District profile / Tennessee

Coffee County

Manchester, Tennessee · Public school district · #52 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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4,313

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,170

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Tennessee median

#52

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Coffee County is a public school district based in Manchester, Tennessee, serving 4,313 students in 11 schools. By enrollment it ranks #52 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 58% of them. Its schools average 392 students each, fewer than the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $10,170 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median.

How Coffee County compares

Coffee CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,170

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

Instruction spending per student$6,145

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

Students per school392

Tennessee median 467 · 16% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$54.6 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 13%State 46%Local 41%

Measure	Coffee County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,170	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,145	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$48.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$54.6 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
Carter CountyElizabethton	4,450	14	$10,479	n/a	#50
ArlingtonArlington	4,403	4	$9,600	n/a	#51
Coffee CountyManchester · this district	4,313	11	$10,170	n/a	#52
Macon CountyLafayette	4,216	8	$9,112	n/a	#53
Cocke CountyNewport	4,202	12	$10,150	n/a	#54

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Charter Oak UnifiedCovina, CA	4,314	$12,861	22.2
Webster GrovesWebster Groves, MO	4,312	$12,677	13.6
Rahway Public School DistrictRahway, NJ	4,311	$18,853	13.2
Jackson Public SchoolsJackson, MI	4,310	$12,367	16.6

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.

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