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Barnesville, Georgia - 4 schools
An equity score of 18/100 ranks Lamar County #210 of 216 districts in Georgia (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,983 per pupil, Lamar County ranks #201 of 219 Georgia districts by per-pupil spending (Georgia districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,820
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$10,983
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lamar County operates 4 public schools serving 2,820 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Georgia. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 1 combined, 1 elementary, 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 Lamar County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,983 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 22 of 219 Georgia districts by per-pupil spending. See how Georgia compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 37.6% local, 49.2% state, and 13.2% 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 18/100, ranked #210 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 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 718:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 23.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 58.3% White, 30.9% African American, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Lamar County Primary School, with a diversity index of 56.9/100.
Its largest campus is Lamar County High School, enrolling 831 students (29% of the district's total enrollment).
Lamar County High School accounts for 28.9% of all Lamar County student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Lamar 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.
Lamar County has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 52.8% 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.
Lamar County student-counselor ratio is 718:1 — 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.
Lamar County chronic absenteeism rate is 23.6% — 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 Lamar County is typically wider than the Lamar County-aggregate figure suggests.
Lamar County has 4 schools, including 1 high, 1 combined, 1 elementary, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 2,820 students.
How much does Lamar County spend per student?
Lamar County spends $10,983 per student. The district has an equity score of 18/100, ranking #210 in Georgia.
What is the demographic composition of Lamar County?
Lamar County students are 58.3% White, 30.9% African American, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% Asian, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Lamar County?
Lamar County has an equity score of 18/100, ranking #210 out of 216 districts in Georgia.