District profile / Tennessee

Gibson Co Sp District

Dyer, Tennessee · Public school district · #62 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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3,828

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$8,662

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 14% below the Tennessee median

#62

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Gibson Co Sp District is a public school district based in Dyer, Tennessee, serving 3,828 students in 9 schools. By enrollment it ranks #62 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 50% of them. Its schools average 425 students each, about the same as the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $8,662 per student on day-to-day operations, 14% less than the Tennessee median.

How Gibson Co Sp compares

Gibson Co SpTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$8,662

Tennessee median $10,059 · 14% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$5,478

Tennessee median $6,268 · 13% below · FY2020-21

Students per school425

Tennessee median 467 · 9% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$43.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 11%State 57%Local 32%

Measure	Gibson Co Sp	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$8,662	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,478	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$46.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$43.1 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
Henderson CountyLexington	3,900	10	$9,377	n/a	#58
Lincoln CountyFayetteville	3,899	8	$9,359	n/a	#59
Rhea CountyDayton	3,890	7	$10,414	n/a	#60
Marion CountyJasper	3,844	12	$9,377	n/a	#61
Gibson Co Sp DistrictDyer · this district	3,828	9	$8,662	n/a	#62

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
SalemSalem, MA	3,831	$23,107	11.6
Texarkana School DistrictTexarkana, AR	3,830	$12,228	11.6
DuPage HSD 88Addison, IL	3,830	$23,068	16.6
Rochester School DistrictRochester, NH	3,828	$17,591	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.

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