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School district · Georgia · LEAID 1304380

Richmond County

Richmond County sits in the lowest third of Georgia districts on estimated teacher pay at $52,647 (above only 4% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Richmond County come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$52,647
Est. avg teacher salary

Below benchmark

$16,035
Per-pupil spending
29,589
Students enrolled
4th
Pct. in GA
$52,647

Richmond County sits in the lowest third of Georgia districts on estimated teacher pay at $52,647 (above only 4% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Estimated average teacher salary is $52,647, below the national average of $70,245, serving 29,589 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Lower-third pay in state: Richmond County sits in the lowest third of Georgia districts on estimated teacher pay at $52,647 (above only 4% of in-state peers with reliable estimates).
  • 4th percentile for Georgia
  • 21st percentile nationally
  • 27% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Georgia ranks #35 of 49 on the salary estimate and #4 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Richmond County ranks #172 of 179 Georgia districts by estimated teacher salary and #100 of 179 by per-pupil spending. Cobb County pay #1 at $81,518 is not Taylor County spending #1 at $38,272 per pupil
  • +21.2% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs Georgia median

Among 180 Georgia districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Richmond County's instructional payroll puts 78.0% into regular program , 4.4 points above the state median of 73.6%. Regular-program teachers claim more of the instructional salary pool here than at the median Georgia district.

Program Richmond County GA median Gap
Regular program 78.0% 73.6% +4.4 pp
Special education 13.5% 16.5% -3.0 pp
Vocational programs 2.6% 4.4% -1.8 pp
Other programs 5.8% 5.1% +0.7 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 180 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 1304380 · FY2023.

LEAID 1304380 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Richmond County F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-LOW -15% vs state RANK-ST-LOW P4 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P21 national PPE-MID $16K/pupil ENR-LARGE 29.6K students INSTR-LOW 27% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Valdosta FY-2023-HEAVY FY2023 book

FY2023: $52,647 estimated average teacher salary · P4 in Georgia · P21 nationally · 27% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Clarke (+$5,065est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Richmond County

Salary neighbourhood · Richmond County

Richmond County trails most of its in-state peer set; the chart plots it against the top and bottom pay poles for context (NCES F-33 FY2023, not a full state reprint).

est. salary
Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey As of FY2023
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National salary distribution for Richmond County

Richmond County's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$52,647 21st percentile higher than 21% of 10,684 US districts

Show national distribution $30,000–$40,000: 155 US districts (1%). Below this entry. $40,000–$50,000: 1,360 US districts (13%). Below this entry. $50,000–$60,000: 2,382 US districts (22%). This entry sits in this band. $60,000–$70,000: 2,402 US districts (22%). Above this entry. $70,000–$80,000: 1,633 US districts (15%). Above this entry. $80,000–$90,000: 1,097 US districts (10%). Above this entry. $90,000–$100,000: 662 US districts (6%). Above this entry. $100,000–$110,000: 371 US districts (3%). Above this entry. $110,000–$120,000: 249 US districts (2%). Above this entry. $120,000–$130,000: 156 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $130,000–$140,000: 112 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $140,000–$150,000: 57 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $150,000–$160,000: 25 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $160,000–$170,000: 13 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $170,000–$180,000: 10 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $180,000–$190,000: 0 US districts (0%). Above this entry. Richmond County $30,000 $190,000 every reliable-salary US district, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $10K-wide band; taller bars hold more US districts. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 · FY2023

Richmond County in Georgia's lower-third pay band

Same 179 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows Richmond County ranks #172 of 179 Georgia districts by estimated teacher salary and #100 of 179 by per-pupil spending. Cobb County pay #1 at $81,518 is not Taylor County spending #1 at $38,272 per pupil

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 As of FY2023

The same districts by per-pupil spending

Richmond County is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Taylor County leads spending at $38,272 per pupil; Cobb County leads pay.

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 As of FY2023

This pay stretches further than the headline figure suggests

Nominal district estimate
$52,647.1

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Georgia price level
96.5 / 100

BEA all-items regional price parity; 100 is the U.S. average.

National-price equivalent
$54,560

+4% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Georgia run below the national average, so this salary has roughly the buying power of the national-price equivalent above. A district in a costlier state can advertise a larger nominal salary and still leave a teacher with less.

Regional price parity: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2023 all-items RPP by state. The adjustment applies a statewide index to a district figure, so it captures how Georgia compares nationally, not how this district compares with others in its own state. Compare every state on this basis.

