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Towns County School District

school in Hiawassee, Georgia, United States

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ7830146 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Towns County School District is a public school district in Towns County, Georgia, United States, based in Hiawassee. It serves the communities of Hiawassee, Tate City, and Young Harris.

As of 2021, the school district's annual budget is $18.16 million, or $19,245 per student. The student-to-teacher ratio is 11.22:1.

Schools

There is one elementary school, one middle school, and one high school in the Towns County School District. All three schools share a campus at 1400 US-76.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Towns County School District” as school in Hiawassee, Georgia, United States. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Towns, County and School.

Editorial reviewA strong contextual entry point for chronology, institutions and public events when official records are distinguished from later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2021, 1400—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Towns, County and School providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Towns County School District”, the useful work is to connect “school in Hiawassee, Georgia, United States” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Contemporary correspondence, administrative files and participant testimony can test how later narratives organized the event or institution. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7830146. Authority coordinates are 34.947, -83.756. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2021 and 1400.

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  2. Expand the search: follow Towns County School District primary sources, Towns County School District archive and Towns research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Towns County School District” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.