District profile / Tennessee

Clay County

Celina, Tennessee · Public school district · #121 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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1,054

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,374

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Tennessee median

#121

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Clay County is a public school district based in Celina, Tennessee, serving 1,054 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #121 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 1% of them. Its schools average 264 students each, fewer than the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $10,374 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median.

How Clay County compares

Clay CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,374

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

Instruction spending per student$6,156

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

Students per school264

Tennessee median 467 · 43% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$13.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 17%State 61%Local 22%

Measure	Clay County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,374	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,156	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$12.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$13.8 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
Houston CountyErin	1,265	6	$10,218	n/a	#118
Perry CountyLinden	1,100	5	$11,516	n/a	#119
FayettevilleFayetteville	1,080	3	$10,962	n/a	#120
Clay CountyCelina · this district	1,054	4	$10,374	n/a	#121
Humboldt City SchoolsHumboldt	1,044	3	$11,608	n/a	#122

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Auburn CUSD 10Auburn, IL	1,055	$12,106	12.7
Cannon Falls Public School DistrictCannon Falls, MN	1,055	$11,750	14.1
Alva Public SchoolsAlva, OK	1,054	$12,833	13.5
Chandler Public SchoolsChandler, OK	1,054	$9,299	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.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-tn-clay-county