District profile / Tennessee

Grundy County

Altamont, Tennessee · Public school district · #105 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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1,711

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,845

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Tennessee median

#105

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Grundy County is a public school district based in Altamont, Tennessee, serving 1,711 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #105 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 14% of them. Its schools average 342 students each, fewer than the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $9,845 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median.

How Grundy County compares

Grundy CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,845

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

Instruction spending per student$5,711

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

Students per school342

Tennessee median 467 · 27% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$21.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 19%State 66%Local 15%

Measure	Grundy County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,845	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,711	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$19.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$21.0 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
Meigs CountyDecatur	1,797	4	$9,587	n/a	#103
AthensAthens	1,748	3	$10,297	n/a	#104
Grundy CountyAltamont · this district	1,711	5	$9,845	n/a	#105
Union CityUnion City	1,647	3	$10,483	n/a	#106
ManchesterManchester	1,628	3	$11,677	n/a	#107

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Prairie Central CUSD 8Fairbury, IL	1,712	$16,196	12.2
Pekin CSD 303Pekin, IL	1,712	$14,981	15.6
WebsterWebster, MA	1,712	$18,504	12.1
Eustace ISDEustace, TX	1,711	$11,998	13.5

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-grundy-county