An on-going partnership between local government, business, industry and area educational institutions reflects our flexible commitment to employee training. These progressive collaborations help create seamless educational opportunities for the Cartersville-Bartow County workforce, now and in the future. Working with customized training programs through Georgia’s QuickStart, our state-of-the-art technical colleges offer progressive curriculums designed with one goal in mind – to meet the needs of local business. In addition, local and regional colleges and universities provide an unsurpassed asset to the community as a whole.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS

PRIVATE SCHOOLS

 TECHNICAL COLLEGES

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

QUICKSTART PROGRAM

Quick Start is an internationally recognized program that provides customized, job-specific training for your business. This is a state-funded economic development incentive for companies to locate or expand in Georgia . . . and best of all it’s free of charge. Local business and industry has benefited from Quick Start programs developed and coordinated right here through the Technical College System of Georgia.

www.georgiaquickstart.org

PUBLIC SCHOOLS

BARTOW COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM (K-12)

  • 21 County Public Schools
  • 1,100 Teachers
  • 14,754 Students
  • 13:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
  • SAT Average (2009) – 1466
  • ACT Average (2009) – 19.9
  • Total expenditures – $159,720,272 (2007-2008)

Woodland High School is a performing arts magnet school with an International Baccalaureate Program. It is a virtual, web-based high school.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS

CITY OF CARTERSVILLE SCHOOL SYSTEM (K-12)

  • 4 City Public Schools
  • 267 Teachers (2009/2010)
  • 4,010 Students (2009/2010)
  • 15:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
  • SAT Average (2009) – 1466
  • ACT Average (2009) – 21.1
  • Total Expenditures – $42,574,517 (2007-2008)

PRIVATE SCHOOLS

  • Three Private Schools within a 20-mile drive of Cartersville.
  • One offers Japanese as a second language.

TECHNICAL COLLEGES
(All mileage figures are calculated from downtown Cartersville.)

- Able to implement locally customized training for business and industry.

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
(All mileage figures are calculated from downtown Cartersville.)

TWO-YEAR COLLEGES

27 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WITHIN A 40-MILE RADIUS, INCLUDING:

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OTHER LINKS

Georgia Department of Education
www.doe.k12.ga.us

Georgia Department of Labor
www.dol.state.ga.us