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Pulaski County

Hawkinsville, Georgia · Superintendent: Debra Puckett · #143 of 160 Georgia districts by enrollment

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1,320

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,508

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Georgia median

13.9

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Georgia median 13.9

Pulaski County is a public school district based in Hawkinsville, Georgia, serving 1,320 students in 3 schools. By enrollment it ranks #143 of the 160 Georgia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 11% of them. Its schools average 440 students each, fewer than the Georgia median of 662. Its superintendent is Debra Puckett. It spends about $12,508 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.9 students per teacher.

How Pulaski County compares

Pulaski CountyGeorgia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,508

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

Instruction spending per student$6,938

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

Students per school440

Georgia median 662 · 34% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.9

Georgia median 13.9 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor440

Georgia median 425 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$18.3 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 16%State 54%Local 30%

Measure	Pulaski County	Georgia median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,508	$11,989	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,938	$7,267	FY2020-21
Total spending	$22.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$18.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	95	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	208	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.9	13.9	2024-25
Students per counselor	440	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 Puckett

Superintendent, Pulaski 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
Seminole CountyDonalsonville	1,332	2	$13,699	13.2	#142
Pulaski CountyHawkinsville · this district	1,320	3	$12,508	13.9	#143
Marion CountyBuena Vista	1,293	2	$11,759	15.4	#144
Wilkes CountyWashington	1,262	4	$13,171	13.4	#145
Lincoln CountyLincolnton	1,261	3	$13,177	14.7	#146

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Noxubee County School DistrictMacon, MS	1,321	$9,788	14.5
Solvay Union Free School DistrictSolvay, NY	1,321	$21,188	10.0
Flora CUSD 35Flora, IL	1,320	$9,182	12.8
Hazlehurst City School DistrictHazlehurst, MS	1,320	$9,405	15.2

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.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-ga-pulaski-county