District profile / Georgia

Jackson County

Jefferson, Georgia · Public school district · #33 of 160 Georgia districts by enrollment

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11,160

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,877

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Georgia median

13.9

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Georgia median 13.9

Jackson County is a public school district based in Jefferson, Georgia, serving 11,160 students in 12 schools. By enrollment it ranks #33 of the 160 Georgia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 80% of them. Its schools average 930 students each, more than the Georgia median of 662. It spends about $11,877 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.9 students per teacher.

How Jackson County compares

Jackson CountyGeorgia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,877

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

Instruction spending per student$7,448

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

Students per school930

Georgia median 662 · 40% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.9

Georgia median 13.9 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor446

Georgia median 425 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$125.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 8%State 41%Local 51%

Measure	Jackson County	Georgia median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,877	$11,989	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,448	$7,267	FY2020-21
Total spending	$137.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$125.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	804	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,558	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.9	13.9	2024-25
Students per counselor	446	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
Jackson CountyJefferson · this district	11,160	12	$11,877	13.9	#33
Bulloch CountyStatesboro	10,999	15	$11,155	14.3	#34
Liberty CountyHinesville	10,925	12	$11,586	16.2	#35
Bryan CountyPembroke	10,677	10	$10,204	14.1	#36
Lowndes CountyValdosta	10,618	11	$10,427	13.6	#37

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Cabell County SchoolsHuntington, WV	11,188	$13,591	12.8
Billings ElementaryBillings, MT	11,169	$11,983	16.0
Brazosport ISDClute, TX	11,169	$12,163	13.8
Kershaw 01Camden, SC	11,135	$11,923	14.7

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-jackson-county