Hancock County Schools

Listed by NCES as Hancock County (district ID 1302640)

Public school district · Hancock County · Georgia · NCES district ID 1302640

Hancock County Schools spent $25,667 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 98% of the other Georgia districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $15,365). Its 3 schools enrolled 652 students in 2024-25; 27.5% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $27,914 per student, up 8.8% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 80-84% (Georgia: 84.4%).

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among Georgia districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to Hancock County Schools in enrollment (622 to 789 students) and Hancock County Schools itself.

Current spending per student, Georgia districts closest in size to Hancock County Schools, FY23Hancock County Schools $25,667; Twiggs County $23,591; Randolph County $22,226; Warren County $19,118; Miller County Schools $18,152; State Charter Schools II- Atlanta Heights Charter School $15,940; State Charter Schools- Cherokee Charter Academy $12,379; State Charter Schools- Scintilla Charter Academy $12,308; State Charter Schools II- Northwest Classical Academy $11,445; Coweta Charter Academy $11,298; State median, under 1,000 students $15,365.10k15k20k25k30kHancock County Schools$25,667Twiggs County$23,591Randolph County$22,226Warren County$19,118Miller County Schools$18,152State Charter Schools II- Atla…$15,940State Charter Schools- Cheroke…$12,379State Charter Schools- Scintil…$12,308State Charter Schools II- Nort…$11,445Coweta Charter Academy$11,298State median, under 1,000 students $15,365
Current spending per student, Georgia districts closest in size to Hancock County Schools, FY23Hancock County Schools $25,667; Twiggs County $23,591; Randolph County $22,226; Warren County $19,118; Miller County Schools $18,152; State Charter Schools II- Atlanta Heights Charter School $15,940; State Charter Schools- Cherokee Charter Academy $12,379; State Charter Schools- Scintilla Charter Academy $12,308; State Charter Schools II- Northwest Classical Academy $11,445; Coweta Charter Academy $11,298; State median, under 1,000 students $15,365.10k15k20k25k30kHancock County Schools$25,667Twiggs County$23,591Randolph County$22,226Warren County$19,118Miller County Schools$18,152State Charter Schools II- Atlanta H…$15,940State Charter Schools- Cherokee Cha…$12,379State Charter Schools- Scintilla Ch…$12,308State Charter Schools II- Northwest…$11,445Coweta Charter Academy$11,298State median, under 1,000 students $15,365
Current spending per student, Georgia districts closest in size to Hancock County Schools, FY23Hancock County Schools $25,667; Twiggs County $23,591; Randolph County $22,226; Warren County $19,118; Miller County Schools $18,152; State Charter Schools II- Atlanta Heights Charter School $15,940; State Charter Schools- Cherokee Charter Academy $12,379; State Charter Schools- Scintilla Charter Academy $12,308; State Charter Schools II- Northwest Classical Academy $11,445; Coweta Charter Academy $11,298; State median, under 1,000 students $15,365.10k20k30kHancock County Schools$25,667Twiggs County$23,591Randolph County$22,226Warren County$19,118Miller County Schools$18,152State Charter Schools II- Atlanta Heights C…$15,940State Charter Schools- Cherokee Charter Aca…$12,379State Charter Schools- Scintilla Charter Ac…$12,308State Charter Schools II- Northwest Classic…$11,445Coweta Charter Academy$11,298State median, under 1,000 students $15,365
Current spending per student, Georgia districts closest in size to Hancock County Schools, FY23Hancock County Schools $25,667; Twiggs County $23,591; Randolph County $22,226; Warren County $19,118; Miller County Schools $18,152; State Charter Schools II- Atlanta Heights Charter School $15,940; State Charter Schools- Cherokee Charter Academy $12,379; State Charter Schools- Scintilla Charter Academy $12,308; State Charter Schools II- Northwest Classical Academy $11,445; Coweta Charter Academy $11,298; State median, under 1,000 students $15,365.10k20k30kHancock County Schools$25,667Twiggs County$23,591Randolph County$22,226Warren County$19,118Miller County Schools$18,152State Charter Schools II- Atlanta Heigh…$15,940State Charter Schools- Cherokee Charter…$12,379State Charter Schools- Scintilla Charte…$12,308State Charter Schools II- Northwest Cla…$11,445Coweta Charter Academy$11,298State median, under 1,000 students $15,365

Where the money came from

$17,869,000 in revenue: 27.5% state, 41.6% local and 31.0% federal. Total spending including $1,788,000 of capital outlay was $19,832,000, or $28,211 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Hancock County Schools revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $4,908,000; Local $7,426,000; Federal $5,535,000; total $17,869,000.
  • State$4,908,000 27%
  • Local$7,426,000 42%
  • Federal$5,535,000 31%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 50 districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment fell from 2022-23 to 2024-25

703 students in 2022-23, 671 students in 2023-24, 652 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Hancock County Schools enrollment by school year2022-23: 703, 2023-24: 671, 2024-25: 65202004006008002022-237032023-246712024-25652
Hancock County Schools enrollment by school year2022-23: 703, 2023-24: 671, 2024-25: 65202004006008002022-237032023-246712024-25652
Hancock County Schools enrollment by school year2022-23: 703, 2023-24: 671, 2024-25: 65202004006008002022-237032023-246712024-25652
Hancock County Schools enrollment by school year2022-23: 703, 2023-24: 671, 2024-25: 65202004006008002022-237032023-246712024-25652

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2370357.512.2
2023-2467155.012.2
2024-2565254.112.1

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

$3,867,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $5,501 per student

Hancock County Schools booked $3,867,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 84 full-time teachers in its Common Core of Data district staff file for 2022-23 (the school files behind the staffing figures on this page count teachers separately, so the two can differ), or $46,311 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 2 in 100 Georgia districts with a figure (state median $60,911, 215 districts). It is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, so the result can differ widely from the average salary the district publishes (its salary schedule gives pay); benefits are left out, and states book salaries differently, so compare districts within one state. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Georgia teacher salary at $61,249 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).

