Regular local school district · Dawson County
Dawson County Public Schools, GA: schools, enrollment and spending
Dawson County Public Schools runs 7 public schools with 4,296 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.1 students per teacher is about the same as the Georgia figure of 14.4.Listed in NCES data as "Dawson County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 4,296
- Teachers (FTE)
- 285
- Students per teacher
- 15.1
- GA: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 517 Allen Street, Dawsonville, GA 30534
- Phone
- (706)265-3246
- County
- Dawson County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1301650
- State district ID
- GA-642
- Total staff (FTE)
- 585
- School counselors (FTE)
- 10.0About 430 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 17.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.1
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 (3,693), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $66.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $6.0 million
- State revenue
- $20.0 million
- Local revenue
- $40.3 million
- Total spending
- $55.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,994
- Salaries
- $28.7 million51.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $13.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.0%
- State: 30.2%
- Local: 60.8%
Georgia overall
- Federal: 12.0%
- State: 42.8%
- Local: 45.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,994
Georgia$13,517
United States$16,826
Schools in Dawson County Public Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary, 1 secondary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Black's Mill Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 570 | 15.0 |
| Dawson County High School | High | 10 to 12 | 880 | 15.7 |
| Dawson County Junior High | Secondary | 8 to 9 | 603 | 16.3 |
| Dawson County Middle School | Middle | 6 to 7 | 641 | 16.0 |
| Kilough Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 461 | 14.9 |
| Riverview Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 493 | 13.0 |
| Robinson Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 648 | 15.8 |
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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.