Bradley County Schools

Last updated

Bradley County Schools
Bradleycoschoolslogo.JPG
Location
800 South Lee Highway
Cleveland, Tennessee
United States
District information
MottoGrowing Students, Building Futures
GradesK-12
SuperintendentDr. Linda Cash
Schools19
Students and staff
Students10,490 [1]
Athletic conference TSSAA
Other information
Website www.bradleyschools.org

Bradley County Schools is a public school system based in Bradley County, Tennessee. All students living in the county attend these schools, except for those living in Cleveland; students in Cleveland attend schools in the Cleveland City Schools district.

Contents

High schools

Middle schools

Elementary schools

History

Schools have existed in Bradley County since its inception. Public schools have been in existence in Bradley County since at least 1871, and the name "Bradley County Schools" has been used for the district since at least the 1880s. [2] The first reported superintendent was M.R. Burke, elected in 1885. [2] The first public high schools in the county were Charleston High School in Charleston, opened in 1913, and Central High School in Cleveland, opened in 1916. [2] Central High School was renamed Bradley County High School in 1920 and Bradley Central High School in 1948. [3] Bradley Central was originally located at the current site of Ocoee Middle School, but was moved to its current location in 1972. [2] [3] Charleston High School was replaced with Walker Valley High School in 2001. [4]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Polk County, Tennessee</span> County in Tennessee, United States

Polk County is a county located in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was 17,544. Its county seat is Benton. The county was created on November 28, 1839, from parts of Bradley and McMinn counties, after final removal of most Cherokee from the region that year. The county was named after then-governor James K. Polk. Polk County is included in the Cleveland, Tennessee Metropolitan Area Statistical Area, which is also included in the Chattanooga–Cleveland–Dalton, TN–GA–AL Combined Statistical Area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bradley County, Tennessee</span> County in Tennessee, United States

Bradley County is a county located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 108,620, making it the thirteenth most populous county in Tennessee. Its county seat is Cleveland. It is named for Colonel Edward Bradley of Shelby County, Tennessee, who was colonel of Hale's Regiment in the American Revolution and the 15th Regiment of the Tennessee Volunteers in the War of 1812. Bradley County is included in the Cleveland, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL Combined Statistical Area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charleston, Tennessee</span> City in Tennessee, United States

Charleston is a city in Bradley County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 664 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Cleveland Metropolitan Statistical Area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cleveland, Tennessee</span> City in Tennessee, United States

Cleveland is the county seat of and largest city in Bradley County, Tennessee. The population was 47,356 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Cleveland metropolitan area, Tennessee, which is included in the Chattanooga–Cleveland–Dalton, TN–GA–AL Combined Statistical Area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Calhoun, Tennessee</span> Town in Tennessee, United States

Calhoun is a town in McMinn County, Tennessee, United States. It is part of the Athens Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was estimated at 536 in 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fort Bend Independent School District</span> School district in Texas

Fort Bend Independent School District, also known as Fort Bend ISD or FBISD, is a school district based in Sugar Land, Texas. It operates schools in the northeastern portion of Fort Bend County and is the forty-fifth largest district in the United States.

The Fulton County School System is a school district headquartered in Sandy Springs, Georgia, United States. The system serves the area of Fulton County outside the Atlanta city limits. 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, and Fulton's remaining unincorporated areas in the south. Fulton County is the fourth-largest school system in Georgia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Orange County Public Schools</span> School district in Florida, United States

Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) is the public school district for Orange County, Florida. It is based in the Ronald Blocker Educational Leadership Center in downtown Orlando. As of the 2022-23 school year, OCPS has an enrollment of 208,788 students, making it the 9th largest school district in the United States and the fourth largest in Florida. The school district also employs over 24,294 instructional and classified employees, which make up more than 95% of the OCPS work force. It includes the entire county.

