Jones County
A public school district in Gray, Georgia, with 7 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 5,004
- Students enrolled
- 357.1
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 748.8
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $12,846
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 5,004 in 2024–25
- Ranks 1,923rd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 68th of 234 in Georgia. Larger than 89% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $12,846 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
Jones County spent $12,846 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $6,216 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 | $12,846 | $66.2 million | 5,157 |
| FY2022 | $12,570 | $64.4 million | 5,121 |
| FY2021 | $11,907 | $60.9 million | 5,118 |
| FY2020 | $10,813 | $57.2 million | 5,291 |
| FY2019 | $10,377 | $55.0 million | 5,301 |
| FY2018 | $9,684 | $52.4 million | 5,408 |
| FY2017 | $9,458 | $50.8 million | 5,370 |
| FY2016 | $9,303 | $51.2 million | 5,500 |
| FY2015 | $9,404 | $51.1 million | 5,439 |
| FY2014 | $9,101 | $49.9 million | 5,485 |
| FY2013 | $8,669 | $47.9 million | 5,525 |
| FY2012 | $8,187 | $45.8 million | 5,594 |
| FY2011 | $8,097 | $45.4 million | 5,606 |
| FY2010 | $8,268 | $46.3 million | 5,596 |
| FY2009 | $8,409 | $47.7 million | 5,669 |
| FY2008 | $8,512 | $48.0 million | 5,638 |
| FY2007 | $7,657 | $42.5 million | 5,544 |
| FY2006 | $6,829 | $36.0 million | 5,278 |
| FY2005 | $6,216 | $32.5 million | 5,234 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $6.6 million | 9.0% |
| State | $43.2 million | 59.0% |
| Local | $23.4 million | 32.0% |
| Total | $73.3 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
7 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Clifton Ridge Middle School | 482 |
| Dames Ferry Elementary School | 613 |
| Gray Elementary School | 512 |
| Gray Station Middle School | 609 |
| Jones County High School | 1,614 |
| Mattie Wells Elementary School | 584 |
| Turner Woods Elementary School | 590 |
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
- 1303150
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