District profile / Georgia

Houston County

Perry, Georgia · Public school district · #12 of 160 Georgia districts by enrollment

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30,939

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,263

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Georgia median

14.9

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Georgia median 13.9

Houston County is a public school district based in Perry, Georgia, serving 30,939 students in 38 schools. By enrollment it ranks #12 of the 160 Georgia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 93% of them. Its schools average 814 students each, more than the Georgia median of 662. It spends about $12,263 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.9 students per teacher.

How Houston County compares

Houston CountyGeorgia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,263

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

Instruction spending per student$7,798

Georgia median $7,267 · 7% above · FY2020-21

Students per school814

Georgia median 662 · 23% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.9

Georgia median 13.9 · 7% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor413

Georgia median 425 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$423.2 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 16%State 50%Local 33%

Measure	Houston County	Georgia median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,263	$11,989	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,798	$7,267	FY2020-21
Total spending	$392.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$423.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	2,083	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	4,434	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.9	13.9	2024-25
Students per counselor	413	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
Paulding CountyDallas	31,426	34	$10,930	14.8	#11
Houston CountyPerry · this district	30,939	38	$12,263	14.9	#12
Muscogee CountyColumbus	29,362	52	$11,503	14.0	#13
Richmond CountyAugusta	28,923	49	$11,826	14.4	#14
Columbia CountyEvans	28,566	30	$10,164	15.8	#15

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Gaston County SchoolsGastonia, NC	30,995	$10,074	15.9
Lake Washington School DistrictRedmond, WA	30,986	$14,782	17.9
Moreno Valley UnifiedMoreno Valley, CA	30,926	$14,975	22.2
Irving ISDIrving, TX	30,767	$11,316	15.6

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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