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Jones County Public Schools, GA: schools, enrollment and spending

Jones County Public Schools runs 7 public schools with 5,004 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.0 students per teacher is about the same as the Georgia figure of 14.4.Listed in NCES data as "Jones County".

At a glance

Schools
7
Students
5,004
Teachers (FTE)
357
Students per teacher
14.0
GA: 14.4 · US: 15.3
Address
125 Stewart Avenue, Gray, GA 31032
County
Jones County
Locale
Rural: Distant
Grades offered
PK to 12
Agency type
Regular local school district
NCES district ID
1303150
State district ID
GA-684
Total staff (FTE)
748
School counselors (FTE)
9.0About 556 students per counselor.
School administrators (FTE)
23.0
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

Students per teacher compared

This district14.0
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 (5,118), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
Total revenue
$65.4 million
Federal revenue
$6.8 million
State revenue
$38.2 million
Local revenue
$20.4 million
Total spending
$66.2 million
Spending per pupil
$12,931
Salaries
$34.7 million52.4% of total spending.
Long-term debt (end of year)
$8.8 million

Where revenue came from

  • Federal: 10.4%
  • State: 58.4%
  • Local: 31.2%

Georgia overall

  • Federal: 12.0%
  • State: 42.8%
  • Local: 45.2%

Spending per pupil compared

This district$12,931
Georgia$13,517
United States$16,826

Schools in Jones County Public Schools

By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 4 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
Clifton Ridge Middle SchoolCEP schoolMiddle6 to 848212.1
Dames Ferry Elementary SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 561315.3
Gray Elementary SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 551214.2
Gray Station Middle SchoolCEP schoolMiddle6 to 860913.2
Jones County High SchoolCEP schoolHigh9 to 121,61416.5
Mattie Wells Elementary SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 558414.6
Turner Woods Elementary SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 559014.8

Nearby and related

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.