District profile / Tennessee

Blount County

Maryville, Tennessee · Public school district · #16 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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10,270

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,415

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Tennessee median

#16

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Blount County is a public school district based in Maryville, Tennessee, serving 10,270 students in 22 schools. By enrollment it ranks #16 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 88% of them. Its schools average 467 students each, about the same as the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $10,415 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median.

How Blount County compares

Blount CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,415

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

Instruction spending per student$6,528

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

Students per school467

Tennessee median 467 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$125.6 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 13%State 43%Local 44%

Measure	Blount County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,415	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,528	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$120.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$125.6 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
Robertson CountySpringfield	11,267	23	$8,637	n/a	#14
Hamblen CountyMorristown	10,300	18	$9,447	n/a	#15
Blount CountyMaryville · this district	10,270	22	$10,415	n/a	#16
Bradley CountyCleveland	10,202	18	$9,788	n/a	#17
Tipton CountyCovington	9,975	14	$8,976	n/a	#18

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Fayetteville School DistrictFayetteville, AR	10,291	$11,435	14.5
San Jacinto UnifiedSan Jacinto, CA	10,280	$15,212	21.4
Dubuque Community School DistrictDubuque, IA	10,262	$12,886	13.1
Fox C-6Arnold, MO	10,258	$10,225	13.1

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-blount-county