District profile / Tennessee

Athens

Athens, Tennessee · Public school district · #104 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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1,748

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,297

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Tennessee median

#104

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Athens is a public school district based in Athens, Tennessee, serving 1,748 students in 3 schools. By enrollment it ranks #104 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 15% of them. Its schools average 583 students each, more than the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $10,297 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median.

How Athens compares

AthensTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,297

Tennessee median $10,059 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,310

Tennessee median $6,268 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school583

Tennessee median 467 · 25% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$21.2 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 20%State 47%Local 34%

Measure	Athens	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,297	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,310	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$19.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$21.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Tennessee median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Tennessee

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Cannon CountyWoodbury	1,813	5	$9,347	n/a	#102
Meigs CountyDecatur	1,797	4	$9,587	n/a	#103
AthensAthens · this district	1,748	3	$10,297	n/a	#104
Grundy CountyAltamont	1,711	5	$9,845	n/a	#105
Union CityUnion City	1,647	3	$10,483	n/a	#106

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Pacific Grove UnifiedPacific Grove, CA	1,749	$19,996	17.0
Denville Township K-8 School DistrictDenville, NJ	1,748	$22,058	10.7
Woodbury City Public School DistrictWoodbury, NJ	1,748	$18,761	11.7
Bryan CityBryan, OH	1,748	$12,895	15.3

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-tn-athens