District profile / Tennessee

Carter County

Elizabethton, Tennessee · Public school district · #50 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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4,450

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,479

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Tennessee median

#50

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Carter County is a public school district based in Elizabethton, Tennessee, serving 4,450 students in 14 schools. By enrollment it ranks #50 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 60% of them. Its schools average 318 students each, fewer than the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $10,479 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median.

How Carter County compares

Carter CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,479

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

Instruction spending per student$6,750

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

Students per school318

Tennessee median 467 · 32% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$58.3 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 21%State 56%Local 24%

Measure	Carter County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,479	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,750	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$54.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$58.3 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
LebanonLebanon	4,628	7	$9,938	n/a	#49
Carter CountyElizabethton · this district	4,450	14	$10,479	n/a	#50
ArlingtonArlington	4,403	4	$9,600	n/a	#51
Coffee CountyManchester	4,313	11	$10,170	n/a	#52
Macon CountyLafayette	4,216	8	$9,112	n/a	#53

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Manitowoc School DistrictManitowoc, WI	4,452	$13,129	12.0
Garnet Valley School DistrictGlen Mills, PA	4,449	$20,428	11.6
BelmontBelmont, MA	4,448	$17,338	14.4
Baldwin Union Free School DistrictBaldwin, NY	4,448	$26,468	11.8

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-carter-county