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Americus, Georgia - 5 schools
An equity score of 70/100 ranks Sumter County #46 of 216 districts in Georgia (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,168 per pupil, Sumter County ranks #46 of 219 Georgia districts by per-pupil spending (Georgia districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,630
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$15,168
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Sumter County operates 5 public schools serving 3,630 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Georgia. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 high, 1 combined, 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 Sumter County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,168 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 32.9% local, 44.8% state, and 22.3% 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 70/100, ranked #46 of 216 in Georgia against a state average of 50, notably more 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 (2 AP courses district-wide), a 502.6:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 23.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 74.6% African American, 16.2% Hispanic or Latino, 6.3% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Sumter County Primary School, with a diversity index of 45.2/100.
Its largest campus is Sumter County High School, enrolling 1,037 students (29% of the district's total enrollment).
Sumter County High School accounts for 28.6% of all Sumter County student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Sumter 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.
Sumter County has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 100.0% 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). 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.
Sumter County student-counselor ratio is 503:1 — 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.
Sumter County chronic absenteeism rate is 23.6% — 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 Sumter County is typically wider than the Sumter County-aggregate figure suggests.
Sumter County has 5 schools, including 1 high, 1 combined, 2 elementary, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 3,630 students.
How much does Sumter County spend per student?
Sumter County spends $15,168 per student. The district has an equity score of 70/100, ranking #46 in Georgia.
What is the demographic composition of Sumter County?
Sumter County students are 74.6% African American, 16.2% Hispanic or Latino, 6.3% White, 0.7% Asian, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Sumter County?
Sumter County has an equity score of 70/100, ranking #46 out of 216 districts in Georgia.