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Clayton County

A public school district in Jonesboro, Georgia, with 67 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

51,055
Students enrolled
3,446.1
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
7,479.1
All staff, full-time equivalent
$14,609
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 51,055 in 2024–25
Ranks 83rd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 6th of 234 in Georgia. Larger than 99% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $14,609 in fiscal year 2023
More than 41% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.

Spending and revenue

Clayton County spent $14,609 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,641 in fiscal year 2005

Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards

The figures behind this chart
Clayton County spent $14,609 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,641 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2023$14,609$762.4 million52,186
FY2022$12,136$635.1 million52,335
FY2021$11,027$575.1 million52,149
FY2020$10,521$572.6 million54,424
FY2019$9,669$530.3 million54,840
FY2018$10,472$571.0 million54,530
FY2017$9,808$533.0 million54,345
FY2016$9,056$490.3 million54,136
FY2015$8,788$469.0 million53,367
FY2014$8,293$433.7 million52,296
FY2013$7,922$410.0 million51,757
FY2012$8,461$431.6 million51,018
FY2011$8,623$434.3 million50,366
FY2010$9,295$466.6 million50,204
FY2009$10,225$506.2 million49,508
FY2008$9,251$487.7 million52,717
FY2007$8,379$440.2 million52,533
FY2006$8,487$446.9 million52,657
FY2005$7,641$392.8 million51,405

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Clayton County by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$159.6 million19.1%
State$381.3 million45.6%
Local$295.6 million35.3%
Total$836.4 million

Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.

The district’s schools

67 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Clayton County
SchoolStudents
Adamson Middle School509
Anderson Elementary School420
Arnold Elementary School454
Babb Middle School881
Brown Elementary School671
Callaway Elementary School677
Charles R. Drew High School1,708
Church Street Elementary School706
East Clayton Elementary School641
Eddie White Middle School1,364
Edmonds Elementary School426
Elite Scholars Academy School757
Forest Park High School1,711
Forest Park Middle School593
Fountain Elementary School437
Harper Elementary School690
Hawthorne Elementary School813
Haynie Elementary School767
Huie Elementary School594
James Jackson Elementary School696
Jonesboro High School1,630
Jonesboro Middle School895
Kay R Pace Elementary School of the Arts518
Kemp Elementary School586
Kemp Primary626
Kendrick Middle School619
Kilpatrick Elementary School637
Lake City Elementary School479
Lake Ridge Elementary School498
Lee Street Elementary School515
Lovejoy High School2,049
M. D. Roberts Middle School894
Martha Ellen Stilwell School for the Performing Arts494
Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School516
Michelle Obama STEM Elementary Academy1,048
Morrow Elementary School406
Morrow High School2,077
Morrow Middle School794
Mount Zion Elementary School491
Mount Zion High School1,232
Mount Zion Primary620
Mundy's Mill High School1,665
Mundys Mill Middle School687
North Clayton High School1,124
North Clayton Middle School817
Northcutt Elementary School618
Oliver Elementary School452
Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center for887
Pointe South Elementary School508
Pointe South Middle School693
Rex Mill Middle School904
River's Edge Elementary School652
Riverdale Elementary School559
Riverdale High School1,359
Riverdale Middle School560
Roberta T. Smith Elementary School720
Sequoyah Middle School765
Suder Elementary School592
Swint Elementary School544
Tara Elementary School570
Thurgood Marshall Elementary School801
Unidos Dual Language School394
Utopian Academy for the Arts Elementary School317
Utopian Academy for the Arts High School291
Utopian Academy for the Arts Middle School315
West Clayton Elementary School464
William M. McGarrah Elementary School658

The district’s entry

Status
Open
Type
Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status
Not a charter district
Grades
Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID
1301230

Elsewhere

Sources

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