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Effingham County

NCES agency ID 1301980 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union

At a glance

Reported students

14,560

NCES CCD 2024–25

Open schools

13

NCES preliminary directory 2025–26

Student–teacher ratio

13.7:1

Calculated from NCES 2024–25 enrollment and teacher FTE

Spending per pupil

$12,037

Current expenditure · FY 2023 F-33

Instruction per pupil

$7,808

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
12,296
Teachers (FTE)
887.55
Student–teacher ratio
13.9:1

What current records say about Effingham County

Effingham County operates 13 current public-school records serving grades PK–12 in Springfield, Georgia. NCES reports 14,560 students and 1,061.1 classroom teacher FTE for 2024–25.

Within Georgia agencies of the same NCES type, it ranks 26 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 $12,037 in current expenditure per pupil and $7,808 per pupil assigned to instruction. Within the same NCES agency type, this places reported current spending 164 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
2.7%
Students with disabilities (IDEA)
15.2%
Classroom teachers (FTE)
1,061.1
Current expenditure (FY 2023)
$169,079,000

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

Effingham County

Springfield, Georgia

NCES EDGE 2024–25 · 32.3736, -81.3092

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Student demographics

Race and ethnicity share of reported enrollment

  • White60.9%
  • Hispanic12.7%
  • Black17.8%
  • Asian1.9%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
  • Multiracial6.5%

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 Effingham County

13 current directory entries

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Showing 1–13 of 13 schools · enrollment and ratios: NCES 2024–25. Scroll the table to see all columns.

Schools, grade spans, enrollment, and student–teacher ratios
SchoolLevel / gradesStudentsRatioCompare
Blandford Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0598713.6:1
Ebenezer Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0599513.9:1
Ebenezer Middle SchoolMiddle06–081,03915.3:1
Effingham County High SchoolHigh09–122,19917.5:1
Effingham County Middle SchoolMiddle06–081,15013.9:1
Guyton Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0580013.6:1
Marlow Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0567011.3:1
Rincon Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–051,03314.3:1
Sand Hill Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0588112.8:1
South Effingham Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0586313.5:1
South Effingham High SchoolHigh09–121,90616:1
South Effingham Middle SchoolMiddle06–081,16113.8:1
Springfield Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0587613.1:1