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Troup County

LaGrange, Georgia · Superintendent: Rachel Hazel · #31 of 160 Georgia districts by enrollment

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12,262

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,464

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Georgia median

14.3

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Georgia median 13.9

Troup County is a public school district based in LaGrange, Georgia, serving 12,262 students in 19 schools. By enrollment it ranks #31 of the 160 Georgia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 81% of them. Its schools average 645 students each, about the same as the Georgia median of 662. Its superintendent is Rachel Hazel. It spends about $11,464 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.3 students per teacher.

How Troup County compares

Troup CountyGeorgia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,464

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

Instruction spending per student$6,575

Georgia median $7,267 · 10% below · FY2020-21

Students per school645

Georgia median 662 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.3

Georgia median 13.9 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor409

Georgia median 425 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$167.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 13%State 43%Local 44%

Measure	Troup County	Georgia median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,464	$11,989	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,575	$7,267	FY2020-21
Total spending	$145.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$167.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	858	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,797	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.3	13.9	2024-25
Students per counselor	409	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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Rachel Hazel

Superintendent, Troup 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
Dougherty CountyAlbany	12,910	21	$13,566	13.6	#28
Glynn CountyBrunswick	12,750	17	$12,221	12.9	#29
Clarke CountyAthens	12,275	21	$15,755	10.2	#30
Troup CountyLaGrange · this district	12,262	19	$11,464	14.3	#31
Whitfield CountyDalton	11,942	22	$11,519	13.1	#32

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsKalamazoo, MI	12,273	$12,689	17.7
Chico UnifiedChico, CA	12,266	$13,999	20.9
Roscoe Collegiate ISDRoscoe, TX	12,256	$20,571	240.3
Menifee UnionMenifee, CA	12,253	$11,823	23.7

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-troup-county