Type Public secondary Principal Pamela Pitts Enrollment 2,100 Mascot Mustang | Established 1969 Grades 9–12 Phone +1 770-473-3241 Founded 1969 | |
Motto Where Failure Is NOT An Option! Address 2299 Old Rex Morrow Rd, Morrow, GA 30260, USA District Clayton County Public Schools Similar Clayton County Public Sc, Charles R Drew High School, Riverdale High School, Rex Mill Middle School, Roberta T Smith Elementa | ||
Morrow High School is the easternmost secondary school in Clayton County, Georgia, United States. Part of Clayton County Public Schools, it is located in Morrow at 2299 Old Rex Morrow Road. The school's teams are known as the Mustangs. Middle schools generally associated with Morrow High are Morrow Middle School, Adamson Middle School and Rex Mill Middle School.
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Clayton State University is the nearest post-secondary school, though some college-bound students enroll at the University of Georgia, Georgia Southern University, University of West Georgia and Georgia State University. Recent students have also attended Yale University, Brown University, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Savannah School of Art and Design, and Morehouse College.
Morrow High recently lost accreditation for one year, when the Clayton County School System lost accreditation. The accreditation has since been restored.
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Some recent Morrow High School students have received the Gates Millennium Scholarship (GMS) founded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In 2006, two graduating seniors received it, one of whom went to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the other to Georgia State University. In 2007, three graduating seniors received the scholarship, and went on to Yale University, the University of Georgia, and Clayton State University, respectively. In 2008, two more students received the award, making it three years in a row that the school had students receive full funding for any college of their choice.