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Catoosa County

Ringgold, Georgia · Superintendent: Charles Nix · #38 of 160 Georgia districts by enrollment

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10,134

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,164

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Georgia median

12.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Georgia median 13.9

Catoosa County is a public school district based in Ringgold, Georgia, serving 10,134 students in 16 schools. By enrollment it ranks #38 of the 160 Georgia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 77% of them. Its schools average 633 students each, about the same as the Georgia median of 662. Its superintendent is Charles Nix. It spends about $12,164 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 12.8 students per teacher.

How Catoosa County compares

Catoosa CountyGeorgia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,164

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

Instruction spending per student$7,653

Georgia median $7,267 · 5% above · FY2020-21

Students per school633

Georgia median 662 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.8

Georgia median 13.9 · 8% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor349

Georgia median 425 · 18% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$145.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 10%State 54%Local 37%

Measure	Catoosa County	Georgia median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,164	$11,989	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,653	$7,267	FY2020-21
Total spending	$131.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$145.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	792	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,697	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.8	13.9	2024-25
Students per counselor	349	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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Charles Nix

Superintendent, Catoosa County

Source: Georgia School Superintendents Association member directory, checked 2026-10-05. Report a change

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Peer districts in Georgia

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Liberty CountyHinesville	10,925	12	$11,586	16.2	#35
Bryan CountyPembroke	10,677	10	$10,204	14.1	#36
Lowndes CountyValdosta	10,618	11	$10,427	13.6	#37
Catoosa CountyRinggold · this district	10,134	16	$12,164	12.8	#38
Camden CountyKingsland	9,754	12	$10,950	14.5	#39

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
East Allen County SchoolsNew Haven, IN	10,136	$9,783	15.7
Augusta County Public SchoolsVerona, VA	10,130	$12,218	14.0
Westfield-Washington SchoolsWestfield, IN	10,124	$10,034	16.8
HobbsHobbs, NM	10,121	$10,795	16.4

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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