District profile / Tennessee

Bledsoe County

Pikeville, Tennessee · Public school district · #108 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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1,570

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,510

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 14% above the Tennessee median

#108

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Bledsoe County is a public school district based in Pikeville, Tennessee, serving 1,570 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #108 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 12% of them. Its schools average 314 students each, fewer than the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $11,510 per student on day-to-day operations, 14% more than the Tennessee median.

How Bledsoe County compares

Bledsoe CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,510

Tennessee median $10,059 · 14% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,694

Tennessee median $6,268 · 7% above · FY2020-21

Students per school314

Tennessee median 467 · 33% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$21.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 20%State 63%Local 17%

Measure	Bledsoe County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,510	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,694	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$20.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$21.7 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
Union CityUnion City	1,647	3	$10,483	n/a	#106
ManchesterManchester	1,628	3	$11,677	n/a	#107
Bledsoe CountyPikeville · this district	1,570	5	$11,510	n/a	#108
ParisParis	1,538	3	$10,429	n/a	#109
SweetwaterSweetwater	1,532	4	$9,017	n/a	#110

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
West Sonoma County Union HighSebastopol, CA	1,570	$16,079	18.5
Mundelein ESD 75Mundelein, IL	1,570	$17,950	13.7
Cedar Grove Township School DistrictCedar Grove, NJ	1,570	$20,522	10.5
Bronxville Union Free School DistrictBronxville, NY	1,570	$29,112	11.2

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.

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