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Newton, Georgia - 2 schools
An equity score of 78/100 ranks Baker County #17 of 216 districts in Georgia (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,570 per pupil, Baker County ranks #13 of 219 Georgia districts by per-pupil spending (Georgia districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Baker County operates 2 public schools serving 300 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Georgia. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Baker County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,570 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 22 of 219 Georgia districts by per-pupil spending. See how Georgia compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 40.7% local, 29.6% state, and 29.7% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 78/100, ranked #17 of 216 in Georgia against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 77:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 79.8% African American, 7.8% White, 7.2% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Baker County K12 School, enrolling 77 students (93% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Baker County Learning Academy, at 6 students, a 13x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Baker County K12 School accounts for 25.7% of all Baker County student enrollment
That concentration means Baker County-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Baker County has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 100.0% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Baker County student-counselor ratio is 77:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Baker County has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 300 students.
How much does Baker County spend per student?
Baker County spends $18,570 per student. The district has an equity score of 78/100, ranking #17 in Georgia.
What is the demographic composition of Baker County?
Baker County students are 79.8% African American, 7.8% White, 7.2% Hispanic or Latino, 1.9% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Baker County?
Baker County has an equity score of 78/100, ranking #17 out of 216 districts in Georgia.