Regular local school district · Decatur County
Decatur County Public Schools, GA: schools, enrollment and spending
Decatur County Public Schools runs 6 public schools with 4,178 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.7 students per teacher is about the same as the Georgia figure of 14.4.Listed in NCES data as "Decatur County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 4,178
- Teachers (FTE)
- 306
- Students per teacher
- 13.7
- GA: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 100 South West Street, Bainbridge, GA 39817
- Phone
- (229)248-2200
- County
- Decatur County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1301710
- State district ID
- GA-643
- Total staff (FTE)
- 662
- School counselors (FTE)
- 11.0About 380 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 17.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.7
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 (4,469), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $72.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $17.7 million
- State revenue
- $30.1 million
- Local revenue
- $24.6 million
- Total spending
- $56.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,737
- Salaries
- $30.5 million53.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $13.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 24.4%
- State: 41.6%
- Local: 34.0%
Georgia overall
- Federal: 12.0%
- State: 42.8%
- Local: 45.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,737
Georgia$13,517
United States$16,826
Schools in Decatur County Public Schools
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bainbridge High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,192 | 13.2 |
| Bainbridge Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 793 | 12.4 |
| Hutto Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 790 | 13.9 |
| Jones-Wheat Primary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 2 | 664 | 13.8 |
| New Beginning Learning CenterCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 183 | 26.1 |
| West Bainbridge Primary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 2 | 556 | 15.0 |
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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.