of all students are eligible for free or reduced priced meals.
Haralson County Public School System
The Haralson County School System, serving the hills of Northwestern Georgia, has an enrollment of approximately 3,700 students. The system is led by a superintendent and a Board of five members elected every four years.
The school system has six schools: two primary schools (K-2); two elementary schools (3-5); a middle school (6-8); and a high school (9-12). Programs include Standards-Based Instruction (Pre-K to 12); academic after-school tutoring (K-12); technology integration(Pre-K to 12); Lottery Pre-kindergarten; Schoolwide Title I (K-12); Technology courses (6-12); Blended Learning Technology Grant (9-12); Literacy and School Library Grant (K-12); Career Tech and Agricultural Education (CTAE, 9-12); Advanced Placement (9-12); Post-Secondary Articulation (9-12); Jr. ROTC (9-12); High Schools That Work (9-12), and a MathAcademy. An alternative school program, available for students in grades sixth-twelfth, is provided by Ombudsman Educational Services and is located in a stand-alone center in Buchanan.
The system proactively addresses the need for early intervention by offering preschool opportunities. This includes education pre-kindergarten serving 3 and 4-year-old students with disabilities and eight state-funded lottery Pre-K classrooms serving 4-year-old students in the system. The Haralson County School system has been recognized for being home to a Title 1 Rewards School and a Breakout School as well as having the Principal of the Year and Nurse of the Year for the State of Georgia on staff.
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Bremen City Schools
The Bremen City Schools has a student population of more than 2,000. As an independent school system, Bremen City Schools operates under the direction of a five member Board of Education. Each of the elected board members serves a four year term. Bremen City Schools employs a little more than 250 teachers and staff.
Jones Elementary serves Pre-K through third grades; Bremen Academy serves fourth and fifth grades; Bremen Middle serves sixth-eighth grades; and Bremen High serves ninth-12th grades. Both Jones Elementary and Bremen High School have been named Georgia Schools of Excellence. Approximately 30 percent of the student population of Bremen City Schools pays tuition because they live outside the city limits of Bremen. Bremen City Schools offers a rigorous academic program as well as countless extracurricular and co-curricular student opportunities.
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West Georgia Technical College
West Georgia Technical College serves the growing needs of Haralson, Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Heard, Meriwether and Troup Counties. West Georgia Tech students are part of a developing workforce, tuned-in to the latest career technologies. They are surrounded by people who love what they do and have a passion for the skills they teach. They are encouraged to develop the talents and confidence to succeed in their chosen fields.
Known for career education, West Georgia Tech offers a wealth of opportunities to prepare its students for the future. The school provides more than 130 certificate, diploma and associate degree programs in the business, healthcare, technical, skilled trades, and personal care fields. Each program was created in response to industry needs and is kept up-to-date with the support of local advisory boards. What happens in the classrooms reflects what goes on every day in industry, so graduates are well-prepared to succeed.