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Blakely, Georgia - 3 schools
An equity score of 81/100 ranks Early County #7 of 216 districts in Georgia (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,426 per pupil, Early County ranks #27 of 219 Georgia districts by per-pupil spending (Georgia districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,668
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$16,426
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Early County operates 3 public schools serving 1,668 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 Early County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,426 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 35.1% local, 43.1% state, and 21.8% 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 81/100, ranked #7 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 204.8:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 43.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 80.1% African American, 13.7% White, 1.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Early County Middle School, with a diversity index of 36.6/100.
Its largest campus is Early County Elementary School, enrolling 758 students (51% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Early County Middle School, at 218 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Early County Elementary School accounts for 45.4% of all Early County student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Early County a distant remainder — means Early 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.
Early County school enrollment varies 3.5× across entities
Early County school enrollment ranges from 218 students (lowest) to 758 students (highest), a spread of 540 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.
Early 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.
Early County student-counselor ratio is 205:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Early County chronic absenteeism rate is 43.8% — 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.
Early County has 3 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 1,668 students.
How much does Early County spend per student?
Early County spends $16,426 per student. The district has an equity score of 81/100, ranking #7 in Georgia.
What is the demographic composition of Early County?
Early County students are 80.1% African American, 13.7% White, 1.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Early County?
Early County has an equity score of 81/100, ranking #7 out of 216 districts in Georgia.