Clayton County Public School District
Address
1058 Fifth Avenue Jonesboro , Georgia, 30236 United States
Coordinates	33°32′11″N 84°21′26″W / 33.53639°N 84.35722°W / 33.53639; -84.35722
District information
Type	Public
Grades	Pre-K/K–12
Superintendent	Anthony W. Smith
Accreditation(s)	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Georgia Accrediting Commission
NCES District ID	1301230[1]
Students and staff
Students	52,335 (2021–2022)[1]
Teachers	3,259.10 (on full-time equivalent basis, 2021–2022)[1]
Student–teacher ratio	16.06 (2021–2022)[1]
Other information
Website	clayton.k12.ga.us

The Clayton County Public School District (CCPS) is a fully Cognia accredited public school district headquartered in Jonesboro, Georgia, U.S.^[1] It administers schools inside of Clayton County, Georgia. Serving more than 52,000 students, Clayton County Public Schools is ranked among the 100 largest school districts in the United States and is the fifth-largest school system in Georgia.^[2]

The system has 39 primary/elementary schools (including one public charter), 17 middle schools (including one public charter), 12 high schools, one alternative education center, one psychological education center, and one multi-purpose education center. Included in this number are five school-wide magnet schools, 12 magnet programs, one state-certified STEM program, one Cognia (AdvancED) certified STEM program, and two International Baccalaureate Candidate schools.

The majority of Clayton County's students are African American and Hispanic.^[3] However, there is also a diverse minority with 90 different ethnicities and countries represented.

Based the National Center For Education Statistics, 23% of CCPS students live in families making income below the poverty line, and 47% live with single parents.^[3]

As of the 2019–2020 school year, over 12,000 students speak a language other than English and over 6,000 are counted as English language learners. Spanish and Vietnamese are the two most spoken languages besides English.

Board of education

As of 2023, the members of the Clayton County Public School board of education are:^[4]

• Jasmine Bowles (District 1)
• Mark Christmas (District 2)
• Jessie Goree (District 3), board chair
• Victoria Williams (District 4)
• Deatrice Dee Haney (District 5)
• Mary Baker (District 6)
• Sabrina Hill (District 7)
• Joy Tellis Cooper (District 8)
• Benjamin Straker (District 9), board vice-chair

Superintendents

Anthony W. Smith has been the interim superindendent of Clayton County Public Schools since December 17, 2022. He was appointed by the board of education on December 5, 2022, to succeed Morcease Beasley, who stepped down from the position. Smith was previously the deputy superintendent of governmental relations, partnerships, grants, and operations for the school district.^[5]

List of superintendents:

• Ernest Stroud (1970–1986)
• Joe Lovin (1987–1989)
• Bob Livingston (1990–1994)
• Joe Hairston (1995–2000)
• Dan Colwell (2000–2003)
• William Chavis (inte

Schools

References

External links

• https://nces.ed.gov/Programs/Edge/ACSDashboard/1301230
• Clayton County Public Schools website
• Georgia Department of Education: College and Career Ready Performance Index Report
• The Governor's Office of Student Achievement Report Card