Special education by district

Students with disabilities, share of enrollment. 2025 compared with 2024. Good ●●●

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The county column comes from the district-to-county table, for reading county measures alongside district ones. State charter schools and other statewide units have no single county.

DistrictCounty20252024ChangeYears with data
Appling CountyAppling County16.1%15.8%+0.3%8
Atkinson CountyAtkinson County12.2%12.1%+0.1%8
Atlanta Public SchoolsFulton County12.0%12.0%0.0%8
Bacon CountyBacon County17.4%17.3%+0.1%8
Baker CountyBaker County17.2%13.4%+3.8%8
Baldwin CountyBaldwin County14.9%13.7%+1.2%8
Banks CountyBanks County16.2%15.9%+0.3%8
Barrow CountyBarrow County16.1%16.0%+0.1%8
Bartow CountyBartow County14.9%14.6%+0.3%8
Ben Hill CountyBen Hill County13.8%12.4%+1.4%8
Berrien CountyBerrien County10.0%9.8%+0.2%8
Bibb CountyBibb County11.8%11.7%+0.1%8
Bleckley CountyBleckley County15.4%16.0%-0.6%8
Brantley CountyBrantley County11.3%11.4%-0.1%8
Bremen CityHaralson County10.3%10.6%-0.3%8
Brooks CountyBrooks County11.8%12.2%-0.4%8
Bryan CountyBryan County13.4%12.7%+0.7%8
Buford CityGwinnett County10.4%10.0%+0.4%8
Bulloch CountyBulloch County15.8%15.7%+0.1%8
Burke CountyBurke County12.6%12.3%+0.3%8
Butts CountyButts County12.4%12.6%-0.2%8
Calhoun CityGordon County11.0%10.2%+0.8%8
Calhoun CountyCalhoun County11.3%9.4%+1.9%8
Camden CountyCamden County18.4%17.9%+0.5%8
Candler CountyCandler County14.3%14.8%-0.5%8
Carroll CountyCarroll County14.2%13.4%+0.8%8
Carrollton CityCarroll County11.6%11.6%0.0%8
Cartersville CityBartow County10.9%11.5%-0.6%8
Catoosa CountyCatoosa County16.7%16.4%+0.3%8
Charlton CountyCharlton County17.9%17.8%+0.1%8
Chatham CountyChatham County1
Chattahoochee CountyChattahoochee County16.8%15.9%+0.9%8
Chattooga CountyChattooga County16.6%16.3%+0.3%8
Cherokee CountyCherokee County13.1%13.1%0.0%8
Chickamauga CityWalker County8.5%7.8%+0.7%8
City Schools of Decaturstatewide unit10.0%9.5%+0.5%4
Clarke CountyClarke County17.3%16.5%+0.8%8
Clay CountyClay County20.0%17.1%+2.9%8
Clayton CountyClayton County11.3%10.9%+0.4%8
Clinch CountyClinch County12.9%12.4%+0.5%8
Cobb CountyCobb County13.2%13.1%+0.1%8
Coffee CountyCoffee County13.2%13.1%+0.1%8
Colquitt CountyColquitt County12.8%13.1%-0.3%8
Columbia CountyColumbia County12.3%11.8%+0.5%8
Commerce CityJackson County15.6%14.7%+0.9%8
Commission Charter Schools- Atlanta Heights Charter Schoolstatewide unit3
Commission Charter Schools- Brookhaven Innovation Academystatewide unit3
Commission Charter Schools- CCAT Schoolstatewide unit3
Commission Charter Schools- Cirrus Charter Academystatewide unit3
Commission Charter Schools- Coweta Charter Academystatewide unit3
Commission Charter Schools- Fulton Leadership Academy3
Commission Charter Schools- Ivy Preparatory Academy School1
Commission Charter Schools- Liberty Tech Charter Academystatewide unit3
Commission Charter Schools- Pataula Charter Academystatewide unit3
Commission Charter Schools- Southwest Georgia S.T.E.M. Charter Academystatewide unit3
Cook CountyCook County12.7%12.4%+0.3%8
Coweta CountyCoweta County12.7%12.5%+0.2%8
Crawford CountyCrawford County14.2%14.8%-0.6%8
Crisp CountyCrisp County17.1%16.2%+0.9%8
Dade CountyDade County16.3%15.1%+1.2%8
Dalton CityWhitfield County1
Dalton Public SchoolsWhitfield County15.4%14.8%+0.6%7
Dawson CountyDawson County14.9%15.5%-0.6%8
DeKalb CountyDeKalb County11.1%10.9%+0.2%8
Decatur Citystatewide unit4
Decatur CountyDecatur County10.5%10.6%-0.1%8
