District profile / Tennessee

Cannon County

Woodbury, Tennessee · Public school district · #102 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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1,813

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,347

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 7% below the Tennessee median

#102

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Cannon County is a public school district based in Woodbury, Tennessee, serving 1,813 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #102 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 17% of them. Its schools average 363 students each, fewer than the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $9,347 per student on day-to-day operations, 7% less than the Tennessee median.

How Cannon County compares

Cannon CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,347

Tennessee median $10,059 · 7% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$5,765

Tennessee median $6,268 · 8% below · FY2020-21

Students per school363

Tennessee median 467 · 22% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$22.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 13%State 63%Local 24%

Measure	Cannon County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,347	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,765	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$20.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$22.7 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
Sequatchie CountyDunlap	1,924	3	$9,748	n/a	#101
Cannon CountyWoodbury · this district	1,813	5	$9,347	n/a	#102
Meigs CountyDecatur	1,797	4	$9,587	n/a	#103
AthensAthens	1,748	3	$10,297	n/a	#104
Grundy CountyAltamont	1,711	5	$9,845	n/a	#105

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
El DoradoEl Dorado, KS	1,815	$12,372	13.8
Hononegah CHD 207Rockton, IL	1,814	$17,899	16.5
West Salem School DistrictWest Salem, WI	1,814	$12,414	13.3
MSD Bluffton-HarrisonBluffton, IN	1,813	$9,422	13.9

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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