The Columbia County School District includes 15 elementary schools, seven middle schools, four high schools and one alternative school. In 2003, pupils continued to score above the state average on the Criterion Referenced Competency Tests - designed to measure a pupil's knowledge of the core curriculum in language arts, reading and mathematics. It is administered to pupils in first through eighth grades.

Columbia County's average SAT scores increased 12 points in 2003 to 1,037 - above the state and national average.

For more information on the school system, visit the Columbia County Board of Education Web site,www.ccboe.net.

IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS

Board of Education office: 541-0650

School Nutrition Services: 541-9402

Transportation Department: 541-1087

Transportation Hot Line: daily bus changes, 541-1087, ext. 5; general bus route information, 541-1087, ext. 6

School Safety Hot Line: 541-3600

HIGH SCHOOLS

Evans, 863-1198

Greenbrier, 650-6040

Harlem, 556-5980

Lakeside, 863-0027

MIDDLE SCHOOLS

Columbia, 541-1252

Evans, 863-2275

Greenbrier, 650-6082

Harlem, 556-5990

Lakeside, 855-6900

Riverside, 868-3712

Grovetown, 855-2514

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

Bel Air, 863-8724

Blue Ridge, 868-0894

Brookwood, 855-7538

Evans, 863-1202

Euchee Creek, 556-4000

Greenbrier, 650-6060

Grovetown, 863-0800

Lewiston, 650-6064

Martinez, 863-8308

North Columbia, 541-1158

North Harlem, 556-5995

Riverside, 868-3736

South Columbia, 863-3220

Stevens Creek, 868-3705

Westmont, 863-0992

BOARD OF EDUCATION

Superintendent Tommy Price, 541-0650

District 1: Regina Buccafusco, 863-3579

District 2: Wayne Bridges, chairman, 855-5726

District 3: Roxanne Whitaker, 556-3832

District 4: Mildred Blackburn, vice chairman, 863-6521 (fax only)

District 5: Lee Muns, (803) 827-1572