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Paulding County

Dallas, Georgia · Superintendent: Steve Barnette · #11 of 160 Georgia districts by enrollment

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31,426

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,930

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 9% below the Georgia median

14.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Georgia median 13.9

Paulding County is a public school district based in Dallas, Georgia, serving 31,426 students in 34 schools. By enrollment it ranks #11 of the 160 Georgia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 94% of them. Its schools average 924 students each, more than the Georgia median of 662. Its superintendent is Steve Barnette. It spends about $10,930 per student on day-to-day operations, 9% less than the Georgia median. It has roughly 14.8 students per teacher.

How Paulding County compares

Paulding CountyGeorgia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,930

Georgia median $11,989 · 9% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,061

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

Students per school924

Georgia median 662 · 40% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.8

Georgia median 13.9 · 6% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor425

Georgia median 425 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$371.6 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 10%State 53%Local 37%

Measure	Paulding County	Georgia median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,930	$11,989	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,061	$7,267	FY2020-21
Total spending	$350.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$371.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	2,125	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	4,048	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.8	13.9	2024-25
Students per counselor	425	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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Steve Barnette

Superintendent, Paulding 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
Paulding CountyDallas · this district	31,426	34	$10,930	14.8	#11
Houston CountyPerry	30,939	38	$12,263	14.9	#12
Muscogee CountyColumbus	29,362	52	$11,503	14.0	#13
Richmond CountyAugusta	28,923	49	$11,826	14.4	#14
Columbia CountyEvans	28,566	30	$10,164	15.8	#15

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Prosper ISDProsper, TX	31,651	$9,763	14.7
Leon CountyTallahassee, FL	31,645	$9,458	17.1
St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1JLongmont, CO	31,607	$11,673	16.2
Gilbert Unified District (4239)Gilbert, AZ	31,560	$8,851	16.5

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-paulding-county