How many public schools are in Georgia?
Georgia has 2,327 public schools recorded as open in the 2023-24 Common Core of Data, operated by 236 school districts. That figure counts schools the federal release lists as open or newly opened; it is not the number of school buildings, and it is not the number of campuses a district may run under one record. This site holds a page for 1,401 of them, and the breakdown below describes those 1,401 rather than the whole state.
The figures, 2023-24
The state totals above come from the federal state record. The breakdown below is a census over the 1,401 schools this site covers, which is 60% of them — so a group count here is a floor on the state, not a state total.
| State | Georgia |
|---|---|
| Public schools in the state | 2327 |
| School districts operating them | 236 |
| Schools this site holds a page for | 1401 |
| Elementary schools, among those covered here | 834 |
| Middle schools, among those covered here | 299 |
| High schools, among those covered here | 251 |
| Other schools, among those covered here | 17 |
| Charter schools, among those covered here | 37 |
| Average schools per districtcalculated | 9.9number_of_schools / number_of_districts |
| Share of the state's schools covered herecalculated | 60.2%schools_covered_here / number_of_schools |
| Charter share of the schools covered herecalculated | 2.6%charter_schools / schools_covered_here |
The twelve districts operating the most schools
- Gwinnett County
- DeKalb County
- Cobb County
- Fulton County
- Atlanta Public Schools
- Muscogee County
- Henry County
- Forsyth County
- Cherokee County
- Hall County
- Houston County
- Bibb County
Other statewide answers
- How many school districts are there in Georgia?
- How many students are in Georgia public schools?
- How many teachers are in Georgia public schools?
- Charter schools in Georgia
- Georgia school districts by enrollment
- Free and reduced-price lunch in Georgia schools
Questions
How many public schools are in Georgia?
2,327 public schools are recorded as open in the 2023-24 federal Common Core of Data. This site holds a page for 1,401 of them.
How many of them are charter schools?
37 of the 1,401 schools covered here — 2.6% of them. That is a rate over the schools this site covers, not over the state.
Does this include private schools?
No. The Common Core of Data is a census of public elementary and secondary schools. Private schools are collected separately, in the Private School Universe Survey, and are not counted here.
Why might this differ from a figure the state publishes?
The federal release has its own collection date and its own definition of an open school. A state count taken on a different date, or counting campuses rather than school records, will not match line for line.
Method and sources
Every figure on this page is a census over the 2023-24 Common Core of Data, published by the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. The counts by level, type and charter status are a census over the school directory: each record is placed in the group its own field names, and a record whose field is blank is counted in the total but in no group. That is why the group counts can sum to less than the total and are not forced to match it. No figure here is imputed, and where a count excludes records the number excluded is on the page.
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