District profile / Georgia

Gwinnett County

Lawrenceville, Georgia · Public school district · #1 of 160 Georgia districts by enrollment

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182,518

Students

2024-25 school year

141

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,482

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Georgia median

14.3

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Georgia median 13.9

Gwinnett County is a public school district based in Lawrenceville, Georgia, serving 182,518 students in 141 schools. By enrollment it ranks #1 of the 160 Georgia districts with 1,000 or more students, making it the largest in the state. Its schools average 1,294 students each, more than the Georgia median of 662. It spends about $11,482 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.3 students per teacher.

How Gwinnett County compares

Gwinnett CountyGeorgia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,482

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

Instruction spending per student$7,007

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

Students per school1,294

Georgia median 662 · 95% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.3

Georgia median 13.9 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor396

Georgia median 425 · 7% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$2.34 billion in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 8%State 45%Local 47%

Measure	Gwinnett County	Georgia median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,482	$11,989	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,007	$7,267	FY2020-21
Total spending	$2.23 billion	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$2.34 billion	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	12,796	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	24,228	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.3	13.9	2024-25
Students per counselor	396	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
Gwinnett CountyLawrenceville · this district	182,518	141	$11,482	14.3	#1
Cobb CountyMarietta	105,738	110	$11,902	14.1	#2
DeKalb CountyStone Mountain	91,752	129	$13,668	13.6	#3
Fulton CountyAtlanta	87,019	106	$12,506	14.1	#4
Forsyth CountyCumming	54,864	42	$10,321	15.7	#5

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
School District of Palm Beach CountyWest Palm Beach, FL	189,634	$11,509	16.4
Fairfax County Public SchoolsFalls Church, VA	179,323	$16,976	13.3
Houston ISDHouston, TX	176,727	$10,446	16.1
Hawaii Department of EducationHonolulu, HI	167,071	$16,550	13.7

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-gwinnett-county