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Liberty County

Hinesville, Georgia · Superintendent: Debra Frazier · #35 of 160 Georgia districts by enrollment

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10,925

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,586

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Georgia median

16.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Georgia median 13.9

Liberty County is a public school district based in Hinesville, Georgia, serving 10,925 students in 12 schools. By enrollment it ranks #35 of the 160 Georgia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 79% of them. Its schools average 910 students each, more than the Georgia median of 662. Its superintendent is Debra Frazier. It spends about $11,586 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 16.2 students per teacher.

How Liberty County compares

Liberty CountyGeorgia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,586

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

Instruction spending per student$7,290

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

Students per school910

Georgia median 662 · 37% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.2

Georgia median 13.9 · 17% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor497

Georgia median 425 · 17% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$130.6 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 15%State 55%Local 30%

Measure	Liberty County	Georgia median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,586	$11,989	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,290	$7,267	FY2020-21
Total spending	$124.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$130.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	675	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,436	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.2	13.9	2024-25
Students per counselor	497	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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Debra Frazier

Superintendent, Liberty 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
Jackson CountyJefferson	11,160	12	$11,877	13.9	#33
Bulloch CountyStatesboro	10,999	15	$11,155	14.3	#34
Liberty CountyHinesville · this district	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
Sheldon ISDHouston, TX	10,946	$11,374	16.3
Waukesha School DistrictWaukesha, WI	10,922	$12,778	13.9
East Ramapo Central School District (spring Valley)Spring Valley, NY	10,918	$30,802	14.6
Cherry Hill School DistrictCherry Hill, NJ	10,910	$21,620	12.4

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-liberty-county