Fulton County School System

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Fulton County School System
Address
6201 Powers Ferry Rd NW Atlanta , Georgia, 30339 United States
Coordinates	33°40′48″N 84°21′52″W / 33.680131°N 84.364448°W / 33.680131; -84.364448[1]
District information
Motto	Where Students Come First
Grades	Pre-kindergarten – 12
Superintendent	Mike Looney[2]
Accreditation(s)	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Georgia Accrediting Commission
Budget	1.425 Billion[3]
Students and staff
Enrollment	89,935 (2022–23)[3]
Faculty	6,050.10 (FTE)[3]
Staff	6,374.20 (FTE)[3]
Student–teacher ratio	14.87[3]
Other information
Telephone	(470) 254-3600
Website	fultonschools.org

The Fulton County School System is a school district headquartered in Sandy Springs, Georgia, United States.^[4] The system serves the area of Fulton County outside the Atlanta city limits (which are served by Atlanta Public Schools). Fulton County Schools serve the cities of Alpharetta, Johns Creek, Milton, Mountain Park, Roswell, and Sandy Springs north of Atlanta, and Chattahoochee Hills, College Park, East Point, Fairburn, Hapeville, Palmetto, Union City, South Fulton, and Fulton's remaining unincorporated areas in the south. Fulton County is the fourth-largest school system in Georgia.

The Fulton County school district is the only non-contiguous school district in the state, having a 17-mile (27 km) separation (Atlanta Public Schools) between the north and south.

As of the 2012–2013 school year, Fulton has 11,500 full-time employees, including 7,500 teachers and other certified personnel, who work in 99 schools and 15 administrative and support buildings. Approximately 94,000 students attend classes in 58 elementary schools, 19 middle schools, 19 high schools, and seven charter schools.

Fulton County Schools is overseen by a seven-member board, all of whom are elected by geographic electoral district to four-year terms. Members of the Fulton County Board of Education are elected to four-year terms. Elections are held in even-numbered years. As of 2022, the school members include: District 1 - Katha Stuart, District 2 - Lillie Pozatek, District 3 - Katie Gregory, District 4 - Franchesca Warren, District 5 - Kristin McCabe, District 6 - Kimberly Dove, District 7 - Michelle Morancie.^[5]