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Gainesville, Georgia - 9 schools
An equity score of 27/100 ranks Gainesville City #191 of 216 districts in Georgia (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,555 per pupil, Gainesville City ranks #157 of 219 Georgia districts by per-pupil spending (Georgia districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
7,974
Total Enrollment
9
Schools
$12,555
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Gainesville City operates 9 public schools serving 7,974 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Georgia. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 combined, 2 middle, 1 high schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Hall County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,555 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 219 Georgia districts by per-pupil spending. See how Georgia compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 42.6% local, 39.0% state, and 18.3% 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 27/100, ranked #191 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 9 schools offering Advanced Placement (13 AP courses district-wide), a 593.9:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 25.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 62.2% Hispanic or Latino, 18.2% African American, 12.9% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Enota Multiple Intelligences Academy, with a diversity index of 68.4/100.
Its largest campus is Gainesville High School, enrolling 2,077 students (26% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Gainesville Exploration Academy, at 536 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Gainesville High School accounts for 25.9% of all Gainesville City student enrollment
That concentration means Gainesville City-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.
Gainesville City school enrollment varies 3.9× across entities
Gainesville City school enrollment ranges from 536 students (lowest) to 2,077 students (highest), a spread of 1,541 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.
Gainesville City has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 61.0% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants 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.
Gainesville City student-counselor ratio is 594:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Gainesville City chronic absenteeism rate is 25.5% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Gainesville City is typically wider than the Gainesville City-aggregate figure suggests.
Gainesville City has 9 schools, including 1 high, 2 middle, 6 combined. Total enrollment is 7,974 students.
How much does Gainesville City spend per student?
Gainesville City spends $12,555 per student. The district has an equity score of 27/100, ranking #191 in Georgia.
What is the demographic composition of Gainesville City?
Gainesville City students are 62.2% Hispanic or Latino, 18.2% African American, 12.9% White, 2.2% Asian, averaged across 9 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Gainesville City?
Gainesville City has an equity score of 27/100, ranking #191 out of 216 districts in Georgia.