NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools GA

Best-Resourced Schools in Cordele, GA

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6 public K-12 schools in Cordele from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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6
Schools
3,327
Students
35.5/100
Avg Resource Index
13.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Cordele has more public-school enrollment than 33% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Cordele's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Cordele's list includes 2 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 2 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Economic need crosses separate district systems

98.9% of enrollment in reporting Cordele schools is eligible for free lunch, while the city list spans 2 districts. That pairing makes a citywide average especially easy to misread: the need measure follows students, but staffing decisions, calendars, program rules, and federal allocations are administered through separate district structures. The 43-point gap between Crisp Rydc and Crisp County Pre-K shows how much reported resource capacity can vary inside the same municipal label. Compare schools within the same district first, then use the city view to see how those local systems differ.

City enrollment
Top 67%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
27th percentile
Teacher staffing
68th percentile

Crisp County High School accounts for 29.4% of all Cordele public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Cordele-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Cordele school enrollment varies 61× across entities

Cordele school enrollment ranges from 16 students (lowest) to 978 students (highest), a spread of 962 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Cordele reports 98.9% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Cordele student-teacher ratio is 13.9:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Crisp Rydc 62
2. Crisp County Middle School 38
3. Crisp County Elementary School 35
4. Crisp County Primary School 33
5. Crisp County High School 26
6. Crisp County Pre-K 19

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Cordele

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Crisp County Middle School 57.9/100
  2. 2 Crisp County Primary School 57.2/100
  3. 3 Crisp County High School 56.8/100
  4. 4 Crisp County Pre-K 54.7/100
  5. 5 Crisp County Elementary School 52.9/100

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Which Cordele school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Crisp Rydc has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Cordele schools in this federal-data comparison at 62/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Cordele, GA? ▼

Cordele has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,327 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.