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Schley County

Ellaville, Georgia · Superintendent: Harley Calhoun · #148 of 160 Georgia districts by enrollment

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1,253

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,993

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 8% below the Georgia median

14.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Georgia median 13.9

Schley County is a public school district based in Ellaville, Georgia, serving 1,253 students in 2 schools. By enrollment it ranks #148 of the 160 Georgia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 8% of them. Its schools average 626 students each, about the same as the Georgia median of 662. Its superintendent is Harley Calhoun. It spends about $10,993 per student on day-to-day operations, 8% less than the Georgia median. It has roughly 14.2 students per teacher.

How Schley County compares

Schley CountyGeorgia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,993

Georgia median $11,989 · 8% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,843

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

Students per school626

Georgia median 662 · 5% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.2

Georgia median 13.9 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor418

Georgia median 425 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$15.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 13%State 61%Local 25%

Measure	Schley County	Georgia median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,993	$11,989	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,843	$7,267	FY2020-21
Total spending	$14.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$15.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	88	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	179	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.2	13.9	2024-25
Students per counselor	418	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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Harley Calhoun

Superintendent, Schley 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
Wilkes CountyWashington	1,262	4	$13,171	13.4	#145
Lincoln CountyLincolnton	1,261	3	$13,177	14.7	#146
Chickamauga CityChickamauga	1,258	3	$10,738	15.0	#147
Schley CountyEllaville · this district	1,253	2	$10,993	14.2	#148
Pelham CityPelham	1,246	3	$11,571	12.1	#149

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Lamar School DistrictLamar, AR	1,254	$9,860	11.7
Orange School DistrictOrange, CT	1,254	$21,271	11.5
Franklin Park School District 84Franklin Park, IL	1,254	$17,813	11.6
Southeast Dubois Co School CorporationFerdinand, IN	1,254	$8,613	14.6

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-schley-county