Regular local school district · Whitfield County
Dalton Public Schools, GA: schools, enrollment and spending
Dalton Public Schools runs 10 public schools with 7,619 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.4 students per teacher is 2.0 lower than the Georgia figure of 14.4.
At a glance
- Schools
- 10
- Students
- 7,619
- Teachers (FTE)
- 616
- Students per teacher
- 12.4
- GA: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 300 W. Waugh Street, Dalton, GA 30720
- Phone
- (706)278-8766
- County
- Whitfield County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1301620
- State district ID
- GA-772
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,073
- School counselors (FTE)
- 18.0About 423 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 26.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.4
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 (7,783), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $114.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $17.7 million
- State revenue
- $50.8 million
- Local revenue
- $45.6 million
- Total spending
- $111.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,384
- Salaries
- $52.6 million47.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $37.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 15.5%
- State: 44.5%
- Local: 39.9%
Georgia overall
- Federal: 12.0%
- State: 42.8%
- Local: 45.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,384
Georgia$13,517
United States$16,826
Schools in Dalton Public Schools
By level: 2 high, 2 middle, 6 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Blue Ridge Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 632 | 11.1 |
| Brookwood Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 688 | 13.0 |
| City Park Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 707 | 11.6 |
| Dalton High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,919 | 17.0 |
| Dalton Junior High School | Middle | 8 | 517 | 9.9 |
| Hammond Creek Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,057 | 12.1 |
| Park Creek Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 604 | 11.6 |
| Roan Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 421 | 10.3 |
| The Dalton Academy | High | 9 to 12 | 469 | 9.4 |
| Westwood Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 605 | 12.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Whitfield County
- Whitfield County Public Schools 11,942 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.