NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools GA

Best-Resourced Schools in Gray, GA

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

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5
Schools
3,938
Students
40.6/100
Avg Resource Index
14.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Gray has more public-school enrollment than 43% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Jones County High School enrolls 41.0% of Gray's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

3 of Gray's 5 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.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 14-point gap between Gray Station Middle School and Jones County High School shows the range hidden by Gray's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 57%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
48th percentile
Teacher staffing
60th percentile

Jones County High School accounts for 41.0% of all Gray public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Gray-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

Gray school enrollment varies 3.2× across entities

Gray school enrollment ranges from 512 students (lowest) to 1,614 students (highest), a spread of 1,102 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. 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

Gray operates one school district — a single-district system

Gray's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Gray student-teacher ratio is 14.6:1 — 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 Gray is typically wider than the Gray-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Gray Station Middle School 45
2. Turner Woods Elementary School 45
3. Dames Ferry Elementary School 42
4. Gray Elementary School 40
5. Jones County High School 31

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Gray

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 Gray Elementary School 53.7/100
  2. 2 Jones County High School 51.7/100
  3. 3 Gray Station Middle School 42.5/100
  4. 4 Dames Ferry Elementary School 36.9/100
  5. 5 Turner Woods Elementary School 36.6/100

What do families ask about schools in Gray?

Which Gray school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Gray Station Middle School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Gray schools in this federal-data comparison at 45/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Gray, GA? ▼

Gray has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,938 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.6:1.

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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.