The Thomas Jefferson Elder High and Industrial School, at 316 Hall St. in Sandersville, Georgia, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.

Its National Register nomination states its importance:The Thomas Jefferson Elder High and Industrial School is significant as being an authenticated Rosenwald Plan School with an intact H-plan and original interior and exterior finishes.

One of the Rosenwald Fund's goals was to improve public education for Southern blacks by assisting in building model schoolhouses.

In social-humanitarian history, it is significant for the Rosenwald Fund's efforts to improve education in the South.

In black history, the school is significant as the manifestation of the efforts of Thomas Jefferson Elder (1869-1946).