School district · Georgia

Forsyth County

Forsyth County in Georgia: 42 public schools with 54,864 students and 15.7 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $13,015 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 42
Students: 54,864
Students per teacher: 15.7; GA 14.1 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $13,015; 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): 3,502
Counselors (FTE): 134
Students per counselor: 409; GA 385 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 17.0; Librarians (FTE): 27.0

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Georgia's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Georgia: 40%

62%proficient

−0.5 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 95% of school districts in Georgia

Median 34% · 230 school districts compared

25,359 students tested, grades 3–8 · Georgia Milestones EOG; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Georgia: 43%

71%proficient

A higher share proficient than 97% of school districts in Georgia

Median 38% · 230 school districts compared

25,366 students tested, grades 3–8 · Georgia Milestones EOG; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

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

$8.0K15

$8.6K16

$8.8K17

$9.3K18

$9.9K19

$10.3K20

$10.3K21

$10.9K22

$12.0K23

$13.0K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 3.1% · $26.9M
State: 40% · $340.6M
Local: 57% · $493.1M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $9,039
Support services: $3,530
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $105.5M
Long-term debt: $452M

Schools

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

Elementary schools: 23Middle schools: 11High schools: 8

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math	City or town
Big Creek Elementary School	Pre-K–5	745	14.6	71%	83%	Cumming
Brandywine Elementary School	Pre-K–5	968	13.9	54%	65%	Alpharetta
Brookwood Elementary	Pre-K–5	810	14.6	69%	83%	Cumming
Chattahoochee Elementary School	Pre-K–5	810	12.3	41%	55%	Cumming
Chestatee Elementary	Pre-K–5	1,159	14.2	40%	53%	Gainesville
Coal Mountain Elementary School	Pre-K–5	747	13.1	49%	62%	Cumming
Cumming Elementary School	Pre-K–5	900	11.6	39%	48%	Cumming
Daves Creek Elementary School	Pre-K–5	881	13.1	83%	91%	Cumming
George W. Whitlow Elementary	Pre-K–5	1,247	13.1	58%	71%	Cumming
Haw Creek Elementary	Pre-K–5	926	14.2	64%	79%	Cumming
Johns Creek Elementary	Pre-K–5	888	16.0	78%	88%	Suwanee
Kelly Mill Elementary	Pre-K–5	1,104	16.0	59%	73%	Cumming
Mashburn Elementary School	Pre-K–5	976	15.7	60%	73%	Cumming
Matt Elementary School	Pre-K–5	1,171	14.5	56%	67%	Cumming
Midway Elementary School	Pre-K–5	1,022	16.2	67%	77%	Alpharetta
New Hope Elementary School	Pre-K–5	1,175	15.4	68%	80%	Comming
Poole's Mill Elementary	Pre-K–5	1,384	15.4	51%	64%	Cumming
Sawnee Elementary School	Pre-K–5	1,591	15.9	55%	71%	Cumming
Settles Bridge Elementary School	Pre-K–5	741	15.3	74%	82%	Suwanee
Sharon Elementary School	Pre-K–5	865	14.8	72%	81%	Suwanee
Shiloh Point Elementary	Pre-K–5	955	14.5	65%	80%	Cumming
Silver City Elementary School	Pre-K–5	1,142	15.2	44%	62%	Cumming
Vickery Creek Elementary School	Pre-K–5	982	15.8	62%	78%	Cumming
DeSana Middle School	6–8	1,278	17.4	66%	69%	Alpharetta
Hendricks Middle School	6–8	1,376	18.3	61%	77%	Cumming
Lakeside Middle School	6–8	1,513	16.8	67%	78%	Cumming
Liberty Middle School	6–8	1,256	16.9	52%	53%	Cumming
Little Mill Middle School	6–8	916	16.1	40%	46%	Cumming
North Forsyth Middle School	6–8	1,164	16.3	44%	57%	Cumming
Otwell Middle School	6–8	1,062	14.2	43%	46%	Cumming
Piney Grove Middle School	6–8	1,024	17.0	78%	83%	Cumming
Riverwatch Middle School	6–8	1,455	18.5	84%	89%	Suwanee
South Forsyth Middle School	6–8	1,319	18.7	81%	88%	Cumming
Vickery Creek Middle School	6–8	1,058	18.2	69%	71%	Cumming
Alliance Academy for Innovation	9–12	1,145	19.2	—	—	Cumming
Denmark High School	9–12	2,527	17.3	—	—	Alpharetta
East Forsyth High School	9–12	1,588	16.2	—	—	Gainesville
Forsyth Central High School	9–12	2,457	15.4	—	—	Cumming
Lambert High School	9–12	3,249	19.5	—	—	Suwanee
North Forsyth High School	9–12	2,151	16.5	—	—	Cumming
South Forsyth High School	9–12	2,634	19.0	—	—	Cumming
West Forsyth High School	9–12	2,503	18.0	—	—	Cumming

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Address: 1120 Dahlonega Highway, Cumming, GA 30040
Phone: (770)887-2461

Website

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).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.