Sandy Creek High School or SCHS is located in Tyrone, Georgia, United States.
Sandy Creek serves Tyrone, northern Fayetteville, and small northern portions of Fairburn and Peachtree City. It opened in 1991 with approximately 400 students in order to relieve overcrowding at Fayette County High School and McIntosh High School.
Today, the school has 1,257 students enrolled in grades 9-12 and is accredited by the Southern Association of High Schools and Colleges.
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