Tallapoosa County Board of Education

Tallapoosa County consists of 716 square miles predominately in the Piedmont plateau section of Alabama and contains most of Lake Martin. Cities in Tallapoosa County include Alexander City, Dadeville, Jackson's Gap, New Site, Camp Hill, Goldville, Reeltown, Hackneyville and Daviston. A portion of the city limits of Tallassee lies within Tallapoosa County. There are 41,203 residents in the county. The County Seat is located in Dadeville. The demographic makeup of the county is 69% white, 27% black, 2.5% Hispanic and 1.5% other. Seventy-nine percent of county residents are high school graduates or higher (age 25 & above) with 16% holding bachelor's degrees or higher. We have slightly over 3600 veterans living in the county. The median household income is $39,130 with 20% of the population living below the poverty level. Everyday 2,300 workers drive out of the county to work primarily in the Auburn-Opelika area, Tallassee and Montgomery. The automobile industry,aviation, manufacturing, education, medical services, food service and construction provide the major job opportunities. The county is located 90 miles south of the Atlanta Metropolitan area; 80 miles southeast of Birmingham; and, 40 miles north east of Montgomery, the State capital. We have two major transportation corridors bordering or running through the county--Interstate 85 in the south and Highway 280 running through the northern part of the county.
The Tallapoosa County Board of Education employs 362 workers with 238 being certified employees. Our teaching staff is our strength.
Ninety-nine percent of our teachers are Highly Qualified (HQ) with only three not certified in the subjects they are teaching. We have a HQ
plan for each of them to become certified this year. We have a monthly payroll of over 1.6 million dollars with much of that being spent in
Tallapoosa County. The Board of Education spends on the average $150,000 monthly in the Tallapoosa County business community. This makes us one of the major economic engines in the area.