Department of Juvenile Justicestatewide unit5
Dodge CountyDodge County16.7%16.6%+0.1%8
Dooly CountyDooly County9.2%9.1%+0.1%8
Dougherty CountyDougherty County13.0%12.3%+0.7%8
Douglas CountyDouglas County13.9%13.5%+0.4%8
Dublin CityLaurens County12.0%10.5%+1.5%8
Early CountyEarly County12.5%10.8%+1.7%8
Echols CountyEchols County9.5%9.4%+0.1%8
Effingham CountyEffingham County16.5%16.2%+0.3%8
Elbert CountyElbert County15.6%15.1%+0.5%8
Emanuel CountyEmanuel County16.3%16.0%+0.3%8
Evans CountyEvans County11.5%12.4%-0.9%8
Fannin CountyFannin County18.3%17.0%+1.3%8
Fayette CountyFayette County11.6%11.2%+0.4%8
Floyd CountyFloyd County15.7%16.0%-0.3%8
Forsyth CountyForsyth County12.6%12.1%+0.5%8
Franklin CountyFranklin County15.2%16.2%-1.0%8
Fulton CountyFulton County10.8%10.6%+0.2%8
Gainesville CityHall County10.1%10.5%-0.4%8
Gilmer CountyGilmer County11.2%10.7%+0.5%8
Glascock CountyGlascock County16.4%14.9%+1.5%8
Glynn CountyGlynn County15.9%16.3%-0.4%8
Gordon CountyGordon County12.2%12.3%-0.1%8
Grady CountyGrady County10.5%10.4%+0.1%8
Greene CountyGreene County14.4%14.3%+0.1%8
Griffin-Spalding CountySpalding County14.6%14.6%0.0%7
Gwinnett CountyGwinnett County13.3%13.0%+0.3%8
Habersham CountyHabersham County18.2%17.5%+0.7%8
Hall CountyHall County14.5%14.4%+0.1%8
Hancock CountyHancock County9.3%10.7%-1.4%8
Haralson CountyHaralson County16.5%16.2%+0.3%8
Harris CountyHarris County13.4%12.8%+0.6%8
Hart CountyHart County14.7%14.8%-0.1%8
Heard CountyHeard County12.3%12.2%+0.1%8
Henry CountyHenry County14.0%13.5%+0.5%8
Houston CountyHouston County15.1%14.6%+0.5%8
Irwin CountyIrwin County14.4%15.1%-0.7%8
Jackson CountyJackson County15.2%15.5%-0.3%8
Jasper CountyJasper County12.3%12.3%0.0%8
Jeff Davis CountyJeff Davis County11.5%11.9%-0.4%8
Jefferson CityJackson County11.3%11.1%+0.2%8
Jefferson CountyJefferson County13.9%13.0%+0.9%8
Jenkins CountyJenkins County11.2%13.8%-2.6%8
Johnson CountyJohnson County14.5%13.7%+0.8%8
Jones CountyJones County17.9%17.7%+0.2%8
Lamar CountyLamar County9.7%10.8%-1.1%8
Lanier CountyLanier County14.8%14.7%+0.1%8
Laurens CountyLaurens County12.7%12.9%-0.2%8
Lee CountyLee County12.6%12.3%+0.3%8
Liberty CountyLiberty County14.7%14.8%-0.1%8
Lincoln CountyLincoln County17.4%15.8%+1.6%8
Long CountyLong County13.1%13.2%-0.1%8
Lowndes CountyLowndes County16.6%15.9%+0.7%8
Lumpkin CountyLumpkin County14.0%15.0%-1.0%8
Macon CountyMacon County11.8%11.7%+0.1%8
Madison CountyMadison County17.9%17.7%+0.2%8
Marietta CityCobb County11.1%11.0%+0.1%8
Marion CountyMarion County11.9%12.5%-0.6%8
McDuffie CountyMcDuffie County17.8%17.6%+0.2%8
McIntosh CountyMcIntosh County15.8%15.8%0.0%8
Meriwether CountyMeriwether County19.4%17.8%+1.6%8
Miller CountyMiller County13.4%13.3%+0.1%8
Mitchell CountyMitchell County12.4%11.2%+1.2%8
Monroe CountyMonroe County15.0%14.2%+0.8%8
Montgomery CountyMontgomery County13.3%13.6%-0.3%8
Morgan CountyMorgan County13.5%12.1%+1.4%8
Murray CountyMurray County13.4%13.0%+0.4%8
Muscogee CountyMuscogee County15.4%15.4%0.0%8
Newton CountyNewton County13.9%13.7%+0.2%8
Oconee CountyOconee County12.0%12.0%0.0%8
Oglethorpe CountyOglethorpe County14.2%13.5%+0.7%8
Paulding CountyPaulding County15.3%15.0%+0.3%8
Peach CountyPeach County13.6%12.5%+1.1%8
Pelham CityMitchell County12.3%11.2%+1.1%8
Pickens CountyPickens County15.6%16.5%-0.9%8
Pierce CountyPierce County15.1%15.5%-0.4%8
Pike CountyPike County11.1%10.6%+0.5%8
Polk CountyPolk County14.4%14.4%0.0%8
Pulaski CountyPulaski County12.1%13.3%-1.2%8
