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Cairo, Georgia - 7 schools
An equity score of 47/100 ranks Grady County #119 of 216 districts in Georgia (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,806 per pupil, Grady County ranks #184 of 219 Georgia districts by per-pupil spending (Georgia districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,405
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$11,806
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Grady County operates 7 public schools serving 4,405 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Georgia. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 combined, 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary 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 Grady County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,806 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 22.6% local, 56.6% state, and 20.8% 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 47/100, ranked #119 of 216 in Georgia against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (10 AP courses district-wide), a 509.4:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 18.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 37.6% White, 30.2% Hispanic or Latino, 28.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Cairo High School, with a diversity index of 68.9/100.
Its largest campus is Cairo High School, enrolling 1,317 students (28% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Northside Elementary School, at 344 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Cairo High School accounts for 27.7% of all Grady County student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Grady 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.
Grady County school enrollment varies 3.8× across entities
Grady County school enrollment ranges from 344 students (lowest) to 1,317 students (highest), a spread of 973 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.
Grady 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.
Grady County student-counselor ratio is 509:1 — 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.
Grady County chronic absenteeism rate is 18.9% — 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 Grady County is typically wider than the Grady County-aggregate figure suggests.
Grady County has 7 schools, including 1 high, 4 combined, 1 middle, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 4,405 students.
How much does Grady County spend per student?
Grady County spends $11,806 per student. The district has an equity score of 47/100, ranking #119 in Georgia.
What is the demographic composition of Grady County?
Grady County students are 37.6% White, 30.2% Hispanic or Latino, 28.1% African American, 0.4% Asian, averaged across 7 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Grady County?
Grady County has an equity score of 47/100, ranking #119 out of 216 districts in Georgia.