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Forsyth, Georgia - 5 schools
An equity score of 31/100 ranks Monroe County #176 of 216 districts in Georgia (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,948 per pupil, Monroe County ranks #83 of 219 Georgia districts by per-pupil spending (Georgia districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,511
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$13,948
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Monroe County operates 5 public schools serving 4,511 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Georgia. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 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 Monroe County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,948 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 52.8% local, 35.5% state, and 11.7% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 31/100, ranked #176 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 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (12 AP courses district-wide), a 658:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 12.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 67.4% White, 22.4% African American, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Katherine B. Sutton Elementary School, with a diversity index of 51.7/100.
Its largest campus is Mary Persons High School, enrolling 1,323 students (28% of the district's total enrollment).
Mary Persons High School accounts for 28.1% of all Monroe County student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Monroe 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.
Monroe County student-counselor ratio is 658:1 — 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.
Monroe County chronic absenteeism rate is 12.5% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Monroe County has 5 schools, including 1 high, 1 middle, 3 combined. Total enrollment is 4,511 students.
How much does Monroe County spend per student?
Monroe County spends $13,948 per student. The district has an equity score of 31/100, ranking #176 in Georgia.
What is the demographic composition of Monroe County?
Monroe County students are 67.4% White, 22.4% African American, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% Asian, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Monroe County?
Monroe County has an equity score of 31/100, ranking #176 out of 216 districts in Georgia.