Putnam CountyPutnam County13.5%13.8%-0.3%8
Quitman CountyQuitman County21.7%23.6%-1.9%8
Rabun CountyRabun County14.4%14.9%-0.5%8
Randolph CountyRandolph County13.3%12.1%+1.2%8
Richmond CountyRichmond County14.5%13.8%+0.7%8
Rockdale CountyRockdale County12.9%12.7%+0.2%8
Rome CityFloyd County11.5%11.1%+0.4%8
Savannah-Chatham CountyChatham County13.8%13.6%+0.2%7
Schley CountySchley County12.1%12.3%-0.2%8
Screven CountyScreven County12.9%14.3%-1.4%8
Seminole CountySeminole County14.8%13.1%+1.7%8
Social Circle CityWalton County13.8%13.5%+0.3%8
Spalding CountySpalding County1
State Charter Schools II- Academy For Classical Educationstatewide unit6.6%5.3%+1.3%6
State Charter Schools II- Amana Academy West Atlantastatewide unit4.2%3.4%+0.8%3
State Charter Schools II- Atlanta Heights Charter Schoolstatewide unit7.7%4
State Charter Schools II- Atlanta SMART Academystatewide unit14.1%2
State Charter Schools II- Atlanta Unbound Academystatewide unit15.6%17.9%-2.3%5
State Charter Schools II- Baconton Community Charter Schoolstatewide unit12.4%5
State Charter Schools II- Brookhaven Innovation Academystatewide unit9.4%4
State Charter Schools II- Cirrus Charter Academystatewide unit5.4%4.4%+1.0%5
State Charter Schools II- Coweta Charter Academystatewide unit8.3%4
State Charter Schools II- D.E.L.T.A. STEAM Academystatewide unit3.8%4.7%-0.9%5
State Charter Schools II- DeKalb Brilliance Academystatewide unit14.8%13.3%+1.5%3
State Charter Schools II- Destinations Career Academy of Georgia (Virtual)statewide unit14.5%15.9%-1.4%3
State Charter Schools II- Ethos Classical Charter Schoolstatewide unit8.8%5
State Charter Schools II- Fulton Leadership Academy19.3%4
State Charter Schools II- Furlow Charter Schoolstatewide unit16.0%4
State Charter Schools II- Genesis Innovation Academy for Boysstatewide unit13.4%9.3%+4.1%7
State Charter Schools II- Genesis Innovation Academy for Girlsstatewide unit5.3%4.3%+1.0%7
State Charter Schools II- Georgia Fugees Academy Charter Schoolstatewide unit4.2%5.7%-1.5%5
State Charter Schools II- Harriet Tubman School of Science & Technology1
State Charter Schools II- International Academy of Smyrnastatewide unit12.6%6
State Charter Schools II- International Charter Academy of Georgiastatewide unit4.3%5
State Charter Schools II- Liberation Academystatewide unit12.9%16.9%-4.0%2
State Charter Schools II- Liberty Tech Charter Academystatewide unit14.3%3
State Charter Schools II- Miles Ahead Charter Schoolstatewide unit9.2%7.2%+2.0%2
State Charter Schools II- PEACE Academy Charter Schoolstatewide unit7.1%4.5%+2.6%2
State Charter Schools II- Pataula Charter Academystatewide unit11.7%4
State Charter Schools II- RISE Preparatory Charter Schoolstatewide unit7.3%7.2%+0.1%2
State Charter Schools II- Resurgence Hall Charter Schoolstatewide unit5.4%5
State Charter Schools II- Resurgence Hall Middle Academystatewide unit7.7%5.3%+2.4%3
State Charter Schools II- SAIL Charter Academy - School for Arts-Infused Learningstatewide unit15.1%6
State Charter Schools II- SLAM Academy of Atlantastatewide unit9.2%6.3%+2.9%6
State Charter Schools II- Sankofa Montessoristatewide unit18.8%13.6%+5.2%2
State Charter Schools II- Southwest Georgia S.T.E.M. Charter Academystatewide unit2
State Charter Schools II- Spring Creek Charter Academystatewide unit12.9%4
State Charter Schools II- Statesboro STEAM Academystatewide unit2
State Charter Schools II- The Anchor Schoolstatewide unit20.7%18.6%+2.1%2
State Charter Schools II- Yi Hwang Academy of Language Excellencestatewide unit5.7%4.6%+1.1%5
