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Americus, Georgia - 1 schools
An equity score of 49/100 ranks State Charter Schools Ii- Furlow Charter School #115 of 216 districts in Georgia (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,688 per pupil, State Charter Schools Ii- Furlow Charter School ranks #206 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 Ii- Furlow Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 573 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 Sumter County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,688 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 2.3% local, 81.5% state, and 16.2% 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 49/100, ranked #115 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.
a 392.6:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 20.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 54.0% White, 20.3% African American, 15.2% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Furlow Charter School, enrolling 585 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Furlow Charter School accounts for 100.0% of all State Charter Schools Ii- Furlow Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of State Charter Schools Ii- Furlow Charter School a distant remainder — means State Charter Schools Ii- Furlow Charter School-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 Ii- Furlow Charter School has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 65.1% 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). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. 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.
State Charter Schools Ii- Furlow Charter School student-counselor ratio is 393:1 — 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 Ii- Furlow Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 20.9% — 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 State Charter Schools Ii- Furlow Charter School is typically wider than the State Charter Schools Ii- Furlow Charter School-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to State Charter Schools Ii- Furlow Charter School'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 Ii- Furlow Charter School?
State Charter Schools Ii- Furlow Charter School has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 573 students.
How much does State Charter Schools Ii- Furlow Charter School spend per student?
State Charter Schools Ii- Furlow Charter School spends $10,688 per student. The district has an equity score of 49/100, ranking #115 in Georgia.
What is the demographic composition of State Charter Schools Ii- Furlow Charter School?
State Charter Schools Ii- Furlow Charter School students are 54.0% White, 20.3% African American, 15.2% Hispanic or Latino, 2.6% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for State Charter Schools Ii- Furlow Charter School?
State Charter Schools Ii- Furlow Charter School has an equity score of 49/100, ranking #115 out of 216 districts in Georgia.