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Duluth, Georgia - 1 schools
An equity score of 25/100 ranks State Charter Schools- Georgia Connections Academy #196 of 216 districts in Georgia (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $7,401 per pupil, State Charter Schools- Georgia Connections Academy ranks #219 of 219 Georgia districts by per-pupil spending (Georgia districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
State Charter Schools- Georgia Connections Academy operates 1 public schools serving 6,373 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Georgia. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined 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 Gwinnett County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $7,401 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 0.1% local, 88.6% state, and 11.4% 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 25/100, ranked #196 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 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (12 AP courses district-wide), a 397.1:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 5.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 44.3% White, 41.3% African American, 2.2% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Georgia Connections Academy, enrolling 7,148 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Georgia Connections Academy accounts for 100.0% of all State Charter Schools- Georgia Connections Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of State Charter Schools- Georgia Connections Academy a distant remainder — means State Charter Schools- Georgia Connections Academy-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
State Charter Schools- Georgia Connections Academy student-counselor ratio is 397:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
State Charter Schools- Georgia Connections Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 5.4% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Comparisons are relative to State Charter Schools- Georgia Connections Academy's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in State Charter Schools- Georgia Connections Academy?
State Charter Schools- Georgia Connections Academy has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 6,373 students.
How much does State Charter Schools- Georgia Connections Academy spend per student?
State Charter Schools- Georgia Connections Academy spends $7,401 per student. The district has an equity score of 25/100, ranking #196 in Georgia.
What is the demographic composition of State Charter Schools- Georgia Connections Academy?
State Charter Schools- Georgia Connections Academy students are 44.3% White, 41.3% African American, 2.2% Asian, 1.6% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for State Charter Schools- Georgia Connections Academy?
State Charter Schools- Georgia Connections Academy has an equity score of 25/100, ranking #196 out of 216 districts in Georgia.