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Walker County

A public school district in LaFayette, Georgia, with 15 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

8,379
Students enrolled
703
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
1,425.5
All staff, full-time equivalent
$14,698
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 8,379 in 2024–25
Ranks 1,103rd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 47th of 234 in Georgia. Larger than 93% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $14,698 in fiscal year 2023
More than 42% 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

Walker County spent $14,698 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,599 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
Walker County spent $14,698 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,599 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$14,698$123.5 million8,401
FY2022$14,055$117.6 million8,366
FY2021$11,854$99.8 million8,415
FY2020$12,156$105.5 million8,680
FY2019$11,901$103.3 million8,677
FY2018$11,386$100.3 million8,810
FY2017$10,612$94.9 million8,943
FY2016$10,060$90.8 million9,030
FY2015$9,461$86.4 million9,134
FY2014$9,107$83.5 million9,169
FY2013$9,241$83.3 million9,014
FY2012$9,357$85.8 million9,173
FY2011$9,826$90.8 million9,242
FY2010$9,300$86.7 million9,324
FY2009$9,127$85.6 million9,382
FY2008$9,328$86.6 million9,287
FY2007$8,932$83.0 million9,290
FY2006$8,190$74.4 million9,082
FY2005$7,599$68.2 million8,980

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Walker County by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$20.8 million15.1%
State$70.4 million51.0%
Local$46.8 million33.9%
Total$138.0 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

15 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Walker County
SchoolStudents
Chattanooga Valley Elementary School418
Chattanooga Valley Middle School449
Cherokee Ridge Elementary548
Fairyland Elementary School294
Gilbert Elementary School476
LaFayette High School1,157
LaFayette Middle School499
Naomi Elementary School302
North LaFayette Elementary School420
Ridgeland High School1,284
Rock Spring Elementary School419
Rossville Elementary School447
Rossville Middle School446
Saddle Ridge Elementary and Middle School772
Stone Creek Elementary School448

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
1305370

Elsewhere

Sources

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