School district · Georgia

Fayette County

Fayette County in Georgia: 24 public schools with 19,800 students and 14.0 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $15,176 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 24
Students: 19,800
Students per teacher: 14.0; GA 14.1 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $15,176; GA $15.8K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE): 1,414
Counselors (FTE): 49.5
Students per counselor: 400; GA 385 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 12.0; Librarians (FTE): 24.0

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$9.1K15

$9.7K16

$10.3K17

$10.8K18

$11.3K19

$11.6K20

$12.4K21

$13.1K22

$14.0K23

$15.2K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 4.1% · $14.4M
State: 38% · $133.2M
Local: 58% · $205.5M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $9,886
Support services: $4,756
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $31M
Long-term debt: $28.1M

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Elementary schools: 14Middle schools: 5High schools: 5

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	City or town
Braelinn Elementary School	Pre-K–5	538	13.1	Peachtree City
Cleveland Elementary School	Pre-K–5	414	11.3	Fayetteville
Crabapple Lane Elementary School	Pre-K–5	594	13.1	Peachtree City
Fayetteville Elementary School	Pre-K–5	507	14.7	Fayetteville
Huddleston Elementary School	Pre-K–5	616	15.8	Peachtree City
Inman Elementary	Pre-K–5	659	15.0	Fayetteville
Kedron Elementary School	Pre-K–5	843	15.6	Peachtree City
North Fayette Elementary School	Pre-K–5	616	14.0	Fayetteville
Oak Grove Elementary School	Pre-K–5	450	11.7	Peachtree City
Peachtree City Elementary School	Pre-K–5	460	13.5	Peachtree City
Peeples Elementary School	Pre-K–5	658	13.6	Fayetteville
Robert J. Burch Elementary School	Pre-K–5	528	12.8	Tyrone
Sara Harp Minter Elementary School	Pre-K–5	689	15.1	Fayetteville
Spring Hill Elementary School	Pre-K–5	661	13.2	Fayetteville
Bennett's Mill Middle School	6–8	876	13.7	Fayetteville
Flat Rock Middle School	6–8	800	12.7	Tyrone
J.C. Booth Middle School	6–8	1,115	15.8	Peachtree City
Rising Starr Middle School	6–8	931	14.8	Fayetteville
Whitewater Middle School	6–8	874	13.6	Fayetteville
Fayette County High School	9–12	1,360	14.6	Fayetteville
McIntosh High School	9–12	1,762	17.4	Peachtree City
Sandy Creek High School	9–12	1,189	13.5	Tyrone
Starrs Mill High School	9–12	1,357	16.0	Fayetteville
Whitewater High School	9–12	1,303	15.5	Fayetteville

Sources

Address: 205 Lafayette Avenue, Fayetteville, GA 30214
Phone: (770)460-3535

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).