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Griffin-Spalding County

Griffin, Georgia · Public school district · #40 of 160 Georgia districts by enrollment

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9,350

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,123

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Georgia median

14.0

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Georgia median 13.9

Griffin-Spalding County is a public school district based in Griffin, Georgia, serving 9,350 students in 18 schools. By enrollment it ranks #40 of the 160 Georgia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 75% of them. Its schools average 519 students each, fewer than the Georgia median of 662. It spends about $12,123 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.0 students per teacher.

How Griffin-Spalding County compares

Griffin-Spalding CountyGeorgia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,123

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

Instruction spending per student$7,053

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

Students per school519

Georgia median 662 · 22% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.0

Georgia median 13.9 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor322

Georgia median 425 · 24% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$135.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 13%State 54%Local 33%

Measure	Griffin-Spalding County	Georgia median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,123	$11,989	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,053	$7,267	FY2020-21
Total spending	$126.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$135.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	666	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,432	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.0	13.9	2024-25
Students per counselor	322	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
Camden CountyKingsland	9,754	12	$10,950	14.5	#39
Griffin-Spalding CountyGriffin · this district	9,350	18	$12,123	14.0	#40
Floyd CountyRome	8,949	15	$12,067	13.7	#41
Colquitt CountyMoultrie	8,767	13	$12,189	13.3	#42
Marietta CityMarietta	8,664	13	$14,851	11.7	#43

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Woodland Joint UnifiedWoodland, CA	9,355	$12,626	21.4
Janesville School DistrictJanesville, WI	9,355	$12,814	12.2
Monterey Peninsula UnifiedMonterey, CA	9,350	$14,222	20.8
Baldwin Park UnifiedBaldwin Park, CA	9,346	$15,026	20.3

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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