Rockmart High School
| Rockmart High School | |
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990 Cartersville Highway Rockmart, Georgia 30153 United States |
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| Coordinates | 34°01′20″N 85°01′10″W / 34.0221882°N 85.01942689999998°WCoordinates: 34°01′20″N 85°01′10″W / 34.0221882°N 85.01942689999998°W |
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| School type | Public school, high school |
| Established | 1912 |
| School district | Polk County School District |
| NCES District ID | 1304200 |
| NCES School ID | 130420001509 |
| Principal | Wesley Cupp |
| Faculty | 50.10 (on an FTE basis) |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 837 (as of 2011-2012) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 16.71 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Black and gold |
| Athletics conference | 7-AA |
| Mascot | Yellow Jacket |
| Nickname | The Fighting Yellow Jackets |
| Rival | Cedartown High School |
| Accreditation | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Telephone | (770) 684-5432 |
| Website | School website |
Rockmart High School (RHS;also known as the Fighting Yellow Jackets) is the only high school in Rockmart, Georgia, United States. It is fed by Rockmart Middle School and by the Aragon community. As of the 2011/12 school year, the school had an enrollment of 837 students and a faculty of 50.10 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 16.71.
In 1912, the Georgia Legislature created the state's public school system. That year, the city of Rockmart began the Rockmart School System in the building vacated by the Piedmont Institution (established in 1889 by the Methodist North Georgia Annual Conference). It had closed after a 23-year existence in 1912 after it was purchased by the Rockmart School Board of trustees. Rockmart High School was in the building for three years, until the building burned down in 1915. The building was later rebuilt, but the building burned down again in 1940. The current lot is now the Rockmart Governmental Complex. Prior to the Polk County School System of Georgia, RHS had its own city school system and rival school Cedartown High School also had its own city school system in Cedartown.
Before the racial integration of the Polk County School System, two high schools existed in Rockmart - RHS and Elm Street High School, which served the African American community of Rockmart. The integration of the school system began in 1964, when some African American students began attending Rockmart High School. Total integration was achieved in 1965 with the closing of Elm Street High School.
According to a NCES 2011-2012 school year census, the racial makeup of the school was 653 (78.02%) White, 133 (15.90%) African American, 6 (0.71%) Asian, 25 (2.99%) of two or more races, and 20 (2.38%) Hispanic or Latino. 405 of those students were male and 432 female.
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