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Gordon County

Calhoun, Georgia · Public school district · #56 of 160 Georgia districts by enrollment

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6,259

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,694

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Georgia median

13.9

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Georgia median 13.9

Gordon County is a public school district based in Calhoun, Georgia, serving 6,259 students in 10 schools. By enrollment it ranks #56 of the 160 Georgia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 65% of them. Its schools average 626 students each, about the same as the Georgia median of 662. It spends about $11,694 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.9 students per teacher.

How Gordon County compares

Gordon CountyGeorgia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,694

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

Instruction spending per student$7,027

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

Students per school626

Georgia median 662 · 5% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.9

Georgia median 13.9 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor481

Georgia median 425 · 13% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$84.2 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 13%State 51%Local 36%

Measure	Gordon County	Georgia median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,694	$11,989	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,027	$7,267	FY2020-21
Total spending	$76.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$84.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	449	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	862	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.9	13.9	2024-25
Students per counselor	481	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
Murray CountyChatsworth	6,585	11	$10,807	14.2	#53
Rome CityRome	6,357	8	$12,581	14.1	#54
Laurens CountyDublin	6,308	8	$11,864	13.7	#55
Gordon CountyCalhoun · this district	6,259	10	$11,694	13.9	#56
Buford CityBuford	6,007	5	$12,212	15.8	#57

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Hopkins CountyMadisonville, KY	6,265	$10,746	14.7
Quincy School District 172Quincy, IL	6,264	$12,639	16.0
Freeport Union Free School DistrictFreeport, NY	6,259	$25,285	11.5
Cedar Hill ISDCedar Hill, TX	6,253	$10,129	16.0

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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