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McDuffie County School System Accolades:




          • Named a 2022 Cognia System of Distinction as a result of achieving the highest accreditation
             score in the district’s history.


          • 2022 graduation rate of 85.8% is the highest in a decade and is higher than the state average.

          • The graduation rate among CTAE pathway completers is 97.9%.


          • Georgia School Boards Association recognized the McDuffie County Board of Education as an
             Exemplary Board




       Schools                                                     944 Students FY 2023
                                                       •       Student/Teacher Ratio is 1:15
       Dearing Elementary   Thomson-McDuffie
       500 N. Main Street   Middle School
       Dearing, GA 30808    1191 White Oak Road
       706-986-4900         Thomson, GA 30824
                            706-986-4300
       J.A. Maxwell Elementary                   Briarwood Academy                   Approximately 5,300 students are
       520 Mt. Pleasant Road   Thomson High School  Briarwood Academy is a college   enrolled in the Schools of:
       Thomson, GA 30824    1160 White Oak Road  preparatory school that prepares      • Arts and Sciences
       706-986-4800         Thomson, GA 30824    students for college, technical school,      • Aviation, Industrial and
                            706-986-4200         and employment. The academy            Engineering Technology
       R.L. Norris Elementary                    provides a well-rounded program that      • Business
       1861 Harrison Road   McDuffie             includes academics, literary, sports,      • Cyber and Design Media
       Thomson, GA 30824    Achievement Center   and extra-curricular activities. There are      • Health Sciences
       706-986-4400         511 Main Street      three school divisions:              • Public and Professional Services
                            Thomson, GA 30824      • Lower School (Pre-K to Grade 5)
       Thomson Elementary   706-986-4070           • Middle School (Grades 6-8)    Augusta Tech maintains a Military
       409 Guill Street                            • Upper School (Grades 9-12)    Service Center on its main Augusta
       Thomson, GA 30824                                                           site to assist active-duty military
       706-986-4700                                                                service members, spouses and
                                                 Its mission is to provide a college prep   dependents, and veterans. Learn
                                                 education in a Christian environment   more: augustatech.edu
                                                 that enables each student to achieve
                                                 the greatest scholastic, social, and   Thomson Site
                                                 moral growth.                     388 Tech Drive NW
                                                                                   Thomson, GA 30824
                                                 Briarwood Academy                 706-595-0166
                                                 4859 Thomson Highway
          Congratulations!                       Warrenton, GA 30828               Augusta Campus
                                                                                   3200 Augusta Tech Drive
                                                 706-595-5641 | briarwoodacademy.com
           Thomson High                                                            Augusta, GA 30906
          School Bulldogs                        Augusta Technical College         706-771-4000 | augustatech.edu
         earned the Georgia                      Augusta Technical College is accredited     Grovetown Site
                                                 by the Southern Association of Colleges
             High School                         and Schools Commission on Colleges   3500 John Huffman Way
         Association Class-                      (SACSCOC) to award associate degrees,   Grovetown, GA 30813
                                                                                   706-651-7368
          AA State Football                       diplomas, and certificates of credit
                                                    in more than 100 programs of
           Championship                               study. Augusta Tech is one of 22   Summerville Site
                                                                                   2258 Wrightsboro Road
               in 2022!                                technical colleges under the   Augusta, GA 30904
                                                        Technical College System of   706-771-4175
                                                         Georgia which has a mission
                                                          to promote the educational,   Waynesboro Site
                                                          economic, and community   216 Highway 24 S.
                                                          development of the Central   Waynesboro, GA 30830
                                                          Savannah River Area.     706-437-6801

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