Deer Valley Unified School District #97 (DVUSD) is a Pre-K–12 school district, headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. DVUSD is the fifth largest school district in the state of Arizona, serving areas of Phoenix, Glendale, Peoria, Anthem, New River and numerous unincorporated areas of northwest Maricopa County. Situated within the Sonoran Desert, the District has grown from its modest beginnings as a county accommodation school located in New River in 1934 to 37 campuses serving 36,261 students: 15 K–6 elementary schools, 13 K–8 schools, three middle schools, and five comprehensive high schools, plus an online school and an alternative school. Early childhood education opportunities are offered through DVUSD Community Education Preschool/PreKindergarten, and Head Start. Twelve schools receive Title I funding. District facilities include District Office, Support Services Center, Transportation and Administrative Services.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cleveland City Schools</span> School district in Cleveland, Tennessee, United States

Cleveland City Schools is a school system based in Cleveland, Tennessee. The system operates ten schools and enrolls over 5,500 students.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Minneapolis Public Schools</span>

Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) or Special School District Number 1 is a public school district serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Minneapolis Public Schools enrolls 36,370 students in public primary and secondary schools. The district administers about one hundred public schools including forty-five elementary schools, seven middle schools, seven high schools, eight special education schools, eight alternative schools, nineteen contract alternative schools, and five charter schools. With authority granted by the state legislature, the school board makes policy, selects the superintendent, and oversees the district's budget, curriculum, personnel, and facilities. Students speak ninety different languages at home and most school communications are printed in English, Hmong, Spanish, and Somali.

The Blue Springs R-IV School District is a school district that serves Blue Springs, Missouri in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The district has an enrollment of over 14,500 students. The mission statement of the Blue Springs R-IV School District is to create an educational community in which each individual acquires knowledge, develops skills, and functions as a literate citizen to achieve personal goals. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education reported that Blue Springs School District once again received a perfect score on the Annual Performance Report in 2011. This is the eleventh year in a row that the district has received a perfect score. This is determined by a number of factors including student achievement. The Blue Springs School District is one of only seven school districts in this state to have eleven consecutive years of distinction.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cleveland High School (Tennessee)</span> High school in Tennessee, United States

Cleveland High School (CHS) is a public high school in the Cleveland City Schools system located in Cleveland, Tennessee. The school was founded in 1967 and serves 1,662 students in grades 9 to 12. The school's mascot is the Blue Raider, and its school colors are blue, white, and red. The principal is Bob Pritchard. The school maintains a rivalry with the crosstown Bradley Central High School, as with their other crosstown rival Walker Valley High School.

Salem-Keizer School District (24J) is a school district in the U.S. state of Oregon that serves the cities of Salem and Keizer. It is the second-largest school district in the state with approximately 40,000 students and nearly 4,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees. It serves more than 172 square miles (450 km2) of Marion and Polk counties.

Teays Valley Local School District is a school district in Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. It services the communities of South Bloomfield, Ashville, Commercial Point, and Amanda; in addition, students from Circleville and Grove City attend.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Walker Valley High School</span> Public high school in Bradley County, Tennessee, United States

Walker Valley High School (WVHS) is a public high school in the Bradley County Schools system located in the northern part of Bradley County, Tennessee near Charleston. The school serves about 1,600 students in grades 9–12.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bradley Central High School</span> American public high school

Bradley Central High School is a public high school located in Cleveland, Tennessee that serves approximately 1,700 students from grades 9-12. It was founded in 1916, and is part of the Bradley County Schools system. The school maintains a crosstown rivalry with Cleveland High School, as well as fellow county rival Walker Valley High School.

Rio Rancho Public Schools is a school district based in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, United States. Rio Rancho Public Schools serves the municipality of Rio Rancho. The school district has a total of 18 schools. The district has two high schools, two alternative high schools, four middle schools, 10 elementary schools, and one preschool.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Flintstone, Georgia</span> Unincorporated community in the state of Georgia

Flintstone is an unincorporated community in Walker County, Georgia, United States. Located in northwestern Georgia, Flintstone lies approximately 12 miles south of Chattanooga, Tennessee, 120 miles northwest of Atlanta, 135 miles southeast of Nashville, Tennessee, and 150 miles northeast of Birmingham, Alabama. Although Flintstone is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 30725; the ZCTA for ZIP Code 30725 had a population of 3,456 at the 2000 census.

References

  1. "About Bradley County Schools". bradleyschools.org. Bradley County Schools. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Lillard, Roy G. (1980). Bradley County. Memphis State University Press. pp. 51–52. ISBN   0-87870-099-4 via Internet Archive.
  3. 1 2 Armstrong, Christy (May 13, 2016). "Historic Graduation Honors 100th Class". Cleveland Daily Banner . Retrieved November 19, 2017.
  4. Clayton, Ron (November 14, 1998). "New Bradley School To Be Walker Valley" (Fee required). Tennessee: Chattanooga Times Free Press. p. C1. Retrieved May 23, 2009. Of three final choices by the school board – Hiwassee River High School, River Valley High School and Walker Valley High School...