NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools GA

Best-Resourced Schools in Forsyth, GA

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6 public K-12 schools in Forsyth 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
4,824
Students
44.4/100
Avg Resource Index
15.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Forsyth has more public-school enrollment than 54% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Forsyth sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

3 of Forsyth's 6 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Forsyth lists only 6 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 121 to 1,323 students, a 11-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 46%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
68th percentile
Teacher staffing
44th percentile

Mary Persons High School accounts for 27.4% of all Forsyth public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Forsyth-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

Forsyth school enrollment varies 11× across entities

Forsyth school enrollment ranges from 121 students (lowest) to 1,323 students (highest), a spread of 1,202 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. 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

Forsyth student-teacher ratio is 15.9:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

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 Variation between sub-units within Forsyth is typically wider than the Forsyth-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. T.G. Scott Elementary School 47
2. Katherine B. Sutton Elementary School 47
3. Samuel E. Hubbard Elementary School 45
4. Mary Persons High School 42
5. Monroe County Middle School- Banks Stephens Campus 41
6. Department of Corrections -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Forsyth

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 Katherine B. Sutton Elementary School 51.7/100
  2. 2 Samuel E. Hubbard Elementary School 50.5/100
  3. 3 Monroe County Middle School- Banks Stephens Campus 48.7/100
  4. 4 Mary Persons High School 48.6/100
  5. 5 T.G. Scott Elementary School 45.5/100

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Which Forsyth school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

T.G. Scott Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Forsyth schools in this federal-data comparison at 47/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Forsyth, GA? ▼

Forsyth has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,824 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.9:1.

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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.