District profile / Georgia

Union County

Blairsville, Georgia · Public school district · #102 of 160 Georgia districts by enrollment

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3,015

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,006

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Georgia median

14.0

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Georgia median 13.9

Union County is a public school district based in Blairsville, Georgia, serving 3,015 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #102 of the 160 Georgia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 36% of them. Its schools average 603 students each, about the same as the Georgia median of 662. It spends about $12,006 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.0 students per teacher.

How Union County compares

Union CountyGeorgia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,006

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

Instruction spending per student$7,297

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

Students per school603

Georgia median 662 · 9% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.0

Georgia median 13.9 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor502

Georgia median 425 · 18% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$49.6 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 14%State 34%Local 52%

Measure	Union County	Georgia median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,006	$11,989	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,297	$7,267	FY2020-21
Total spending	$36.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$49.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	215	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	485	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.0	13.9	2024-25
Students per counselor	502	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
Berrien CountyNashville	3,061	5	$10,853	14.9	#100
Worth CountySylvester	3,057	5	$10,568	14.8	#101
Union CountyBlairsville · this district	3,015	5	$12,006	14.0	#102
Elbert CountyElberton	3,007	5	$12,823	14.1	#103
Cook CountyAdel	2,979	4	$11,111	12.8	#104

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Derry Cooperative School DistrictDerry, NH	3,015	$20,189	12.5
Clinton City SchoolsClinton, NC	3,015	$10,519	15.8
Holmes CountyBonifay, FL	3,013	$10,538	14.7
Solanco School DistrictQuarryville, PA	3,013	$15,217	12.8

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-union-county