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Blairsville, Georgia - 5 schools
An equity score of 48/100 ranks Union County #116 of 216 districts in Georgia (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,940 per pupil, Union County ranks #84 of 219 Georgia districts by per-pupil spending (Georgia districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,024
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$13,940
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Union County operates 5 public schools serving 3,024 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Georgia. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary, 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 Union County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,940 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 50.2% local, 36.6% state, and 13.1% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 48/100, ranked #116 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 (6 AP courses district-wide), a 552.6:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 35.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.3% White, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Union County Middle School, with a diversity index of 21.4/100.
Its largest campus is Union County High School, enrolling 901 students (30% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Woody Gap High/Elementary School, at 55 students, a 16x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Union County High School accounts for 29.8% of all Union County student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Union 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.
Union County school enrollment varies 16× across entities
Union County school enrollment ranges from 55 students (lowest) to 901 students (highest), a spread of 846 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Union County student-counselor ratio is 553:1 — 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.
Union County chronic absenteeism rate is 35.9% — 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.
Union County has 5 schools, including 1 high, 2 combined, 1 elementary, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 3,024 students.
How much does Union County spend per student?
Union County spends $13,940 per student. The district has an equity score of 48/100, ranking #116 in Georgia.
What is the demographic composition of Union County?
Union County students are 90.3% White, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% African American, 0.4% Asian, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Union County?
Union County has an equity score of 48/100, ranking #116 out of 216 districts in Georgia.