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
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $12,804 | $98.1 million | 7,661 |
| FY2022 | $12,730 | $97.0 million | 7,623 |
| FY2021 | $11,462 | $89.1 million | 7,777 |
| FY2020 | $11,075 | $87.4 million | 7,891 |
| FY2019 | $10,725 | $84.6 million | 7,887 |
| FY2018 | $10,442 | $82.2 million | 7,868 |
| FY2017 | $10,101 | $78.4 million | 7,763 |
| FY2016 | $9,825 | $77.0 million | 7,834 |
| FY2015 | $9,474 | $75.2 million | 7,942 |
| FY2014 | $9,272 | $72.9 million | 7,867 |
| FY2013 | $9,279 | $73.4 million | 7,906 |
| FY2012 | $9,199 | $71.8 million | 7,810 |
| FY2011 | $9,232 | $71.6 million | 7,755 |
| FY2010 | $8,845 | $67.4 million | 7,620 |
| FY2009 | $8,802 | $66.5 million | 7,551 |
| FY2008 | $9,371 | $71.7 million | 7,649 |
| FY2007 | $8,255 | $63.1 million | 7,640 |
| FY2006 | $7,676 | $58.6 million | 7,638 |
| FY2005 | $7,122 | $54.9 million | 7,708 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $25.9 million | 21.1% |
| State | $55.5 million | 45.3% |
| Local | $41.1 million | 33.6% |
| 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
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
- 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