District profile / Tennessee

Claiborne County

Tazewell, Tennessee · Public school district · #57 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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3,967

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,325

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Tennessee median

#57

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Claiborne County is a public school district based in Tazewell, Tennessee, serving 3,967 students in 14 schools. By enrollment it ranks #57 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 54% of them. Its schools average 283 students each, fewer than the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $10,325 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median.

How Claiborne County compares

Claiborne CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,325

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

Instruction spending per student$6,283

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

Students per school283

Tennessee median 467 · 39% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$51.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 20%State 52%Local 28%

Measure	Claiborne County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,325	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,283	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$46.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$51.8 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
BristolBristol	4,044	9	$11,287	n/a	#55
Weakley CountyDresden	3,993	11	$10,059	n/a	#56
Claiborne CountyTazewell · this district	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
Pickens CountyJasper, GA	3,970	$13,244	13.8
National ElementaryNational City, CA	3,967	$15,490	23.6
Watertown City School DistrictWatertown, NY	3,964	$17,580	12.8
Hereford ISDHereford, TX	3,964	$10,492	15.1

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-claiborne-county