District profile / Tennessee

Grainger County

Rutledge, Tennessee · Public school district · #77 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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2,975

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,071

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Tennessee median

#77

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Grainger County is a public school district based in Rutledge, Tennessee, serving 2,975 students in 9 schools. By enrollment it ranks #77 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 37% of them. Its schools average 331 students each, fewer than the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $10,071 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median.

How Grainger County compares

Grainger CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,071

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

Instruction spending per student$6,647

Tennessee median $6,268 · 6% above · FY2020-21

Students per school331

Tennessee median 467 · 29% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$36.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 20%State 64%Local 16%

Measure	Grainger County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,071	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,647	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$34.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$36.8 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
Hickman CountyCenterville	3,001	9	$10,557	n/a	#75
GreenevilleGreeneville	2,977	8	$11,720	n/a	#76
Grainger CountyRutledge · this district	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

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Wayne County School DistrictWaynesboro, MS	2,977	$10,524	14.4
Flathead H SKalispell, MT	2,976	$10,914	15.5
Bethpage Union Free School DistrictBethpage, NY	2,976	$29,804	11.3
Valley View School DistrictJonesboro, AR	2,975	$9,128	14.2

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-grainger-county