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Laurens County

Dublin, Georgia · Public school district · #55 of 160 Georgia districts by enrollment

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6,308

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,864

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Georgia median

13.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Georgia median 13.9

Laurens County is a public school district based in Dublin, Georgia, serving 6,308 students in 8 schools. By enrollment it ranks #55 of the 160 Georgia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 66% of them. Its schools average 788 students each, more than the Georgia median of 662. It spends about $11,864 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.7 students per teacher.

How Laurens County compares

Laurens CountyGeorgia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,864

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

Instruction spending per student$7,267

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

Students per school788

Georgia median 662 · 19% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.7

Georgia median 13.9 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor421

Georgia median 425 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$92.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 17%State 56%Local 27%

Measure	Laurens County	Georgia median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,864	$11,989	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,267	$7,267	FY2020-21
Total spending	$91.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$92.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	459	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	899	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.7	13.9	2024-25
Students per counselor	421	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
Murray CountyChatsworth	6,585	11	$10,807	14.2	#53
Rome CityRome	6,357	8	$12,581	14.1	#54
Laurens CountyDublin · this district	6,308	8	$11,864	13.7	#55
Gordon CountyCalhoun	6,259	10	$11,694	13.9	#56
Buford CityBuford	6,007	5	$12,212	15.8	#57

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Alabaster CityAlabaster, AL	6,316	$10,715	16.1
Edgecombe County Public SchoolsTarboro, NC	6,310	$11,896	15.7
Eagle County School District No. Re 50Eagle, CO	6,309	$13,342	12.6
McMinnville School District 40McMinnville, OR	6,301	$13,131	17.2

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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