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Fort Valley, Georgia - 6 schools
An equity score of 45/100 ranks Peach County #126 of 216 districts in Georgia (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,308 per pupil, Peach County ranks #110 of 219 Georgia districts by per-pupil spending (Georgia districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,866
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$13,308
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Peach County operates 6 public schools serving 3,866 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Georgia. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined, 2 middle, 1 high 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 Peach County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,308 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 38.5% local, 42.4% state, and 19.1% 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 45/100, ranked #126 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 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), a 524.2:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 31.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 50.3% African American, 27.2% White, 16.2% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Kay Road Elementary, with a diversity index of 67.2/100.
Its largest campus is Peach County High School, enrolling 1,162 students (30% of the district's total enrollment).
Peach County High School accounts for 29.6% of all Peach County student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Peach 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.
Peach County school enrollment varies 2.7× across entities
Peach County school enrollment ranges from 434 students (lowest) to 1,162 students (highest), a spread of 728 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.
Peach County has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 82.0% 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 — including this one — 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.
Peach County student-counselor ratio is 524:1 — 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.
Peach County chronic absenteeism rate is 31.6% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Peach County has 6 schools, including 1 high, 3 combined, 2 middle. Total enrollment is 3,866 students.
How much does Peach County spend per student?
Peach County spends $13,308 per student. The district has an equity score of 45/100, ranking #126 in Georgia.
What is the demographic composition of Peach County?
Peach County students are 50.3% African American, 27.2% White, 16.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% Asian, averaged across 6 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Peach County?
Peach County has an equity score of 45/100, ranking #126 out of 216 districts in Georgia.