School Spending in Georgia

Reviewed by PlainSchools Editorial, K12 Schools Editorial Team · June 10, 2026

Schools ranked by their district's per-pupil expenditure. Only includes schools with 50+ students.

$15,679

Georgia Avg Per Student

-20% vs National

National Avg: $19,490

Note: Spending reflects district-wide averages from NCES F-33 (FY 2021-22). Schools in the same district share the same figure.

#	School	District	Per Student	Students
1	Pulaski County Elementary School Hawkinsville · other	Pulaski County	$39,271	644
2	Hawkinsville High School Hawkinsville · high	Pulaski County	$39,271	388
3	Pulaski County Middle School Hawkinsville · middle	Pulaski County	$39,271	288
4	Wheeler County Elementary School Alamo · other	Wheeler County	$37,424	433
5	Wheeler County High School Alamo · high	Wheeler County	$37,424	254
6	Wheeler County Middle School Alamo · middle	Wheeler County	$37,424	161
7	Taliaferro County School Crawfordville · other	Taliaferro County	$31,523	184
8	Clay County Elementary Fort Gaines · other	Clay County	$30,323	143
9	Taylor County High School Butler · high	Taylor County	$24,360	345
10	Taylor County Primary School Butler · other	Taylor County	$24,360	342
11	Taylor County Middle School Butler · middle	Taylor County	$24,360	245
12	Taylor County Elementary Butler · elementary	Taylor County	$24,360	244
13	SLAM Academy of Atlanta Atlanta · elementary	State Charter Schools II- SLAM Academy of Atlanta	$24,213	238
14	North Atlanta High School Atlanta · high	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	2,368
15	Midtown High School Atlanta · high	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	1,696
16	Willis A. Sutton Middle School Atlanta · middle	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	1,619
17	Maynard Jackson High School Atlanta · high	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	1,549
18	Benjamin E. Mays High School Atlanta · high	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	1,338
19	Frederick Douglass High School Atlanta · high	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	1,296
20	David T Howard Middle School Atlanta · middle	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	1,073
21	D. M. Therrell High School Atlanta · high	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	964
22	Charles R. Drew Charter School Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	961
23	South Atlanta High School Atlanta · high	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	942
24	Charles Drew Charter JA/SR Academy Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	941
25	Morris Brandon Elementary School Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	911
26	Martin L. King Jr. Middle School Atlanta · middle	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	879
27	Kipp Atlanta Collegiate Charter School Atlanta · high	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	874
28	Booker T. Washington High School Atlanta · high	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	856
29	Sara Rawson Smith Elementary School Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	851
30	Woodson Park Academy School Atlanta · elementary	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	842
31	Wesley International Academy Charter Atlanta · elementary	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	776
32	Centennial Place Academy (Charter) Atlanta · elementary	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	757
33	Morningside Elementary School Atlanta · elementary	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	722
34	E. Rivers Elementary School Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	699
35	Atlanta Classical Academy Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	697
36	John Lewis Invictus Academy Atlanta · middle	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	692
37	Jean Childs Young Middle School Atlanta · middle	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	657
38	Ralph Bunche Middle School Atlanta · middle	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	651
39	Parkside Elementary School Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	650
40	Crawford Long Middle School Atlanta · middle	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	627
41	KIPP Strive Primary Charter School Atlanta · elementary	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	627
42	Bolton Academy Elementary Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	590
43	Michael R. Hollis Innovation Academy Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	583
44	Burgess-Peterson Elementary School Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	580
45	KIPP Vision Primary Charter School Atlanta · elementary	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	562
46	Kipp WAYS Primary Charter School Atlanta · elementary	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	559
47	Harper-Archer Elementary School Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	545
48	Carver High School Atlanta · high	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	544
49	Mary Lin Elementary School Atlanta · elementary	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	526
50	Carver High School Early College Atlanta · high	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	514
51	Fred A. Toomer Elementary School Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	513
52	KIPP Soul Primary Atlanta · elementary	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	505
53	Jackson Elementary School Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	502
54	Miles Elementary School Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	499
55	Thomas Heathe Slater Elementary School Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	496
56	Garden Hills Elementary School Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	494
57	Deerwood Academy Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	469
58	M. A. Jones Elementary School Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	461
59	Sylvan Hills Middle School Atlanta · middle	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	452
60	Tuskegee Airman Global Academy Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	447
61	William M.Boyd Elementary School Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	439
62	Springdale Park Elementary School Atlanta · elementary	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	437
63	R. N. Fickett Elementary School Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	432
64	The John Hope-Charles Walter Hill Elementary Schools Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	423
65	Atlanta Neighborhood Charter - Elementary Atlanta · elementary	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	394
66	Bazoline E. Usher/Collier Heights Elmentary School Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	390
67	Corretta Scott King Young Womens' Leadership Academy Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	377
68	Heritage Academy Elementary School Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	375
69	Continental Colony Elementary School Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	368
70	The Kindezi School Atlanta · elementary	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	360
71	Westside Atlanta Charter School Atlanta · elementary	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	349
72	Herman J. Russell West End Academy Atlanta · middle	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	342
73	T. J. Perkerson Elementary School Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	338
74	John Wesley Dobbs Elementary School Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	330
75	Benteen Elementary School Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	329
76	Kindezi Old 4th Ward Atlanta · elementary	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	321
77	William J. Scott Elementary School Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	319
78	Cascade Elementary School Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	314
79	Kipp Strive Charter School Atlanta · elementary	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	312
80	Charles L. Gideons Elementary School Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	311
81	KIPP VISION Charter School Atlanta · elementary	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	300
82	Barack and Michelle Obama Academy Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	297
83	Emma Hutchinson Elementary School Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	295
84	Finch Elementary Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	291
85	KIPP WAYS Academy Charter School Atlanta · elementary	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	289
86	KIPP Soul Academy Atlanta · elementary	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	285
87	Peyton Forest Elementary School Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	283
88	Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	279
89	L. O. Kimberly Elementary School Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	270
90	B.E.S.T Academy Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	268
91	Cleveland Avenue Elementary School Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	253
92	West Manor Elementary School Atlanta · elementary	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	247
93	Judson Price Middle School Atlanta · middle	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	241
94	Joseph Humphries Elementary School Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	237
95	Beecher Hills Elementary School Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	237
96	Atlanta Neighborhood Charter - Middle Atlanta · middle	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	233
97	F. L. Stanton Elementary School Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	161
98	Hank Aaron New Beginnings Academy Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	147
99	Hillside Conant School Atlanta · other	Atlanta Public Schools	$24,033	67
100	West Laurens High School Dexter · high	Laurens County	$23,041	1,262

Per-pupil expenditure from NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22). Figures are district-wide averages. View national school spending rankings.

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