District profile / Tennessee

Cocke County

Newport, Tennessee · Public school district · #54 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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4,202

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,150

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Tennessee median

#54

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Cocke County is a public school district based in Newport, Tennessee, serving 4,202 students in 12 schools. By enrollment it ranks #54 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 56% of them. Its schools average 350 students each, fewer than the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $10,150 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median.

How Cocke County compares

Cocke CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,150

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

Instruction spending per student$6,058

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

Students per school350

Tennessee median 467 · 25% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$53.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 24%State 52%Local 24%

Measure	Cocke County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,150	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,058	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$49.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$53.9 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
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
Cocke CountyNewport · this district	4,202	12	$10,150	n/a	#54
BristolBristol	4,044	9	$11,287	n/a	#55

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Sheridan School DistrictSheridan, AR	4,208	$9,395	13.3
Mercedes ISDMercedes, TX	4,207	$12,263	14.1
Shasta Union HighRedding, CA	4,200	$12,951	20.8
Urbana School District 116Urbana, IL	4,197	$21,282	12.1

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-cocke-county