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Clarke County

NCES agency ID 1301170 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union

At a glance

Reported students

12,275

NCES CCD 2024–25

Open schools

21

NCES preliminary directory 2025–26

Student–teacher ratio

10.2:1

Calculated from NCES 2024–25 enrollment and teacher FTE

Spending per pupil

$21,012

Current expenditure · FY 2023 F-33

Instruction per pupil

$12,235

Calculated from FY 2023 F-33

Grades served

PK–12

NCES preliminary directory 2025–26

Historical enrollment and staffing · CRDC 2021–22

These older figures are kept separate from 2024–25 statistics and benchmarks. Agency figures aggregate matched current school records; they may not cover the complete historical district.

Students
11,913
Teachers (FTE)
1,118.05
Student–teacher ratio
10.7:1

What current records say about Clarke County

Clarke County operates 21 current public-school records serving grades PK–12 in Athens, Georgia. NCES reports 12,275 students and 1,207.2 classroom teacher FTE for 2024–25.

Within Georgia agencies of the same NCES type, it ranks 30 of 180 with reported enrollment. That position describes scale only—it does not say whether individual schools are a good fit for a particular student.

FY 2023 finance records show $21,012 in current expenditure per pupil and $12,235 per pupil assigned to instruction. Within the same NCES agency type, this places reported current spending 9 of 180 in Georgia. Local wages, transportation, special education, facilities, and agency responsibilities all affect this comparison.

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Reported needs and resources

English learners
12.3%
Students with disabilities (IDEA)
14.7%
Classroom teachers (FTE)
1,207.2
Current expenditure (FY 2023)
$259,285,000

Context measures describe who a district serves and its resources. They are not negative rating inputs.

Clarke County

Athens, Georgia

NCES EDGE 2024–25 · 33.9604, -83.3872

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Student demographics

Race and ethnicity share of reported enrollment

  • White20.1%
  • Hispanic28.6%
  • Black44.4%
  • Asian1.6%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
  • Multiracial5.1%

Race/ethnicity: NCES CCD 2024–25. English learner and disability context: CRDC 2021–22 matched schools. Totals can differ due to rounding or source privacy rules.

Explore schools in Clarke County

21 current directory entries

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Showing 1–21 of 21 schools · enrollment and ratios: NCES 2024–25. Scroll the table to see all columns.

Schools, grade spans, enrollment, and student–teacher ratios
SchoolLevel / gradesStudentsRatioCompare
Barnett Shoals Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–054909.8:1
Barrow Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0545610.9:1
Bettye Henderson Holston Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–053228.5:1
Burney-Harris-Lyons Middle SchoolMiddle06–0870711.5:1
Cedar Shoals High SchoolHigh09–121,48913.6:1
Clarke Central High SchoolHigh09–121,90715.9:1
Clarke Middle SchoolMiddle06–0871811.3:1
Classic City High SchoolHigh09–12588.3:1
Cleveland Road Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–052568:1
Coile Middle SchoolMiddle06–0858210.5:1
Fowler Drive Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–053668.6:1
Gaines Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0556811.3:1
Hilsman Middle SchoolMiddle06–0862411:1
Howard B. Stroud Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–053508.3:1
Johnnie Lay Burks Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0549211.2:1
Judia Jackson Harris ElementaryElementaryPK–053929.7:1
Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0556310.1:1
Timothy Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0556510.6:1
Whit Davis Road Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0539510.7:1
Whitehead Road Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–056329.6:1
Winterville Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–053439.3:1