Georgia · NCES F-33 finance data

School Spending in Georgia

Schools in Georgia ranked by their district's per-pupil expenditure, limited to schools with 50 or more students.

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

The spending picture in one line

Clay County Elementary tops the list: its district, Clay County, spends $31,625 per student, against a Georgia average of $14,615.

$31,625
per-student spend in Clay County: $14,615
Georgia average: $17,658
national average

Note: Spending reflects district-wide averages from NCES F-33 (FY 2022-23). Schools in the same district share the same figure.

#	School	District	Students	Per Student
1	Clay County ElementaryFort Gaines · other	Clay County	143	$31,625
2	Lewis Elementary SchoolSparta · other	Hancock County	293	$25,667
3	Hancock Central High SchoolSparta · high	Hancock County	199	$25,667
4	Hancock Central Middle SchoolSparta · middle	Hancock County	160	$25,667
5	Jeffersonville ElementaryJeffersonville · other	Twiggs County	356	$23,591
6	Twiggs County High SchoolJeffersonville · high	Twiggs County	230	$23,591
7	Twiggs Middle SchoolJeffersonville · middle	Twiggs County	140	$23,591
8	North Atlanta High SchoolAtlanta · high	Atlanta Public Schools	2,368	$23,046
9	Midtown High SchoolAtlanta · high	Atlanta Public Schools	1,696	$23,046
10	Willis a. Sutton Middle SchoolAtlanta · middle	Atlanta Public Schools	1,619	$23,046
11	Maynard Jackson High SchoolAtlanta · high	Atlanta Public Schools	1,549	$23,046
12	Benjamin E. Mays High SchoolAtlanta · high	Atlanta Public Schools	1,338	$23,046
13	Frederick Douglass High SchoolAtlanta · high	Atlanta Public Schools	1,296	$23,046
14	David T Howard Middle SchoolAtlanta · middle	Atlanta Public Schools	1,073	$23,046
15	D. M. Therrell High SchoolAtlanta · high	Atlanta Public Schools	964	$23,046
16	Charles R. Drew Charter SchoolAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	961	$23,046
17	South Atlanta High SchoolAtlanta · high	Atlanta Public Schools	942	$23,046
18	Charles Drew Charter Ja/Sr AcademyAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	941	$23,046
19	Morris Brandon Elementary SchoolAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	911	$23,046
20	Martin L. King Jr. Middle SchoolAtlanta · middle	Atlanta Public Schools	879	$23,046
21	Kipp Atlanta Collegiate Charter SchoolAtlanta · high	Atlanta Public Schools	874	$23,046
22	Booker T. Washington High SchoolAtlanta · high	Atlanta Public Schools	856	$23,046
23	Sara Rawson Smith Elementary SchoolAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	851	$23,046
24	Woodson Park Academy SchoolAtlanta · elementary	Atlanta Public Schools	842	$23,046
25	Wesley International Academy CharterAtlanta · elementary	Atlanta Public Schools	776	$23,046
26	Centennial Place Academy (Charter)Atlanta · elementary	Atlanta Public Schools	757	$23,046
27	Morningside Elementary SchoolAtlanta · elementary	Atlanta Public Schools	722	$23,046
28	E. Rivers Elementary SchoolAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	699	$23,046
29	Atlanta Classical AcademyAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	697	$23,046
30	John Lewis Invictus AcademyAtlanta · middle	Atlanta Public Schools	692	$23,046
31	Jean Childs Young Middle SchoolAtlanta · middle	Atlanta Public Schools	657	$23,046
32	Ralph Bunche Middle SchoolAtlanta · middle	Atlanta Public Schools	651	$23,046
33	Parkside Elementary SchoolAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	650	$23,046
34	Crawford Long Middle SchoolAtlanta · middle	Atlanta Public Schools	627	$23,046
35	Kipp Strive Primary Charter SchoolAtlanta · elementary	Atlanta Public Schools	627	$23,046
36	Bolton Academy ElementaryAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	590	$23,046
37	Michael R. Hollis Innovation AcademyAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	583	$23,046
38	Burgess-Peterson Elementary SchoolAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	580	$23,046
39	Kipp Vision Primary Charter SchoolAtlanta · elementary	Atlanta Public Schools	562	$23,046
40	Kipp Ways Primary Charter SchoolAtlanta · elementary	Atlanta Public Schools	559	$23,046
41	Harper-Archer Elementary SchoolAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	545	$23,046
42	Carver High SchoolAtlanta · high	Atlanta Public Schools	544	$23,046
43	Mary Lin Elementary SchoolAtlanta · elementary	Atlanta Public Schools	526	$23,046
44	Carver High School Early CollegeAtlanta · high	Atlanta Public Schools	514	$23,046
45	Fred a. Toomer Elementary SchoolAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	513	$23,046
46	Kipp Soul PrimaryAtlanta · elementary	Atlanta Public Schools	505	$23,046
47	Jackson Elementary SchoolAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	502	$23,046
48	Miles Elementary SchoolAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	499	$23,046
49	Thomas Heathe Slater Elementary SchoolAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	496	$23,046
50	Garden Hills Elementary SchoolAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	494	$23,046
