Hancock County Schools

A small rural school district primes its students for success AT’S BEST REN H ancock County, Georgia was founded in 1793 and named for John Hancock, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Located some hundred miles southeast of Atlanta, today, this small rural enclave, approximately 70% Afro-American, has a population of about 8,500, a third of whom live below the poverty line. 2 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 5, ISSUE 02