Regular local school district · Burke County
Burke County Public Schools, GA: schools, enrollment and spending
Burke County Public Schools runs 5 public schools with 3,841 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.6 students per teacher is 2.8 lower than the Georgia figure of 14.4.Listed in NCES data as "Burke County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 3,841
- Teachers (FTE)
- 330
- Students per teacher
- 11.6
- GA: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 789 Burke Veterans Parkway, Waynesboro, GA 30830
- Phone
- (706)554-5101
- County
- Burke County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1300660
- State district ID
- GA-617
- Total staff (FTE)
- 773
- School counselors (FTE)
- 12.0About 320 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 20.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.6
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 (4,192), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $104.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $17.3 million
- State revenue
- $11.2 million
- Local revenue
- $75.8 million
- Total spending
- $72.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,370
- Salaries
- $37.9 million52.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 16.6%
- State: 10.7%
- Local: 72.7%
Georgia overall
- Federal: 12.0%
- State: 42.8%
- Local: 45.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,370
Georgia$13,517
United States$16,826
Schools in Burke County Public Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Blakeney ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 726 | 11.9 |
| Burke County High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,133 | 14.0 |
| Burke County Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 828 | 11.8 |
| S G A Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 230 | 9.2 |
| Waynesboro Primary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 2 | 924 | 13.4 |
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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.