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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

8 Thomson-McDuffie Chamber of Commerce