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Tift County

Tifton, Georgia · Public school district · #51 of 160 Georgia districts by enrollment

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7,471

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,462

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Georgia median

14.4

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Georgia median 13.9

Tift County is a public school district based in Tifton, Georgia, serving 7,471 students in 11 schools. By enrollment it ranks #51 of the 160 Georgia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 69% of them. Its schools average 679 students each, about the same as the Georgia median of 662. It spends about $11,462 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.4 students per teacher.

How Tift County compares

Tift CountyGeorgia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,462

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

Instruction spending per student$7,478

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

Students per school679

Georgia median 662 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.4

Georgia median 13.9 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor374

Georgia median 425 · 12% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$112.3 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 23%State 47%Local 30%

Measure	Tift County	Georgia median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,462	$11,989	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,478	$7,267	FY2020-21
Total spending	$93.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$112.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	518	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,078	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.4	13.9	2024-25
Students per counselor	374	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
Polk CountyCedartown	7,745	11	$11,168	14.7	#48
Coffee CountyDouglas	7,640	12	$11,729	14.2	#49
Dalton Public SchoolsDalton	7,619	10	$11,989	12.4	#50
Tift CountyTifton · this district	7,471	11	$11,462	14.4	#51
Habersham CountyClarkesville	7,257	14	$12,855	13.1	#52

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Queen Anne's County Public SchoolsCentreville, MD	7,478	$14,700	13.5
Canton CityCanton, OH	7,478	$16,559	15.1
South San Antonio ISDSan Antonio, TX	7,468	$11,542	16.6
West Shore School DistrictLewisberry, PA	7,467	$14,156	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-tift-county