District profile / Tennessee

Fayette County Public Schools

Somerville, Tennessee · Public school district · #81 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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2,908

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,555

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Tennessee median

#81

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Fayette County Public Schools is a public school district based in Somerville, Tennessee, serving 2,908 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #81 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 34% of them. Its schools average 415 students each, fewer than the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $10,555 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median.

How Fayette County compares

Fayette CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,555

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

Instruction spending per student$5,685

Tennessee median $6,268 · 9% below · FY2020-21

Students per school415

Tennessee median 467 · 11% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$38.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 19%State 48%Local 32%

Measure	Fayette County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,555	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,685	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$39.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$38.8 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
Grainger CountyRutledge	2,975	9	$10,071	n/a	#77
Obion CountyUnion City	2,959	7	$10,435	n/a	#78
Henry CountyParis	2,924	6	$9,792	n/a	#79
Overton CountyLivingston	2,924	7	$8,971	n/a	#80
Fayette County Public SchoolsSomerville · this district	2,908	7	$10,555	n/a	#81

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
AshlandAshland, MA	2,909	$17,174	12.9
Elmwood Park CUSD 401Elmwood Park, IL	2,908	$16,586	13.6
Delran Township School DistrictDelran, NJ	2,907	$18,507	11.0
Pewaukee School DistrictPewaukee, WI	2,907	$12,310	15.4

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-fayette-county-public-schools