Paulding County School District

Paulding County students have access to many wonderful, enriching programs, and presently has over 28,000 students.

Paulding County School District Honors & Achievements:

• Accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
• Georgia School of Excellence - W.C. Abney Elementary
• Georgia School of Excellence - Paulding County High School
• Nationally Recognized Alternative School Program
• Recent Employee Honors include: Georgia PTA Council's Georgia Superintendent of the Year; Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathmatics and Science Teaching; Radio Shack's National Teacher of the Year; Top Noncommissioned Officer Army Instructor for the State of Georgia.

Strategic Goals of the Paulding County School District:

Goal 1: Provide an educational program that ensures all students an equal opportunity to learn and be challenged to the best of their ability.
Goal 2: Implement a procedure for initiating cooperative efforts involving parents, local business leaders, government officials, legal representatives, civic organizations and the Chamber of Commerce.
Goal 3: Provide a comprehensive personnel development process that provides a continually improving staff of professional educators.

Industry Certified Vocational Programs

• Automotive Technology
• Agriscience Technology
• Business Education
• Childcare (State and National)
• Construction Technology
• Family & Consumer Sciences
• Health Occupations
• Marketing Education

Paulding County Schools
Superintendent, Cliff Cole
3236 Atlanta Highway - Dallas, GA 30132
Telephone: (770) 443-8000

For a Complete Listing of Elementary, Middle and High Schools, as well as Location(s), Please Visit the Paulding County School System's website HERE

Paulding Integrated Higher-Education Complex

The Paulding Integrated Higher-Education Complex in Dallas, Georgia, is a regional expansion of the greater University of Georgia State Higher Education System.

Paulding County is the new developmental location for the following:

• Local campuses of Georgia Highlands College, where students can earn their first two year's credits toward an undergraduate degree, and Kennesaw State University, where students can complelte their undergraduate degree and pursue graduate studies.
• Georgia Highlands College, recently elevated to state college status with a limited mission, was approved to offer a bacholor's degree in nursing, beginning in 2014.
• Chattahoochee Technical College in Dallas, with a new 60,000 square-foot expansion, designed to build the workforce of Paulding County in the coming years.
• An economic planning partnership with Georgia Tech's Enterprise Innovation Institute to bolster job growth. Since 2000, Paulding has experienced an average job growth rate near 20%, and the partnership will be a helpful catalyst for the growth of commerce and industry in Paulding County.

Kennesaw State University, Georgia Highlands College, and Chattahoochee Technical College also have thriving campuses in Paulding, offer a variety of educational programs!

For more details and/or information, please visit the Colleges online!

• Chattahoochee Technical College
• Georgia Highlands College
• Kennesaw State University