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
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $11,993 | $648.5 million | 54,077 |
| FY2022 | $10,928 | $576.5 million | 52,757 |
| FY2021 | $10,321 | $527.9 million | 51,152 |
| FY2020 | $10,283 | $519.7 million | 50,544 |
| FY2019 | $9,884 | $487.7 million | 49,346 |
| FY2018 | $9,315 | $444.6 million | 47,732 |
| FY2017 | $8,817 | $407.7 million | 46,238 |
| FY2016 | $8,558 | $379.0 million | 44,286 |
| FY2015 | $7,955 | $337.6 million | 42,435 |
| FY2014 | $7,946 | $323.3 million | 40,691 |
| FY2013 | $7,855 | $305.2 million | 38,850 |
| FY2012 | $8,043 | $299.7 million | 37,262 |
| FY2011 | $8,106 | $291.2 million | 35,920 |
| FY2010 | $8,492 | $290.5 million | 34,208 |
| FY2009 | $8,776 | $284.1 million | 32,374 |
| FY2008 | $9,159 | $280.8 million | 30,655 |
| FY2007 | $8,403 | $236.7 million | 28,171 |
| FY2006 | $7,819 | $200.1 million | 25,593 |
| FY2005 | $7,561 | $178.5 million | 23,612 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $28.8 million | 3.7% |
| State | $297.1 million | 38.2% |
| Local | $451.9 million | 58.1% |
| 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
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
- Public schools in Georgia — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Georgia — A to Z, each with its page.
- Georgia on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved