Gordon County
A public school district in Calhoun, Georgia, with 10 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 6,259
- Students enrolled
- 449.7
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 862.6
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $12,922
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 6,259 in 2024–25
- Ranks 1,498th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 58th of 234 in Georgia. Larger than 91% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $12,922 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 24% 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
Gordon County spent $12,922 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,513 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 | $12,922 | $83.0 million | 6,421 |
| FY2022 | $13,413 | $86.1 million | 6,418 |
| FY2021 | $11,694 | $74.0 million | 6,332 |
| FY2020 | $11,148 | $73.7 million | 6,612 |
| FY2019 | $10,745 | $71.7 million | 6,671 |
| FY2018 | $10,308 | $69.7 million | 6,762 |
| FY2017 | $10,218 | $68.2 million | 6,677 |
| FY2016 | $9,138 | $62.5 million | 6,842 |
| FY2015 | $8,983 | $61.1 million | 6,806 |
| FY2014 | $8,847 | $60.0 million | 6,782 |
| FY2013 | $8,769 | $60.3 million | 6,877 |
| FY2012 | $8,335 | $58.1 million | 6,974 |
| FY2011 | $8,767 | $60.4 million | 6,892 |
| FY2010 | $9,160 | $63.2 million | 6,902 |
| FY2009 | $9,374 | $65.3 million | 6,971 |
| FY2008 | $9,292 | $65.7 million | 7,066 |
| FY2007 | $8,892 | $60.6 million | 6,817 |
| FY2006 | $8,354 | $54.9 million | 6,574 |
| FY2005 | $7,513 | $48.4 million | 6,447 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $13.5 million | 13.3% |
| State | $51.5 million | 50.8% |
| Local | $36.3 million | 35.8% |
| Total | $101.4 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
10 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Ashworth Middle School | 578 |
| Belwood Elementary School | 530 |
| Fairmount Elementary School | 366 |
| Gordon Central High School | 875 |
| Red Bud Elementary School | 547 |
| Red Bud Middle School | 786 |
| Sonoraville Elementary | 584 |
| Sonoraville High School | 1,094 |
| Swain Elementary School | 371 |
| Tolbert Elementary School | 528 |
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
- 1302430
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