District profile / Tennessee

Cleveland

Cleveland, Tennessee · Public school district · #37 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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5,890

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,408

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Tennessee median

#37

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Cleveland is a public school district based in Cleveland, Tennessee, serving 5,890 students in 9 schools. By enrollment it ranks #37 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 70% of them. Its schools average 654 students each, more than the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $10,408 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median.

How Cleveland compares

ClevelandTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,408

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

Instruction spending per student$6,713

Tennessee median $6,268 · 7% above · FY2020-21

Students per school654

Tennessee median 467 · 40% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$66.6 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 17%State 48%Local 34%

Measure	Cleveland	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,408	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,713	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$65.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$66.6 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
GermantownGermantown	6,053	7	$10,272	n/a	#34
Hawkins CountyRogersville	6,037	17	$10,636	n/a	#35
Anderson CountyClinton	6,018	19	$10,656	n/a	#36
ClevelandCleveland · this district	5,890	9	$10,408	n/a	#37
MaryvilleMaryville	5,717	8	$11,350	n/a	#38

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Butler Area School DistrictButler, PA	5,901	$15,125	13.8
Manhattan Beach UnifiedManhattan Beach, CA	5,895	$15,289	24.0
Ukiah UnifiedUkiah, CA	5,895	$14,850	20.4
Smyrna School DistrictSmyrna, DE	5,887	$13,797	16.3

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-cleveland