51	Deerwood AcademyAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	469	$23,046
52	M. a. Jones Elementary SchoolAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	461	$23,046
53	Sylvan Hills Middle SchoolAtlanta · middle	Atlanta Public Schools	452	$23,046
54	Tuskegee Airman Global AcademyAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	447	$23,046
55	William M.Boyd Elementary SchoolAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	439	$23,046
56	Springdale Park Elementary SchoolAtlanta · elementary	Atlanta Public Schools	437	$23,046
57	R. N. Fickett Elementary SchoolAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	432	$23,046
58	The John Hope-Charles Walter Hill Elementary SchoolsAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	423	$23,046
59	Atlanta Neighborhood Charter - ElementaryAtlanta · elementary	Atlanta Public Schools	394	$23,046
60	Bazoline E. Usher/Collier Heights Elmentary SchoolAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	390	$23,046
61	Corretta Scott King Young Womens' Leadership AcademyAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	377	$23,046
62	Heritage Academy Elementary SchoolAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	375	$23,046
63	Continental Colony Elementary SchoolAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	368	$23,046
64	The Kindezi SchoolAtlanta · elementary	Atlanta Public Schools	360	$23,046
65	Westside Atlanta Charter SchoolAtlanta · elementary	Atlanta Public Schools	349	$23,046
66	Herman J. Russell West End AcademyAtlanta · middle	Atlanta Public Schools	342	$23,046
67	T. J. Perkerson Elementary SchoolAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	338	$23,046
68	John Wesley Dobbs Elementary SchoolAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	330	$23,046
69	Benteen Elementary SchoolAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	329	$23,046
70	Kindezi Old 4th WardAtlanta · elementary	Atlanta Public Schools	321	$23,046
71	William J. Scott Elementary SchoolAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	319	$23,046
72	Cascade Elementary SchoolAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	314	$23,046
73	Kipp Strive Charter SchoolAtlanta · elementary	Atlanta Public Schools	312	$23,046
74	Charles L. Gideons Elementary SchoolAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	311	$23,046
75	Kipp Vision Charter SchoolAtlanta · elementary	Atlanta Public Schools	300	$23,046
76	Barack and Michelle Obama AcademyAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	297	$23,046
77	Emma Hutchinson Elementary SchoolAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	295	$23,046
78	Finch ElementaryAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	291	$23,046
79	Kipp Ways Academy Charter SchoolAtlanta · elementary	Atlanta Public Schools	289	$23,046
80	Kipp Soul AcademyAtlanta · elementary	Atlanta Public Schools	285	$23,046
81	Peyton Forest Elementary SchoolAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	283	$23,046
82	Paul L. Dunbar Elementary SchoolAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	279	$23,046
83	L. O. Kimberly Elementary SchoolAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	270	$23,046
84	B.E.S.T AcademyAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	268	$23,046
85	Cleveland Avenue Elementary SchoolAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	253	$23,046
86	West Manor Elementary SchoolAtlanta · elementary	Atlanta Public Schools	247	$23,046
87	Judson Price Middle SchoolAtlanta · middle	Atlanta Public Schools	241	$23,046
88	Joseph Humphries Elementary SchoolAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	237	$23,046
89	Beecher Hills Elementary SchoolAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	237	$23,046
90	Atlanta Neighborhood Charter - MiddleAtlanta · middle	Atlanta Public Schools	233	$23,046
91	F. L. Stanton Elementary SchoolAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	161	$23,046
92	Hank Aaron New Beginnings AcademyAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	147	$23,046
93	Hillside Conant SchoolAtlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	67	$23,046
94	Central Elementary/High SchoolTalbotton · other	Talbot County	364	$22,998
95	Stewart County Elementary SchoolLumpkin · other	Stewart County	142	$22,713
96	Stewart County High SchoolLumpkin · high	Stewart County	114	$22,713
97	Stewart County Middle SchoolLumpkin · middle	Stewart County	82	$22,713
98	Atlanta Unbound AcademyCollege Park · elementary	State Charter Schools Ii- Atlanta Unbound Academy	199	$22,407
99	Randolph County Elementary SchoolCuthbert · other	Randolph County	294	$22,226
100	Randolph Clay High SchoolCuthbert · high	Randolph County	202	$22,226

Per-pupil expenditure from NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey (FY 2022-23). Figures are district-wide averages. View national school spending rankings.

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