Regular local school district · Mitchell County
Pelham City School District, GA: schools, enrollment and spending
Pelham City School District runs 3 public schools with 1,246 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.1 students per teacher is 2.3 lower than the Georgia figure of 14.4.Listed in NCES data as "Pelham City".
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 1,246
- Teachers (FTE)
- 103
- Students per teacher
- 12.1
- GA: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 203 Mathewson Avenue, Pelham, GA 31779
- Phone
- (229)294-8715
- County
- Mitchell County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1304080
- State district ID
- GA-784
- Total staff (FTE)
- 183
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 623 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 7.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.1
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 (1,382), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $19.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.1 million
- State revenue
- $15.2 million
- Local revenue
- $2.5 million
- Total spending
- $21.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,871
- Salaries
- $9.7 million44.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $3.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.8%
- State: 76.6%
- Local: 12.5%
Georgia overall
- Federal: 12.0%
- State: 42.8%
- Local: 45.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,871
Georgia$13,517
United States$16,826
Schools in Pelham City School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Pelham City Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 287 | 13.0 |
| Pelham Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 578 | 13.1 |
| Pelham High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 381 | 11.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Mitchell County
- Mitchell County Public Schools 1,203 students
- State Specialty Schools II- Baconton Community Charter Sch 941 students
- Southwest Georgia RESA
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.