District profile / Tennessee

Decatur County

Decaturville, Tennessee · Public school district · #111 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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1,492

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,980

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Tennessee median

#111

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Decatur County is a public school district based in Decaturville, Tennessee, serving 1,492 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #111 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 9% of them. Its schools average 249 students each, fewer than the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $9,980 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median.

How Decatur County compares

Decatur CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,980

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

Instruction spending per student$6,107

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

Students per school249

Tennessee median 467 · 47% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$17.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 15%State 58%Local 27%

Measure	Decatur County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,980	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,107	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$16.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$17.7 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
Bledsoe CountyPikeville	1,570	5	$11,510	n/a	#108
ParisParis	1,538	3	$10,429	n/a	#109
SweetwaterSweetwater	1,532	4	$9,017	n/a	#110
Decatur CountyDecaturville · this district	1,492	6	$9,980	n/a	#111
Trousdale CountyHartsville	1,411	3	$9,476	n/a	#112

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Keansburg School DistrictKeansburg, NJ	1,492	$28,290	11.1
Susquehanna Valley Central School DistrictConklin, NY	1,492	$24,453	13.7
Dillon 03Latta, SC	1,492	$10,243	16.4
Nelson County Public SchoolsLovingston, VA	1,492	$15,910	11.7

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-decatur-county