Taliaferro County

Public school district · Taliaferro County · Georgia · NCES district ID 1304680

Taliaferro County's fiscal year 2022-23 finance report (NCES F-33) gives no current spending per student. Its one school enrolled 184 students in 2024-25. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $33,902 per student, up 7.1% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 50% or more (Georgia: 84.4%).

Where the money came from

$5,647,000 in revenue: 39.9% state, 38.6% local and 21.5% federal. Total spending including $71,000 of capital outlay was $5,995,000, or $32,059 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Taliaferro County revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $2,254,000; Local $2,179,000; Federal $1,214,000; total $5,647,000.
  • State$2,254,000 40%
  • Local$2,179,000 39%
  • Federal$1,214,000 21%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23, revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment fell from 2022-23 to 2024-25

187 students in 2022-23, 184 students in 2023-24, 184 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Taliaferro County enrollment by school year2022-23: 187, 2023-24: 184, 2024-25: 1840501001502002022-231872023-241842024-25184
Taliaferro County enrollment by school year2022-23: 187, 2023-24: 184, 2024-25: 1840501001502002022-231872023-241842024-25184
Taliaferro County enrollment by school year2022-23: 187, 2023-24: 184, 2024-25: 1840501001502002022-231872023-241842024-25184
Taliaferro County enrollment by school year2022-23: 187, 2023-24: 184, 2024-25: 1840501001502002022-231872023-241842024-25184

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2318726.07.2
2023-2418424.87.4
2024-2518422.68.1

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Taliaferro County scored proficient or above: 10-14% in reading and 5% or less in math, against 39.6% in reading and 37.4% in math across Georgia. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Georgia, not across states.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtGeorgiaStudents tested
Reading and language arts10-14%39.6%97
Math5% or less37.4%104

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

50% or more of the 12 students in Taliaferro County's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 84.4% across Georgia. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This districtGeorgia
Four-year graduation rate50% or more84.4%
Students in the class12134,822

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

1 other school, 184 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Taliaferro County School1848.199.5%Schoolwide program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact Taliaferro County

  • Phone: (706) 456-2575
  • Office: 557 Broad Street, Crawfordville, GA 30631

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Taliaferro County

  1. Every school district in GeorgiaTaliaferro County is the number 221 by size of 227 Georgia districts, with 187 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#221 of 227
  2. State Charter Schools II- Statesboro STEAM AcademyThe next larger Georgia district: 191 students in fall 2022, $13,136 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$13,136
  3. State Charter Schools II- DeKalb Brilliance AcademyThe next smaller Georgia district: 171 students in fall 2022.
  4. Compare Taliaferro County with State Charter Schools II- Statesboro STEAM AcademyEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  5. Find the school district for an addressA home's district decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Taliaferro County

  1. How many schools and students are in Taliaferro County?
    One school was open in 2024-25 (1 other), enrolling 184 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. Where does Taliaferro County's money come from?
    $5,647,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 39.9% state, 38.6% local and 21.5% federal (NCES F-33).
  3. How many children in Taliaferro County live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 82 of the 224 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 36.6%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  4. How do students in Taliaferro County do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Taliaferro County scored proficient or above: 10-14% in reading and 5% or less in math, against 39.6% in reading and 37.4% in math across Georgia. Georgia's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  5. What is the graduation rate in Taliaferro County?
    50% or more of the 12 students in Taliaferro County's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 84.4% across Georgia. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23.
  6. What is Taliaferro County's NCES district ID?
    1304680. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25