School district · Georgia

Rome City

Rome City in Georgia: 8 public schools with 6,357 students and 14.1 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $14,742 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 8
Students: 6,357
Students per teacher: 14.1; GA 14.1 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $14,742; 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): 451
Counselors (FTE): 13.0
Students per counselor: 489; GA 385 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 2.7; Librarians (FTE): 8.0

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

$9.6K16

$9.7K17

$10.0K18

$10.7K19

$11.5K20

$12.6K21

$13.1K22

$14.2K23

$14.7K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 21% · $25.1M
State: 43% · $52M
Local: 36% · $42.7M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $8,795
Support services: $5,002
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $24.2M
Long-term debt: $21.5M

Schools

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

Elementary schools: 6Middle schools: 1High schools: 1

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	City or town
Anna K. Davie ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	413	11.6	Rome
East Central Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	439	11.6	Rome
Elm Street ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	558	13.2	Rome
Main Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	424	13.2	Rome
West Central Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	595	14.1	Rome
West End Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	1,005	15.2	Rome
Rome Middle SchoolFree meals for all	7–8	937	13.5	Rome
Rome High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	1,986	16.1	Rome

Sources

Address: 508 East 2nd Street, Rome, GA 30161
Phone: (706)236-5050

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).