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Cordele, Georgia - 5 schools
An equity score of 65/100 ranks Crisp County #59 of 216 districts in Georgia (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,107 per pupil, Crisp County ranks #74 of 219 Georgia districts by per-pupil spending (Georgia districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,575
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$14,107
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Crisp County operates 5 public schools serving 3,575 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Georgia. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 1 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 Crisp County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,107 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 219 Georgia districts by per-pupil spending. See how Georgia compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 30.3% local, 46.5% state, and 23.2% 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 65/100, ranked #59 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 441.8:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 45.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 59.8% African American, 27.3% White, 6.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Crisp County Middle School, with a diversity index of 57.9/100.
Its largest campus is Crisp County High School, enrolling 978 students (30% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Crisp County Pre-K, at 216 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Crisp County High School accounts for 27.4% of all Crisp County student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Crisp County-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Crisp County school enrollment varies 4.5× across entities
Crisp County school enrollment ranges from 216 students (lowest) to 978 students (highest), a spread of 762 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Crisp County has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 99.0% 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.
Crisp County student-counselor ratio is 442:1 — 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.
Crisp County chronic absenteeism rate is 45.8% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Crisp County has 5 schools, including 1 high, 2 elementary, 1 middle, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 3,575 students.
How much does Crisp County spend per student?
Crisp County spends $14,107 per student. The district has an equity score of 65/100, ranking #59 in Georgia.
What is the demographic composition of Crisp County?
Crisp County students are 59.8% African American, 27.3% White, 6.9% Hispanic or Latino, 1.3% Asian, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Crisp County?
Crisp County has an equity score of 65/100, ranking #59 out of 216 districts in Georgia.