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Evans County

Claxton, Georgia · Interim Superintendent: Bradley Anderson · #133 of 160 Georgia districts by enrollment

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1,742

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,370

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Georgia median

13.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Georgia median 13.9

Evans County is a public school district based in Claxton, Georgia, serving 1,742 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #133 of the 160 Georgia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 17% of them. Its schools average 436 students each, fewer than the Georgia median of 662. Its interim superintendent is Bradley Anderson. It spends about $12,370 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.2 students per teacher.

How Evans County compares

Evans CountyGeorgia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,370

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

Instruction spending per student$6,609

Georgia median $7,267 · 9% below · FY2020-21

Students per school436

Georgia median 662 · 34% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.2

Georgia median 13.9 · 5% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor436

Georgia median 425 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$35.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 17%State 64%Local 19%

Measure	Evans County	Georgia median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,370	$11,989	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,609	$7,267	FY2020-21
Total spending	$35.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$35.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	132	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	292	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.2	13.9	2024-25
Students per counselor	436	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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Bradley Anderson

Interim Superintendent, Evans 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
Jenkins CountyMillen	1,774	4	$14,587	15.3	#132
Evans CountyClaxton · this district	1,742	4	$12,370	13.2	#133
Lanier CountyLakeland	1,652	3	$11,638	15.0	#134
Charlton CountyFolkston	1,613	4	$12,269	13.4	#135
Irwin CountyOcilla	1,610	3	$12,395	13.5	#136

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Mountain Empire UnifiedPine Valley, CA	1,743	$15,429	21.5
Cresskill Public School DistrictCresskill, NJ	1,743	$20,445	11.9
Oneida City School DistrictOneida, NY	1,742	$22,817	12.9
Springfield LocalAkron, OH	1,742	$13,545	17.2

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.

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