Regular local school district · Clarke County
Clarke County Public Schools, GA: schools, enrollment and spending
Clarke County Public Schools runs 21 public schools with 12,275 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 10.2 students per teacher is 4.2 lower than the Georgia figure of 14.4.Listed in NCES data as "Clarke County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 21
- Students
- 12,275
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,207
- Students per teacher
- 10.2
- GA: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 595 Prince Ave, Athens, GA 30601
- Phone
- (706)546-7721
- County
- Clarke County
- Locale
- City: Midsize
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1301170
- State district ID
- GA-629
- Total staff (FTE)
- 2,550
- School counselors (FTE)
- 44.0About 279 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 102.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.2
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 (12,507), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $244.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $37.6 million
- State revenue
- $77.2 million
- Local revenue
- $129.5 million
- Total spending
- $218.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,482
- Salaries
- $116.6 million53.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $25.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 15.4%
- State: 31.6%
- Local: 53.0%
Georgia overall
- Federal: 12.0%
- State: 42.8%
- Local: 45.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,482
Georgia$13,517
United States$16,826
Schools in Clarke County Public Schools
By level: 3 high, 4 middle, 14 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Barnett Shoals Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 490 | 9.8 |
| Barrow Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 456 | 10.9 |
| Bettye Henderson Holston Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 322 | 8.5 |
| Burney-Harris-Lyons Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 707 | 11.6 |
| Cedar Shoals High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,489 | 13.7 |
| Clarke Central High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,907 | 15.9 |
| Clarke Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 718 | 11.4 |
| Classic City High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 58 | 8.3 |
| Cleveland Road Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 256 | 8.0 |
| Coile Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 582 | 10.6 |
| Fowler Drive Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 366 | 8.7 |
| Gaines Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 568 | 11.4 |
| Hilsman Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 624 | 11.1 |
| Howard B. Stroud Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 350 | 8.3 |
| Johnnie Lay Burks Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 492 | 11.2 |
| Judia Jackson Harris ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 392 | 9.8 |
| Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 563 | 10.2 |
| Timothy Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 565 | 10.7 |
| Whit Davis Road Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 395 | 10.7 |
| Whitehead Road Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 632 | 9.6 |
| Winterville Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 343 | 9.3 |
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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.