District profile / Georgia

Whitfield County

Dalton, Georgia · Public school district · #32 of 160 Georgia districts by enrollment

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11,942

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,519

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Georgia median

13.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Georgia median 13.9

Whitfield County is a public school district based in Dalton, Georgia, serving 11,942 students in 22 schools. By enrollment it ranks #32 of the 160 Georgia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 81% of them. Its schools average 543 students each, fewer than the Georgia median of 662. It spends about $11,519 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.1 students per teacher.

How Whitfield County compares

Whitfield CountyGeorgia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,519

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

Instruction spending per student$7,135

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

Students per school543

Georgia median 662 · 18% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.1

Georgia median 13.9 · 6% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor362

Georgia median 425 · 15% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$166.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 13%State 57%Local 31%

Measure	Whitfield County	Georgia median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,519	$11,989	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,135	$7,267	FY2020-21
Total spending	$170.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$166.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	914	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,686	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.1	13.9	2024-25
Students per counselor	362	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
Glynn CountyBrunswick	12,750	17	$12,221	12.9	#29
Clarke CountyAthens	12,275	21	$15,755	10.2	#30
Troup CountyLaGrange	12,262	19	$11,464	14.3	#31
Whitfield CountyDalton · this district	11,942	22	$11,519	13.1	#32
Jackson CountyJefferson	11,160	12	$11,877	13.9	#33

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Manchester School DistrictManchester, NH	11,949	$14,734	11.9
Harrison School District No. 2Colorado Springs, CO	11,938	$11,703	14.4
Park HillKansas City, MO	11,937	$13,126	13.4
Mounds View Public School DistrictShoreview, MN	11,934	$13,288	16.2

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-whitfield-county