About Lowndes County School District
Lowndes County School District is a public school system serving Lowndes County, Georgia, based in Valdosta. It serves 10,618 students across 11 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a rural: fringe district. By enrollment it is the #37 largest of Georgia’s 234 school systems.
Size and structure
Lowndes County School District enrolls 10,618 students in 11 schools — an average of about 965 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #37 of 234 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Lowndes County School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (10,618 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Lowndes County School District employs about 780 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 13.6:1 — below the Georgia average of about 14.1:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 1,485.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Georgia funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Lowndes County School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Georgia rates schools and districts on the College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI), scoring content mastery, progress, closing gaps, readiness and (for high schools) graduation rate. Look up Lowndes County School District on the state’s School Grades report.
Accreditation status
Most Georgia districts are accredited through Cognia (the former SACS CASI); districts still commonly refer to “SACS” accreditation, now administered by Cognia. Look up Lowndes County School District in the free Cognia registry.
Lowndes County School District vs. Georgia
See every Georgia district side by side in the Georgia directory.
Look up Lowndes County School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):