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Shellman, Georgia - 1 schools
An equity score of 56/100 ranks State Charter Schools Ii- Southwest Georgia S.T.E.M. Charte #86 of 216 districts in Georgia (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,863 per pupil, State Charter Schools Ii- Southwest Georgia S.T.E.M. Charte ranks #133 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- Southwest Georgia S.T.E.M. Charte operates 1 public schools serving 486 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 Randolph County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,863 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 7.1% local, 64.3% state, and 28.6% 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 56/100, ranked #86 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 522:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 23.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 68.8% White, 21.3% African American, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Southwest Georgia S.T.E.M. Charter Academy accounts for 100.0% of all State Charter Schools Ii- Southwest Georgia S.T.E.M. Charte student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of State Charter Schools Ii- Southwest Georgia S.T.E.M. Charte a distant remainder — means State Charter Schools Ii- Southwest Georgia S.T.E.M. Charte-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- Southwest Georgia S.T.E.M. Charte has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 97.5% 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 a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding 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.
State Charter Schools Ii- Southwest Georgia S.T.E.M. Charte student-counselor ratio is 522:1 — 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.
State Charter Schools Ii- Southwest Georgia S.T.E.M. Charte chronic absenteeism rate is 23.9% — 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- Southwest Georgia S.T.E.M. Charte is typically wider than the State Charter Schools Ii- Southwest Georgia S.T.E.M. Charte-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to State Charter Schools Ii- Southwest Georgia S.T.E.M. Charte'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- Southwest Georgia S.T.E.M. Charte?
State Charter Schools Ii- Southwest Georgia S.T.E.M. Charte has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 486 students.
How much does State Charter Schools Ii- Southwest Georgia S.T.E.M. Charte spend per student?
State Charter Schools Ii- Southwest Georgia S.T.E.M. Charte spends $12,863 per student. The district has an equity score of 56/100, ranking #86 in Georgia.
What is the demographic composition of State Charter Schools Ii- Southwest Georgia S.T.E.M. Charte?
State Charter Schools Ii- Southwest Georgia S.T.E.M. Charte students are 68.8% White, 21.3% African American, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for State Charter Schools Ii- Southwest Georgia S.T.E.M. Charte?
State Charter Schools Ii- Southwest Georgia S.T.E.M. Charte has an equity score of 56/100, ranking #86 out of 216 districts in Georgia.