District profile / Tennessee

Fentress County

Jamestown, Tennessee · Public school district · #93 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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2,229

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,050

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Tennessee median

#93

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Fentress County is a public school district based in Jamestown, Tennessee, serving 2,229 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #93 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 24% of them. Its schools average 372 students each, fewer than the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $10,050 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median.

How Fentress County compares

Fentress CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,050

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

Instruction spending per student$6,399

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

Students per school372

Tennessee median 467 · 20% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$25.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 23%State 59%Local 18%

Measure	Fentress County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,050	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,399	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$23.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$25.1 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
AlcoaAlcoa	2,270	4	$11,487	n/a	#92
Fentress CountyJamestown · this district	2,229	6	$10,050	n/a	#93
Polk CountyBenton	2,160	7	$10,125	n/a	#94
Benton CountyCamden	2,150	8	$11,262	n/a	#95
Wayne CountyWaynesboro	2,079	9	$10,398	n/a	#96

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Oroville Union HighOroville, CA	2,230	$13,990	18.7
Batavia City School DistrictBatavia, NY	2,230	$20,462	10.4
Springfield Public School DistrictSpringfield, NJ	2,229	$19,094	13.2
Bellefontaine CityBellefontaine, OH	2,229	$11,858	17.3

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.

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