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Tift County

A public school district in Tifton, Georgia, with 11 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

7,471
Students enrolled
518.7
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
1,078
All staff, full-time equivalent
$12,804
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 7,471 in 2024–25
Ranks 1,249th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 52nd of 234 in Georgia. Larger than 92% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $12,804 in fiscal year 2023
More than 23% 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

Tift County spent $12,804 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,122 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
Tift County spent $12,804 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,122 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$12,804$98.1 million7,661
FY2022$12,730$97.0 million7,623
FY2021$11,462$89.1 million7,777
FY2020$11,075$87.4 million7,891
FY2019$10,725$84.6 million7,887
FY2018$10,442$82.2 million7,868
FY2017$10,101$78.4 million7,763
FY2016$9,825$77.0 million7,834
FY2015$9,474$75.2 million7,942
FY2014$9,272$72.9 million7,867
FY2013$9,279$73.4 million7,906
FY2012$9,199$71.8 million7,810
FY2011$9,232$71.6 million7,755
FY2010$8,845$67.4 million7,620
FY2009$8,802$66.5 million7,551
FY2008$9,371$71.7 million7,649
FY2007$8,255$63.1 million7,640
FY2006$7,676$58.6 million7,638
FY2005$7,122$54.9 million7,708

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Tift County by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$25.9 million21.1%
State$55.5 million45.3%
Local$41.1 million33.6%
Total$122.5 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

11 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Tift County
SchoolStudents
Annie Belle Clark Elementary School785
Charles Spencer Elementary School428
Eighth Street Middle School883
G. O. Bailey Elementary School531
J. T. Reddick Elementary School339
Len Lastinger Elementary School448
Matt Wilson Elementary School398
Northeast Middle School733
Northside Elementary School405
Omega Elementary School314
Tift County High School2,207

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
1304980

Elsewhere

Sources

Data retrieved