over, 65.0% are at least high school graduates or an equivalent. Of these, 7.4% have a bachelor's degree and 3.5% have a graduate degree. The remainder, 35% of the adult population, lack a high school or equivalent diploma. Education Commerce City School District The Commerce City School District oversees public education for pre-school to grade twelve. It consists of two elementary schools (the primary school includes a pre-school program), a middle school and a high school. As of August 2010, district has 89 full-time teachers and over 1,358 students. Commerce Primary School (pre-K through 2nd grade) Commerce Elementary School (3rd and 4th grades) Commerce Middle School (5th through 8th) Commerce High School (9th through 12th) Jackson County School District Jackson County School District holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of six elementary schools, two middle schools, two high schools, and one charter school. As of December 2020, the district has a total of 8,611 students. East Jackson Elementary School Gum Springs Elementary School Maysville Elementary School North Jackson Elementary School South Jackson Elementary School West Jackson Elementary School East Jackson Middle School West Jackson Middle School East Jackson Comprehensive High School Jackson County Comprehensive High School EMPOWER College and Career Center (Charter School) Notable people Terry Allen, former football running back in the National Football League; born in Commerce Bill Anderson, country music singer, songwriter and television personality, famous for "City Lights" written in Commerce; raised in Commerce Chris Beck, Major League Baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox Clay Hendrix, current head football coach at Furman University; born in Commerce Mike Bowers, former Attorney General of Georgia; born in Commerce Olive Ann Burns, award-winning author of Cold Sassy Tree, a novel loosely based on her experiences growing up in Commerce Spud Chandler, right-handed starting pitcher in major league baseball who played his entire career for the New York Yankees from 1937 through 1947; born in Commerce Lamartine G. Hardman, served two terms as the 65th governor of the state of Georgia from 1927 to 1931; born in Commerce Mary Hood, award-winning writer of predominantly Southern literature References External links City of Commerce official website The Jackson Herald Commerce profile on Epodunk Cities in Georgia (U.S. state) Cities in Jackson County, Georgia 1784 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)