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Forsyth County

A public school district in Cumming, Georgia, with 42 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

54,864
Students enrolled
3,501.8
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
6,455
All staff, full-time equivalent
$11,993
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 54,864 in 2024–25
Ranks 73rd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 5th 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: $11,993 in fiscal year 2023
More than 16% 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

Forsyth County spent $11,993 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,561 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
Forsyth County spent $11,993 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,561 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$11,993$648.5 million54,077
FY2022$10,928$576.5 million52,757
FY2021$10,321$527.9 million51,152
FY2020$10,283$519.7 million50,544
FY2019$9,884$487.7 million49,346
FY2018$9,315$444.6 million47,732
FY2017$8,817$407.7 million46,238
FY2016$8,558$379.0 million44,286
FY2015$7,955$337.6 million42,435
FY2014$7,946$323.3 million40,691
FY2013$7,855$305.2 million38,850
FY2012$8,043$299.7 million37,262
FY2011$8,106$291.2 million35,920
FY2010$8,492$290.5 million34,208
FY2009$8,776$284.1 million32,374
FY2008$9,159$280.8 million30,655
FY2007$8,403$236.7 million28,171
FY2006$7,819$200.1 million25,593
FY2005$7,561$178.5 million23,612

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Forsyth County by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$28.8 million3.7%
State$297.1 million38.2%
Local$451.9 million58.1%
Total$777.8 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

42 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Forsyth County
SchoolStudents
Alliance Academy for Innovation1,145
Big Creek Elementary School745
Brandywine Elementary School968
Brookwood Elementary810
Chattahoochee Elementary School810
Chestatee Elementary1,159
Coal Mountain Elementary School747
Cumming Elementary School900
Daves Creek Elementary School881
DeSana Middle School1,278
Denmark High School2,527
East Forsyth High School1,588
Forsyth Central High School2,457
George W. Whitlow Elementary1,247
Haw Creek Elementary926
Hendricks Middle School1,376
Johns Creek Elementary888
Kelly Mill Elementary1,104
Lakeside Middle School1,513
Lambert High School3,249
Liberty Middle School1,256
Little Mill Middle School916
Mashburn Elementary School976
Matt Elementary School1,171
Midway Elementary School1,022
New Hope Elementary School1,175
North Forsyth High School2,151
North Forsyth Middle School1,164
Otwell Middle School1,062
Piney Grove Middle School1,024
Poole's Mill Elementary1,384
Riverwatch Middle School1,455
Sawnee Elementary School1,591
Settles Bridge Elementary School741
Sharon Elementary School865
Shiloh Point Elementary955
Silver City Elementary School1,142
South Forsyth High School2,634
South Forsyth Middle School1,319
Vickery Creek Elementary School982
Vickery Creek Middle School1,058
West Forsyth High School2,503

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
1302220

Elsewhere

Sources

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