District profile / Tennessee

Bradley County

Cleveland, Tennessee · Public school district · #17 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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10,202

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,788

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Tennessee median

#17

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Bradley County is a public school district based in Cleveland, Tennessee, serving 10,202 students in 18 schools. By enrollment it ranks #17 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 87% of them. Its schools average 567 students each, more than the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $9,788 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median.

How Bradley County compares

Bradley CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,788

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

Instruction spending per student$6,326

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

Students per school567

Tennessee median 467 · 21% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$105.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 16%State 52%Local 33%

Measure	Bradley County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,788	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,326	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$102.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$105.8 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
Hamblen CountyMorristown	10,300	18	$9,447	n/a	#15
Blount CountyMaryville	10,270	22	$10,415	n/a	#16
Bradley CountyCleveland · this district	10,202	18	$9,788	n/a	#17
Tipton CountyCovington	9,975	14	$8,976	n/a	#18
MurfreesboroMurfreesboro	9,342	13	$11,077	n/a	#19

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Perth Amboy Public School DistrictPerth Amboy, NJ	10,220	$22,460	13.3
Conway School DistrictConway, AR	10,212	$10,432	16.0
Palo Alto UnifiedPalo Alto, CA	10,209	$24,917	17.1
Plainfield Public School DistrictPlainfield, NJ	10,195	$17,472	13.6

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-bradley-county