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Chickamauga, Georgia - 3 schools
An equity score of 22/100 ranks Chickamauga City #204 of 216 districts in Georgia (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,166 per pupil, Chickamauga City ranks #199 of 219 Georgia districts by per-pupil spending (Georgia districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,277
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$11,166
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Chickamauga City operates 3 public schools serving 1,277 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Georgia. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Walker County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,166 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 22 of 219 Georgia districts by per-pupil spending. See how Georgia compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 32.7% local, 56.5% state, and 10.8% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 22/100, ranked #204 of 216 in Georgia against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), a 419.3:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 5.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.9% White, 3.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Gordon Lee Middle School, with a diversity index of 14.9/100.
Its largest campus is Chickamauga Elementary School, enrolling 544 students (43% of the district's total enrollment).
Chickamauga Elementary School accounts for 42.6% of all Chickamauga City student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Chickamauga City-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.
Chickamauga City student-counselor ratio is 419:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Chickamauga City chronic absenteeism rate is 5.1% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement 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.
Chickamauga City has 3 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 1,277 students.
How much does Chickamauga City spend per student?
Chickamauga City spends $11,166 per student. The district has an equity score of 22/100, ranking #204 in Georgia.
What is the demographic composition of Chickamauga City?
Chickamauga City students are 93.9% White, 3.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% Asian, 0.2% African American, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Chickamauga City?
Chickamauga City has an equity score of 22/100, ranking #204 out of 216 districts in Georgia.