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Banks County

Homer, Georgia · Public school district · #108 of 160 Georgia districts by enrollment

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2,798

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,864

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Georgia median

12.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Georgia median 13.9

Banks County is a public school district based in Homer, Georgia, serving 2,798 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #108 of the 160 Georgia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 33% of them. Its schools average 700 students each, about the same as the Georgia median of 662. It spends about $11,864 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 12.8 students per teacher.

How Banks County compares

Banks CountyGeorgia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,864

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

Instruction spending per student$7,293

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

Students per school700

Georgia median 662 · 6% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.8

Georgia median 13.9 · 8% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor560

Georgia median 425 · 32% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$39.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 10%State 50%Local 40%

Measure	Banks County	Georgia median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,864	$11,989	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,293	$7,267	FY2020-21
Total spending	$34.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$39.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	218	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	454	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.8	13.9	2024-25
Students per counselor	560	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
Lamar CountyBarnesville	2,872	4	$10,467	16.3	#106
Ben Hill CountyFitzgerald	2,831	4	$12,641	13.8	#107
Banks CountyHomer · this district	2,798	4	$11,864	12.8	#108
Fannin CountyBlue Ridge	2,753	5	$14,234	13.2	#109
Jasper CountyMonticello	2,706	4	$12,253	13.7	#110

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Arvin UnionArvin, CA	2,801	$13,975	20.6
Bassett UnifiedLa Puente, CA	2,801	$14,113	21.1
Morgan CountyWartburg, TN	2,800	$10,380	n/a
Simpson County School DistrictMendenhall, MS	2,797	$10,008	14.5

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.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-ga-banks-county