EDUCATION
• Gordon College
419 College Drive
Barnesville, GA 30204
(770) 358-5023
www.gdn.edu
• Middle Georgia
State University
100 College Station Drive
Macon, GA 31206
(478) 471-2700
www.maconstate.edu
Former MP softball player Darrell Brady hugs her brother Justen Shaw, who surprised
her by returning from Afghanistan and showing up at her Senior Day in 2013.
Higher Education
Monroe County students
enjoy access to a wealth of
superb continuing educational
facilities, several within a 15 to
20 minute drive from Forsyth.
• Central Georgia
Technical College
Monroe County
Education Center
23-A Brooklyn Avenue
Forsyth, GA 31029
(478) 757-3445
www.cgtcollege.org
• Mercer University
1400 Coleman Avenue
Macon, GA 31207
(478) 301-2700
www.mercer.edu
• Wesleyan College
4760 Forsyth Road
Macon, GA 31210
(478) 757-5206
www.wesleyancollege.edu
Welcome Home: The Forsyth-Monroe County Relocation Guide and Membership Directory
2013-2014 Monroe Co.
Schools Points of Pride
• Students in Monroe County
schools are 70 percent white,
26 percent black, 2 percent
Hispanic and 2 percent other.
• Monroe County schools have
600 employees, 288 teachers,
26 administrators and 286 staff,
including 63 paraprofessionals.
• Monroe County schools
have 369 students in its gifted
program, or about 10 percent of
total enrollment.
• The average SAT score for
Mary Persons in 2014 was
1403, better than students in
surrounding counties Bibb,
Crawford, Jones, Bibb, Lamar
and Butts.
• A total of 111 students took
149 tests for Advanced Placement courses in 2013-14, and
a whopping 64 percent passed
with a 3 score or better. That’s
better than any county in Middle
Georgia.
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