Granville County Schools
| Granville County Schools | |
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Granville County, North Carolina United States |
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| District information | |
| Type | Public |
| Grades | PK–12 |
| Established | 1963 |
| Schools | 20 |
| Budget | $ 80,297,000 |
| District ID | 3701800 |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 8,825 |
| Teachers | 560.78 (on FTE basis) |
| Staff | 485.15 (on FTE basis) |
| Student-teacher ratio | 15.74:1 |
| Other information | |
| Website | www |
Granville County Schools is a PK–12 graded school district serving Granville County, North Carolina. Its 20 schools serve 8,825 students as of the 2010–11 school year. The system was formed in 1963 from the merger of the former Granville County Schools and Oxford City Schools.
The move towards merging the Granville County Schools system with the Oxford City Schools system was approved by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1961. The official merging of the systems occurred in July, 1963.
For the 2010–11 school year, Granville County Schools had a total population of 8,825 students and 560.78 teachers on a (FTE) basis. This produced a student-teacher ratio of 15.74:1. That same year, out of the student total, the gender ratio was 51% male to 49% female. The demographic group makeup was: Black, 83%; White, 13%; Hispanic, 1%; American Indian, 1%; and Asian/Pacific Islander, 1% (two or more races: 1%). For the same school year, 73.96% of the students received free and reduced-cost lunches.
The primary governing body of Granville County Schools follows a council–manager government format with a seven-member Board of Education appointing a Superintendent to run the day-to-day operations of the system. The school system currently resides in the North Carolina State Board of Education's First District.
The seven members of the Board of Education are elected by district to staggered six-year terms, generally meeting on the first Monday of each month. The current members of the board are: Leonard E. Peace, Sr., District 4 (Chair); Brenda Dickerson-Daniel, District 2 (Vice-Chair); Toney W. Smith, District 1; B. Patrick Cox, District 3; Donnie Boyd, District 5; Catherine "Rose" Lyon, District 6; and Shirley Lane, District 7.
The superintendent of the system is Timothy J. Farley. He began in July 2007.
Granville County Schools has 20 schools ranging from pre-kindergarten to twelfth grade. These are separated into seven high schools, one alternative school, four middle schools, and nine elementary schools.
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