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Heard County

Franklin, Georgia · Superintendent: Mike Roberts · #123 of 160 Georgia districts by enrollment

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2,220

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,243

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Georgia median

14.0

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Georgia median 13.9

Heard County is a public school district based in Franklin, Georgia, serving 2,220 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #123 of the 160 Georgia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 23% of them. Its schools average 444 students each, fewer than the Georgia median of 662. Its superintendent is Mike Roberts. It spends about $12,243 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.0 students per teacher.

How Heard County compares

Heard CountyGeorgia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,243

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

Instruction spending per student$7,496

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

Students per school444

Georgia median 662 · 33% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.0

Georgia median 13.9 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor444

Georgia median 425 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$33.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 14%State 46%Local 40%

Measure	Heard County	Georgia median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,243	$11,989	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,496	$7,267	FY2020-21
Total spending	$39.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$33.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	159	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	300	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.0	13.9	2024-25
Students per counselor	444	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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Mike Roberts

Superintendent, Heard 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
Vidalia CityVidalia	2,279	4	$11,538	13.3	#120
Rabun CountyClayton	2,257	4	$16,177	12.2	#121
Meriwether CountyGreenville	2,245	7	$13,925	12.5	#122
Heard CountyFranklin · this district	2,220	5	$12,243	14.0	#123
Brooks CountyQuitman	2,179	6	$13,310	13.4	#124

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Indian Hill Exempted VillageCincinnati, OH	2,222	$16,731	14.3
Batesville Community School CorporationBatesville, IN	2,220	$9,615	14.1
Butler CountyMorgantown, KY	2,219	$10,934	17.1
Hillsboro CityHillsboro, OH	2,218	$14,291	19.8

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-heard-county