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Lyons, Georgia - 5 schools
An equity score of 53/100 ranks Toombs County #99 of 216 districts in Georgia (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,881 per pupil, Toombs County ranks #132 of 219 Georgia districts by per-pupil spending (Georgia districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,019
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$12,881
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Toombs County operates 5 public schools serving 3,019 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Georgia. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary 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 Toombs County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,881 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 27.7% local, 46.7% state, and 25.6% 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 53/100, ranked #99 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (10 AP courses district-wide), a 661.7:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 34.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 51.1% White, 26.3% Hispanic or Latino, 17.0% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Lyons Primary School, with a diversity index of 68.1/100.
Its largest campus is Toombs County High School, enrolling 896 students (29% of the district's total enrollment).
Toombs County High School accounts for 28.7% of all Toombs County student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Toombs 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.
Toombs County has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 86.6% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants 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.
Toombs County student-counselor ratio is 662:1 — 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.
Toombs County chronic absenteeism rate is 34.7% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Toombs County has 5 schools, including 1 high, 1 middle, 2 combined, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 3,019 students.
How much does Toombs County spend per student?
Toombs County spends $12,881 per student. The district has an equity score of 53/100, ranking #99 in Georgia.
What is the demographic composition of Toombs County?
Toombs County students are 51.1% White, 26.3% Hispanic or Latino, 17.0% African American, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Toombs County?
Toombs County has an equity score of 53/100, ranking #99 out of 216 districts in Georgia.