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Irwinton, Georgia - 4 schools
An equity score of 71/100 ranks Wilkinson County #41 of 216 districts in Georgia (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,357 per pupil, Wilkinson County ranks #20 of 219 Georgia districts by per-pupil spending (Georgia districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,119
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$17,357
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Wilkinson County operates 4 public schools serving 1,119 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Georgia. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 1 combined, 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 Wilkinson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,357 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 22 of 219 Georgia districts by per-pupil spending. See how Georgia compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 42.9% local, 30.6% state, and 26.5% 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 71/100, ranked #41 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 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), a 379.8:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 6.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 54.4% African American, 29.6% White, 6.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Wilkinson County Elementary School, with a diversity index of 63.1/100.
Its largest campus is Wilkinson County High School, enrolling 328 students (32% of the district's total enrollment).
Wilkinson County High School accounts for 29.3% of all Wilkinson County student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Wilkinson 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.
Wilkinson County has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 89.1% 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.
Wilkinson County student-counselor ratio is 380:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Wilkinson County chronic absenteeism rate is 6.8% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Wilkinson County has 4 schools, including 1 high, 1 combined, 1 middle, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 1,119 students.
How much does Wilkinson County spend per student?
Wilkinson County spends $17,357 per student. The district has an equity score of 71/100, ranking #41 in Georgia.
What is the demographic composition of Wilkinson County?
Wilkinson County students are 54.4% African American, 29.6% White, 6.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% Asian, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Wilkinson County?
Wilkinson County has an equity score of 71/100, ranking #41 out of 216 districts in Georgia.