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Thomasville City

Thomasville, Georgia · Public school district · #114 of 160 Georgia districts by enrollment

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2,622

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,176

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Georgia median

13.4

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Georgia median 13.9

Thomasville City is a public school district based in Thomasville, Georgia, serving 2,622 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #114 of the 160 Georgia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 29% of them. Its schools average 524 students each, fewer than the Georgia median of 662. It spends about $12,176 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.4 students per teacher.

How Thomasville City compares

Thomasville CityGeorgia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,176

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

Instruction spending per student$6,773

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

Students per school524

Georgia median 662 · 21% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.4

Georgia median 13.9 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor328

Georgia median 425 · 23% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$34.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 33%State 46%Local 21%

Measure	Thomasville City	Georgia median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,176	$11,989	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,773	$7,267	FY2020-21
Total spending	$33.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$34.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	196	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	405	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.4	13.9	2024-25
Students per counselor	328	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
Washington CountySandersville	2,661	4	$11,725	13.8	#112
Dodge CountyEastman	2,659	5	$12,118	12.7	#113
Thomasville CityThomasville · this district	2,622	5	$12,176	13.4	#114
Greene CountyGreensboro	2,597	5	$14,815	11.8	#115
Bleckley CountyCochran	2,581	5	$11,871	14.2	#116

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Solana Beach ElementarySolana Beach, CA	2,620	$20,410	22.4
Laurel School DistrictLaurel, MS	2,620	$9,885	16.1
Affton 101St Louis, MO	2,619	$11,134	14.4
Mitchell School District 17-2Mitchell, SD	2,619	$10,273	13.4

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-thomasville-city