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Buford City School District, GA: schools, enrollment and spending
Buford City School District runs 5 public schools with 6,007 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.8 students per teacher is 1.4 higher than the Georgia figure of 14.4.Listed in NCES data as "Buford City".
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 6,007
- Teachers (FTE)
- 381
- Students per teacher
- 15.8
- GA: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 2625 Sawnee Avenue, Buford, GA 30518
- Phone
- (770)945-5035
- County
- Gwinnett County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1300600
- State district ID
- GA-764
- Total staff (FTE)
- 697
- School counselors (FTE)
- 13.0About 462 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 18.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.8
Georgia14.4
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (5,468), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $45.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $6.9 million
- State revenue
- $27.3 million
- Local revenue
- $11.6 million
- Total spending
- $74.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,639
- Salaries
- $39.3 million52.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 15.1%
- State: 59.6%
- Local: 25.3%
Georgia overall
- Federal: 12.0%
- State: 42.8%
- Local: 45.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,639
Georgia$13,517
United States$16,826
Schools in Buford City School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Buford Academy | Elementary | 1 to 2 | 816 | 13.6 |
| Buford Elementary School | Elementary | PK to K | 431 | 12.7 |
| Buford High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,966 | 17.2 |
| Buford Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,426 | 16.4 |
| Buford Senior Academy | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 1,368 | 16.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Gwinnett County
- Gwinnett County Public Schools 182,518 students
- State Specialty Schools I- Georgia Connections Academy 7,148 students
- State Specialty Schools II- Brookhaven Innovation Academy 524 students
- State Specialty Schools II- Yi Hwang Academy of Language Ex 459 students
- State Specialty Schools II- International Charter Academy o 268 students
More in Georgia
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.