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Oglethorpe County

Lexington, Georgia · Superintendent: Phillip Powell · #119 of 160 Georgia districts by enrollment

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2,293

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,328

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Georgia median

12.9

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Georgia median 13.9

Oglethorpe County is a public school district based in Lexington, Georgia, serving 2,293 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #119 of the 160 Georgia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 26% of them. Its schools average 573 students each, fewer than the Georgia median of 662. Its superintendent is Phillip Powell. It spends about $12,328 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 12.9 students per teacher.

How Oglethorpe County compares

Oglethorpe CountyGeorgia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,328

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

Instruction spending per student$7,689

Georgia median $7,267 · 6% above · FY2020-21

Students per school573

Georgia median 662 · 13% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.9

Georgia median 13.9 · 7% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor382

Georgia median 425 · 10% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$31.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 12%State 48%Local 40%

Measure	Oglethorpe County	Georgia median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,328	$11,989	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,689	$7,267	FY2020-21
Total spending	$27.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$31.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	178	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	391	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.9	13.9	2024-25
Students per counselor	382	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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Phillip Powell

Superintendent, Oglethorpe 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
Bremen CityBremen	2,342	4	$10,749	15.8	#118
Oglethorpe CountyLexington · this district	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	2,245	7	$13,925	12.5	#122

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Bloom-Carroll LocalCarroll, OH	2,294	$10,238	20.5
Pointe Coupee ParishNew Roads, LA	2,293	$13,259	14.0
Charlotte Public SchoolsCharlotte, MI	2,293	$10,489	17.6
Greater Nanticoke Area School DistrictNanticoke, PA	2,293	$12,437	17.1

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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