Almond School - School Plant Score: 695  Grounds: Satisfactory   Building: A good building neatly kept and well equipped. Teachers should be instructed in the principles of school housekeeping, especially with regard to adjusting the shades. Slight leaks in the roof should be immediately repaired.  Organization: Census 280, enrollment 280, average daily attendance 239, percentage of students promoted 41.9% There are 10-teachers;  index of training elementary - 768, high school - 800. There are 11-grades and the school term is 8-months.  Recommendation: This school will eventually be included in flooded area or power development. In the interim it should provide facilities to permit consolidation of Hightower School at present location.

Bird Town School - School Plant Score: 150   Grounds: Accessible and fairly adequate in size but not suited for general recreational purposes.   Building:  Very flimsy construction and almost unsafe for use. Inadequately lighted or equipped. No library, no pictures, no teaching supplies, a water bucket with dipper, hanging flue and a box stove. The pit toilet is in foul condition.  Organization: Census 21, enrollment 5, average daily attendance 15, percentage of students promoted 37.5% There's 1-teacher;  index of teacher training - 500. There are 6-grades and the school term is 6-months.   Recommendation: Transport High School students to Bryson City School [colored]. The entire school should be abandoned as early as possible and transported to Bryson City [Colored] School. If consideration is not effected for the school year 1933-34 necessary repairs should be made on the building. It should be painted and adequate doors and instructional supplies provided.

Brush Creek School - School Plant Score: 300   Grounds: Poor and unsatisfactory.   Building: Tri-laterally lighted, poorly adjustable shades, fair pupil desks, no library, no teaching equipment; this whole situation is extremely unsatisfactory.  Organization: Census 49, enrollment 38, average daily attendance 26, percentage of students promoted 63.1% There's 1-teacher;  index of teacher training - 600. There are 6-grades and the school term is 6-months.   Recommendation: Abandon this school at once and transport the students to Bryson City School.

Bryson City School - School Plant Score: 655   Grounds: Readily accessible, but not enough space developed for the present enrollment.   Building: This building is not correctly oriented; * fenestration in some rooms is not good [* the arrangement of windows in a building]. The general appearance and arrangement, particularly the window shades, of the interior is disappointing for a school of this type. Heating system, water supply and general equipment for both the teachers and students is satisfactory in the main.  Organization: Census 919, enrollment 844, average daily attendance 650, percentage of students promoted 62.4% There are 23-teachers;  index of teacher training - Elementary - 780, High School - 800. There are 11-grades and the school term is 8-months.  Recommendation: Roughed-in rooms of the building should be completed and additional rooms, if necessary, should be constructed to provide for consolidation of the Kirkland's Creek School, Judson School, White Oak # 1 School, White Oak # 2 School, Brush Creek School, Epp's Springs School and the Lands Creek School.

Bryson City School [Colored] - School Plant Score: 200   Grounds: Fairly good grounds with a beautiful vista.   Building: Originally a satisfactory building, but it has been badly neglected for the past ten-years. Correctly oriented and fenestrated, but furniture and teaching supplies are inadequate.  Organization: Census 37, enrollment 37, average daily attendance 36, percentage of students promoted 62.4% There is 1-teacher;  index of teacher training - 700. There are 7-grades and the school term is 8-months.  Recommendation: This building should be repaired and repainted on both the outside and inside. Equipment should be renovated and supplemented. Library books should be purchased and instructional equipment should be provided. Provisions should be made for High School work to be added in this school and the children from the Bird Town School should be transported here for High School instruction. This building should be enlarged and the entire Bird Town School should be brought into this school.

Bushnell School - School Plant Score: 427  Grounds: Fairly ample in size and well utilized for recreational purposes.   Building: Main building is constructed of [permanent] cement block and the additional supplementary building [one-room] is of frame construction. Fairly good equipment and instructional materials. Drinking fountains, water flush toilets, fairly well kept. Classrooms in the main building are untidy in appearance.  Organization: Census 106, enrollment 96, average daily attendance 76, percentage of students promoted 60% There are 3-teachers;  index of teacher training - 700. There are 7-grades and the school term is 8-months.  Recommendation: The school building needs to be enlarged and modernized. Students from Forney School and Noland School need to be transferred to this school.

Cochran School - School Plant Score: 400  Grounds: Small and not well adapted for recreational use.   Building: This is an unpainted 3-room building. There is an insufficient number of pupil desks, but general equipment is satisfactory.  Organization: Census 157, enrollment 118, average daily attendance 108, percentage of students promoted 13.5% There are 3-teachers;  index of teacher training - 633. There are 7-grades and the school term is 6-months.  Recommendation: Suggest that the Cochran Community be the center consolidation for East Alarka School, Unahala School and Deep Gap School. When this is done, a new site should be selected and a modern school erected. It is recognized that the realization of this consolidation is predicated upon the improvement of the roads leading to Unahala School and Deep Gap School. The East Alarka School should be immediately consolidated as no road problem is involved.

Conley's Creek School - School Plant Score: 170  Grounds: Very poor, completely inadequate.   Building: Poor state of repair, miserably lighted, poor equipment, desolate, unsafe water supply, indifferently kept toilets.  Organization: Census 36, enrollment 31, average daily attendance 24, percentage of students promoted unknown% There is 1-teacher;  index of teacher training - 700. There are 7-grades and the school term is 6-months.  Recommendation: Consolidate with the Whittier School which is only 8-miles away. This school is also on the same road as Parrish Chapel # 1 School and Parrish Chapel # 2 School. A determined effort should be made to improve road conditions as consolidation is urgent.

Cooper's Creek School - School Plant Score: 200  Grounds: Very poor, completely inadequate.   Building: Poor state of repair, miserably lighted, poor equipment, desolate, unsafe water supply, indifferently kept toilets.  Organization: Census 36, enrollment 31, average daily attendance 24, percentage of students promoted is unknown% There is 1-teacher;  index of teacher training - 700. There are 7-grades and the school term is 6-months.  Recommendation: Consolidate with the Whittier School which is only 8-miles away. This school is also on the same road as Parrish Chapel # 1 School and Parrish Chapel # 2 School. A determined effort should be made to improve road conditions as consolidation is urgent.

Deep Gap School - School Plant Score: 350  Grounds: Very small site, but neatly kept.   Building: An attractive one-room building. General atmosphere is good. Fairly good equipment; no instructional supplies but practical activities are being carried on.  Organization: Census 56, enrollment 38, average daily attendance 24, percentage of students promoted 57.8% There is 1-teacher;  index of teacher training - 700. There are 6-grades and the school term is 6-months.  Recommendation: Consolidate with the Cochran School as soon as road conditions can be made safe for transporting students.

Dorsey School - School Plant Score: 200  Grounds: Indescribably poor and inaccessible.   Building: Poorly constructed, dilapidated, unpainted, inadequately lighted, wooden blinds, poor blackboards, water bucket with dipper and a box stove. Good pupil desks. No library or teacher equipment. Toilets are poor and very foul.  Organization: Census 35, enrollment 31, average daily attendance 28, percentage of students promoted 45.1% There is 1-teacher;  index of teacher training - 600. There are 7-grades and the school term is 6-months.  Recommendation: Abandon this school at once and transport the students to the Proctor School.