School district · Georgia
Pierce County
Pierce County in Georgia: 5 public schools with 3,647 students and 14.5 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $13,981 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 3,647
- Students per teacher
- 14.5
- GA 14.1 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $13,981
- 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)
- 251
- Counselors (FTE)
- 9.0
- Students per counselor
- 405
- GA 385 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 1.0
- Librarians (FTE): 5.0
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.
$9.1K15
$9.4K16
$9.9K17
$10.1K18
$10.4K19
$11.6K20
$11.6K21
$12.4K22
$13.1K23
$14.0K24
- Federal
- 15% · $8.5M
- State
- 56% · $31.5M
- Local
- 29% · $16.4M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $8,529
- Support services
- $4,481
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $1.4M
- Long-term debt
- $550K
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
Elementary schools: 3Middle schools: 1High schools: 1
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Blackshear Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 820 | 13.9 |
Midway Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 484 | 13.9 |
Patterson Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 465 | 13.7 |
Pierce County Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 825 | 14.1 |
Pierce County High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,053 | 16.3 |
Sources
- Address
- 834 East Main Street, Blackshear, GA 31516
- Phone
- (912)449-2044
- 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).