Regular local school district · Lamar County
Lamar County Public Schools, GA: schools, enrollment and spending
Lamar County Public Schools runs 4 public schools with 2,872 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 16.3 students per teacher is 1.9 higher than the Georgia figure of 14.4.Listed in NCES data as "Lamar County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 2,872
- Teachers (FTE)
- 176
- Students per teacher
- 16.3
- GA: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- #3 Trojan Way, Barnesville, GA 30204
- Phone
- (770)358-5891
- County
- Lamar County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1303210
- State district ID
- GA-685
- Total staff (FTE)
- 334
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 574 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 10.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.3
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 (2,705), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $32.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.2 million
- State revenue
- $14.0 million
- Local revenue
- $14.0 million
- Total spending
- $30.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,264
- Salaries
- $16.2 million53.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $7.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 13.0%
- State: 43.4%
- Local: 43.6%
Georgia overall
- Federal: 12.0%
- State: 42.8%
- Local: 45.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,264
Georgia$13,517
United States$16,826
Schools in Lamar County Public Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Lamar County Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 662 | 17.9 |
| Lamar County High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 831 | 16.0 |
| Lamar County Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 633 | 16.2 |
| Lamar County Primary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 2 | 746 | 15.9 |
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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.