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Meriwether County

Greenville, Georgia · Public school district · #122 of 160 Georgia districts by enrollment

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2,245

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,925

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 16% above the Georgia median

12.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Georgia median 13.9

Meriwether County is a public school district based in Greenville, Georgia, serving 2,245 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #122 of the 160 Georgia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 24% of them. Its schools average 321 students each, fewer than the Georgia median of 662. It spends about $13,925 per student on day-to-day operations, 16% more than the Georgia median. It has roughly 12.5 students per teacher.

How Meriwether County compares

Meriwether CountyGeorgia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,925

Georgia median $11,989 · 16% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,343

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

Students per school321

Georgia median 662 · 52% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.5

Georgia median 13.9 · 10% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor321

Georgia median 425 · 24% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$38.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 17%State 44%Local 39%

Measure	Meriwether County	Georgia median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,925	$11,989	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,343	$7,267	FY2020-21
Total spending	$33.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$38.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	180	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	462	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.5	13.9	2024-25
Students per counselor	321	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
Oglethorpe CountyLexington	2,293	4	$12,328	12.9	#119
Vidalia CityVidalia	2,279	4	$11,538	13.3	#120
Rabun CountyClayton	2,257	4	$16,177	12.2	#121
Meriwether CountyGreenville · this district	2,245	7	$13,925	12.5	#122
Heard CountyFranklin	2,220	5	$12,243	14.0	#123

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Greenville CityGreenville, OH	2,249	$12,833	15.8
Fleetwood Area School DistrictFleetwood, PA	2,247	$17,172	12.7
Hunterdon Central Regional High School DistrictFlemington, NJ	2,246	$26,168	10.4
Pittsburg ISDPittsburg, TX	2,245	$10,893	11.9

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-meriwether-county