State Charter Schools II- Zest Preparatory Academy Schoolstatewide unit10.0%5.7%+4.3%2
State Charter Schools- Cherokee Charter Academy16.7%7
State Charter Schools- Coastal Plains Charter High School - Candler Campusstatewide unit19.3%5
State Charter Schools- Dubois Integrity Academystatewide unit6.8%2
State Charter Schools- Dubois Integrity Academy Istatewide unit5
State Charter Schools- Foothills Charter High School (Madison Campus)statewide unit5
State Charter Schools- Georgia Connections Academystatewide unit5
State Charter Schools- Georgia Cyber Academystatewide unit18.0%6
State Charter Schools- Georgia School for Innovation and the Classicsstatewide unit5
State Charter Schools- International Charter School of Atlantastatewide unit6.2%7
State Charter Schools- Ivy Prep Academy at Kirkwood for Girls Schoolstatewide unit11.7%6
State Charter Schools- Mountain Education Center Schoolstatewide unit5
State Charter Schools- Mountain Education High Schoolstatewide unit19.1%2
State Charter Schools- Odyssey Charter Schoolstatewide unit12.5%1
State Charter Schools- Odyssey Schoolstatewide unit5
State Charter Schools- Provost Academy Georgia1
State Charter Schools- Scintilla Charter Academystatewide unit5
State Charter Schools- Utopian Academy for the Arts Charter School6.7%7
State Charter Schools- Utopian Academy for the Arts Trilithstatewide unit10.2%11.8%-1.6%2
State Schoolsstatewide unit3
State Schools- Atlanta Area School for the Deaf2
State Schools- Georgia Academy for the Blind2
State Schools- Georgia School for the Deaf2
Stephens CountyStephens County17.4%17.0%+0.4%8
Stewart CountyStewart County14.1%14.5%-0.4%8
Sumter CountySumter County13.5%13.2%+0.3%8
Talbot CountyTalbot County18.3%15.5%+2.8%8
Taliaferro CountyTaliaferro County15.2%19.2%-4.0%8
Tattnall CountyTattnall County15.7%15.2%+0.5%8
Taylor CountyTaylor County14.6%15.9%-1.3%8
Telfair CountyTelfair County11.4%11.3%+0.1%8
Terrell CountyTerrell County12.9%13.4%-0.5%8
Thomas CountyThomas County20.2%20.1%+0.1%8
Thomaston-Upson CountyUpson County16.2%15.9%+0.3%8
Thomasville CityThomas County18.0%17.9%+0.1%8
Tift CountyTift County11.2%11.4%-0.2%8
Toombs CountyToombs County18.4%17.9%+0.5%8
Towns CountyTowns County16.8%15.9%+0.9%8
Treutlen CountyTreutlen County16.7%18.1%-1.4%8
Trion CityChattooga County7.4%8.1%-0.7%8
Troup CountyTroup County12.2%12.2%0.0%8
Turner CountyTurner County16.4%14.9%+1.5%8
Twiggs CountyTwiggs County14.1%12.8%+1.3%8
Union CountyUnion County15.5%16.0%-0.5%8
Valdosta CityLowndes County15.9%15.4%+0.5%8
Vidalia CityToombs County14.7%13.8%+0.9%8
Walker CountyWalker County19.3%19.3%0.0%8
Walton CountyWalton County12.9%12.1%+0.8%8
Ware CountyWare County17.9%18.9%-1.0%8
Warren CountyWarren County18.9%19.8%-0.9%8
Washington CountyWashington County14.6%14.4%+0.2%8
Wayne CountyWayne County16.9%16.9%0.0%8
Webster CountyWebster County17.0%13.8%+3.2%8
Wheeler CountyWheeler County15.2%15.7%-0.5%8
White CountyWhite County16.8%16.4%+0.4%8
Whitfield CountyWhitfield County18.0%17.6%+0.4%8
Wilcox CountyWilcox County14.9%13.0%+1.9%8
Wilkes CountyWilkes County12.6%12.6%0.0%8
Wilkinson CountyWilkinson County12.6%14.4%-1.8%8
Worth CountyWorth County12.3%11.1%+1.2%8

Source: GOEWS downloadable data, Enrollment by Subgroup files. The scoping report names GaDOE's special education reports as the best source; the state's Enrollment by Subgroup files carry the same share of enrollment for every school, district and the state, and are used here.