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Sylvester, Georgia - 5 schools
An equity score of 35/100 ranks Worth County #164 of 216 districts in Georgia (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,594 per pupil, Worth County ranks #191 of 219 Georgia districts by per-pupil spending (Georgia districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,118
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$11,594
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Worth County operates 5 public schools serving 3,118 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 Worth County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,594 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, 46.4% state, and 25.9% 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 35/100, ranked #164 of 216 in Georgia against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 565.9:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 29.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 54.4% White, 36.7% African American, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Worth County Primary School, with a diversity index of 60.5/100.
Its largest campus is Worth County High School, enrolling 856 students (28% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Worth County Achievement Center, at 35 students, a 24x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Worth County High School accounts for 27.5% of all Worth County student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Worth 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.
Worth County school enrollment varies 24× across entities
Worth County school enrollment ranges from 35 students (lowest) to 856 students (highest), a spread of 821 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Worth 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.
Worth County student-counselor ratio is 566:1 — 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.
Worth County chronic absenteeism rate is 29.5% — 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 Worth County is typically wider than the Worth County-aggregate figure suggests.
Worth County has 5 schools, including 1 high, 2 combined, 1 elementary, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 3,118 students.
How much does Worth County spend per student?
Worth County spends $11,594 per student. The district has an equity score of 35/100, ranking #164 in Georgia.
What is the demographic composition of Worth County?
Worth County students are 54.4% White, 36.7% African American, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% Asian, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Worth County?
Worth County has an equity score of 35/100, ranking #164 out of 216 districts in Georgia.