FCS serves over 34,000 students and is the largest employer in the county with over 4,100 full-time employees and 1,500 substitutes. The district is home to 34 schools – nineteen elementary, nine middle, five high schools, as well as the Academies for Creative Education (A.C.E) that houses Gateway Academy (the alternative program for middle and high school students), Forsyth Academy (a charter non-traditional high school) Academy @ Night, and iAchieve Virtual Academy, FCS' 6-12 online program.