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For the 2010-2011 school years, the school had the highest passing rate in the Georgia Graduation Test, with 96% passing. Buford also ranks in the top 6% of students who pass AP courses. [citation needed]. A part of the greater Buford City Schools System, Buford was ranked by reviewers on the review site Niche as the top school system in the ...
Buford City Schools (BCSS) serves approximately 5,000 students in a campus-like setting of five schools, two performing arts centers, and a multi-purpose arena. In October 2020, Niche again named BCS the Number One School District in Georgia—an honor that has been bestowed upon the district for six consecutive years.
From its earliest days, Buford has always been proud of its commitment to education, and with good reason. Its very first school was held in a log cabin for three months during the summer of 1870 ...
In 1871, the Methodist Episcopal Church, South* became the first organized church in Buford, holding services in the same log cabin used for the town's first school. By 1875 a new church building ...
The first day of school for Buford City Schools students is Wednesday, Aug. 4. Heading into the upcoming school year, some dates are subject to change as the coronavirus pandemic nears its year ...
2403950 [2] Website. www.cityofbuford.com. Buford is a city in Gwinnett and Hall counties in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 17,144. Most of the city is in Gwinnett County, which is part of the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta Metropolitan Statistical Area. The northern sliver of the city is in Hall ...
Buford celebrated it's 50th anniversary in 1923 (a year late), with a crowd of approximately 5,000 people gathered on Main Street and the town square for a day of parades, barbeque, and concerts.
Beauford Delaney (December 30, 1901 – March 26, 1979) was an American modernist painter. He is remembered for his work with the Harlem Renaissance in the 1930s and 1940s, as well as his later works in abstract expressionism following his move to Paris in the 1950s. Beauford's younger brother, Joseph, was also a noted painter.