District profile / Georgia

Bacon County

Alma, Georgia · Public school district · #126 of 160 Georgia districts by enrollment

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2,094

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,359

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Georgia median

13.0

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Georgia median 13.9

Bacon County is a public school district based in Alma, Georgia, serving 2,094 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #126 of the 160 Georgia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 21% of them. Its schools average 524 students each, fewer than the Georgia median of 662. It spends about $12,359 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.0 students per teacher.

How Bacon County compares

Bacon CountyGeorgia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,359

Georgia median $11,989 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,340

Georgia median $7,267 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school524

Georgia median 662 · 21% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.0

Georgia median 13.9 · 6% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor524

Georgia median 425 · 23% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$28.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 17%State 61%Local 22%

Measure	Bacon County	Georgia median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,359	$11,989	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,340	$7,267	FY2020-21
Total spending	$26.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$28.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	161	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	352	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.0	13.9	2024-25
Students per counselor	524	425	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Georgia median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Georgia

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Candler CountyMetter	2,157	4	$10,639	15.2	#125
Bacon CountyAlma · this district	2,094	4	$12,359	13.0	#126
Screven CountySylvania	2,066	3	$12,627	13.2	#127
Social Circle CitySocial Circle	2,032	4	$11,732	14.6	#128
Jefferson CountyLouisville	2,017	5	$12,585	12.6	#129

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Gunnison Watershed School District Re1JGunnison, CO	2,095	$12,985	14.8
Canton Union School District 66Canton, IL	2,094	$10,133	12.9
SwampscottSwampscott, MA	2,094	$19,385	11.4
Clearfield Area School DistrictClearfield, PA	2,094	$16,690	12.2

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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