ProgramTeacher salariesShare
Regular programs$2,625,00067.9%
Special education$570,00014.7%
Vocational$40,0001.0%
Other programs$632,00016.3%

Teacher salaries per student, fiscal years 2018-19 to 2022-23

The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $4,496 in 2018-19, $4,968 in 2019-20, $4,768 in 2020-21, $5,225 in 2021-22, $5,501 in 2022-23.

Hancock County Schools teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $4,496, 2019-20: $4,968, 2020-21: $4,768, 2021-22: $5,225, 2022-23: $5,50102k4k6k2018-19$4,4962019-20$4,9682020-21$4,7682021-22$5,2252022-23$5,501
Hancock County Schools teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $4,496, 2019-20: $4,968, 2020-21: $4,768, 2021-22: $5,225, 2022-23: $5,50102k4k6k2018-19$4,4962019-20$4,9682020-21$4,7682021-22$5,2252022-23$5,501
Hancock County Schools teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $4,496, 2019-20: $4,968, 2020-21: $4,768, 2021-22: $5,225, 2022-23: $5,50102k4k6k2018-19$4,4962019-20$4,9682020-21$4,7682021-22$5,2252022-23$5,501
Hancock County Schools teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $4,496, 2019-20: $4,968, 2020-21: $4,768, 2021-22: $5,225, 2022-23: $5,50102k4k6k2018-19$4,4962019-20$4,9682020-21$4,7682021-22$5,2252022-23$5,501

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal years 2019 to 2023: teacher salaries in regular, special, vocational and other programs (Z35 to Z38) and fall membership (V33); NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff file 2022-23, teachers (full-time equivalent).

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Hancock County Schools scored proficient or above: 11% in reading and 3% in math, against 39.6% in reading and 37.4% in math across Georgia. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Georgia, not across states.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtGeorgiaStudents tested
Reading and language arts11%39.6%351
Math3%37.4%377

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

80-84% of the 64 students in Hancock County Schools' class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 84.4% across Georgia. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This districtGeorgia
Four-year graduation rate80‑84%84.4%
Students in the class64134,822

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

1 elementary school, 293 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Lewis Elementary School29310.795.2%Schoolwide program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 middle school, 160 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Hancock Central Middle School16014.8100.0%Schoolwide program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 high school, 199 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Hancock Central High School19912.6100.0%Schoolwide program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact Hancock County Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Hancock County Schools

  1. Georgia districts by spending per studentHancock County Schools ranks 2 of 50 Georgia districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($25,667).#2 of 50
  2. Every school district in GeorgiaHancock County Schools is the number 181 by size of 227 Georgia districts, with 703 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#181 of 227
  3. Twiggs CountyThe next larger Georgia district: 717 students in fall 2022, $23,591 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$23,591
  4. State Charter Schools II- Atlanta Heights Charter SchoolThe next smaller Georgia district: 681 students in fall 2022, $15,940 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$15,940
  5. Compare Hancock County Schools with Twiggs CountyEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. Hancock Central High School, its largest high school199 students in 2024-25, 12.6 per teacher.199
  7. Teacher salary spending across GeorgiaHancock County Schools spent $46,311 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $60,911); spending, not a salary.$46,311
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Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Hancock County Schools

  1. How many schools and students are in Hancock County Schools?
    3 schools were open in 2024-25 (1 elementary, 1 middle, 1 high), enrolling 652 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Hancock County Schools spend per student?
    $25,667 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Georgia median for districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $15,365 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $27,914 per student, up 8.8% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Hancock County Schools' money come from?
    $17,869,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 27.5% state, 41.6% local and 31.0% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Hancock County Schools live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 361 of the 932 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 38.7%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How much does Hancock County Schools spend on teacher salaries?
    $3,867,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $5,501 per student. Divided by the 84 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $46,311 per teacher, more than 2 in 100 Georgia districts (state median $60,911). That is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, and the result can differ widely from the average salary a district publishes. The district's salary schedule gives pay. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Georgia teacher salary at $61,249 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).
  6. How do students in Hancock County Schools do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Hancock County Schools scored proficient or above: 11% in reading and 3% in math, against 39.6% in reading and 37.4% in math across Georgia. Georgia's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  7. What is the graduation rate in Hancock County Schools?
    80-84% of the 64 students in Hancock County Schools' class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 84.4% across Georgia. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23.
  8. What is Hancock County Schools' NCES district ID?
    1302640. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES Digest of Education Statistics, table 211.60 (2021-22): the state's average teacher salary, from the National Education Association. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

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