District profile / Tennessee

Bristol

Bristol, Tennessee · Public school district · #55 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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4,044

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,287

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 12% above the Tennessee median

#55

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Bristol is a public school district based in Bristol, Tennessee, serving 4,044 students in 9 schools. By enrollment it ranks #55 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 55% of them. Its schools average 449 students each, about the same as the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $11,287 per student on day-to-day operations, 12% more than the Tennessee median.

How Bristol compares

BristolTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,287

Tennessee median $10,059 · 12% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,579

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

Students per school449

Tennessee median 467 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$50.2 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 13%State 37%Local 51%

Measure	Bristol	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,287	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,579	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$46.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$50.2 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
BristolBristol · this district	4,044	9	$11,287	n/a	#55
Weakley CountyDresden	3,993	11	$10,059	n/a	#56
Claiborne CountyTazewell	3,967	14	$10,325	n/a	#57
Henderson CountyLexington	3,900	10	$9,377	n/a	#58
Lincoln CountyFayetteville	3,899	8	$9,359	n/a	#59

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Fort Lee School DistrictFort Lee, NJ	4,044	$18,804	12.0
Kaukauna Area School DistrictKaukauna, WI	4,044	$12,165	15.0
Sierra Vista Unified District (4175)Sierra Vista, AZ	4,043	$8,441	19.3
Hastings Public School DistrictHastings, MN	4,041	$12,980	16.6

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-bristol