How this salary figure is calculated
Full NCES reading for Richmond County

What the Numbers Say About Richmond County

Richmond County is a mid-sized school district in Georgia, serving 29,589 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $16,035. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $52,647, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 1304380 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Georgia statewide average of $61,790, teacher pay in Richmond County runs materially below the state benchmark, a 14.8% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (25.1% differential). Among enrolling districts in Georgia, it pays more than 4% of them. Georgia itself ranks #35 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Richmond County reports $474.5M in total expenditure against $479.4M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 27% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $87.7M, special-education teacher pay is $15.2M.

How does Richmond County compare?

Estimated average teacher salary versus a peer district, the Georgia average, and the national average. Pick any in-state district to compare.

Richmond County $52,647
Gwinnett County $70,765
Georgia avg $61,790
National avg $70,245

Richmond County pays -25.6% less than Gwinnett County · per-pupil $16,035 vs $15,296

Derived from NCES F-33 teacher salary expenditure (Z35-Z38) and CCD Staff Universe teacher FTE (FY2023); a small minority use the documented fallback. Unreliable service entities are excluded.

Data-derived comparison paths

Find comparable Georgia districts

On pay, Richmond County sits closest to Valdosta City; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Dalton Public Schools. These are not simply nearby districts: each group is selected from the same NCES FY2023 dataset using a matching salary or per-pupil-investment signal and a comparable enrollment range.

Closest on estimated pay
  1. Valdosta City
  2. Clarke County
  3. Walker County
  4. Griffin-Spalding County
  5. Coffee County
  6. Colquitt County
  7. Bibb County
  8. Tift County
  9. Bryan County
  10. Dougherty County
  11. Camden County
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Dalton Public Schools
  2. Bibb County
  3. DeKalb County
  4. Floyd County
  5. Barrow County
  6. Muscogee County
  7. Bryan County
  8. Fulton County
  9. Polk County
  10. Hall County
  11. Bartow County

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Richmond County's enrollment scale

Two out-of-state peer sets for Richmond County: closest on enrollment (29,589 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($52,647 here). Rows stay link-disjoint so each axis is a distinct neighborhood.

Similar enrollment

Nearest other districts by NCES student count (floored at ≥200).

Similar estimated salary

Nearest other districts by F-33-derived average teacher salary, distinct from the enrollment row.

Enrollment and salaries from NCES CCD F-33; estimated teacher pay can diverge widely at the same student count because of state funding, cost of living, and local bargaining.

Revenue & Expenditure

$479.4M
Total Revenue
$474.5M
Total Expenditure
$128.5M
Instruction Salaries
27% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$87.7M
Regular Program
$15.2M
Special Education
$3.0M
Vocational
$6.6M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Richmond County: the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. Together they are 88% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 12% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

Georgia Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Georgia districts belongs to Cobb County at $81,518. Placed 166 of 172, Richmond County is in the lower quarter, where a state-average comparison flatters the district rather than describing it. Texas and Vermont are the states closest to Georgia on BEA's price parity, which makes them the fair comparison; against a costlier state this salary goes further than its number suggests.

View all Georgia districts →

Other Georgia Districts

Large-district sample from 178 Georgia peers with reliable NCES data; bar length shows pay magnitude within this slice.

Paulding County
$72,201
31,518 students
Hall County
$65,434
27,328 students
Douglas County
$69,266
25,802 students
Coweta County
$69,038
23,200 students
Savannah-Chatham County
$66,499
36,326 students
Bibb County
$58,887
21,392 students

This is a sample of 6 from 178 Georgia districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Richmond County
What is the average teacher salary in Richmond County?

The average teacher salary in Richmond County is $52,647 (NCES CCD FY2023), from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by the district's reported teacher headcount (NCES CCD Staff Universe Survey).

How does Richmond County teacher pay compare to the Georgia average?

Richmond County pays 14.8% less than the Georgia state average of $61,790. The district's average is $52,647.

How does Richmond County teacher pay compare to the national average?

Richmond County pays 25.1% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $52,647.

What is the per-pupil spending in Richmond County?

Richmond County spends approximately $16,035 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Richmond County's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 27% of Richmond County's total expenditure of $474.5M (NCES FY2023).

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According to the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) F-33 Local Education Agency Finance Survey, PlainTeacher's figures are computed directly, no number is typed in by an editor. Richmond County's salary and finance figures are computed directly from its FY2023 F-33 submission, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Data current as of FY2023.