District profile / Tennessee

Hardin County

Savannah, Tennessee · Public school district · #70 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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3,294

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,762

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Tennessee median

#70

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Hardin County is a public school district based in Savannah, Tennessee, serving 3,294 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #70 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 43% of them. Its schools average 471 students each, about the same as the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $9,762 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median.

How Hardin County compares

Hardin CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,762

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

Instruction spending per student$5,656

Tennessee median $6,268 · 10% below · FY2020-21

Students per school471

Tennessee median 467 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$43.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 19%State 43%Local 38%

Measure	Hardin County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,762	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,656	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$40.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$43.5 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
Hardin CountySavannah · this district	3,294	7	$9,762	n/a	#70
Lauderdale CountyRipley	3,277	7	$10,709	n/a	#71
Franklin SSDFranklin	3,161	8	$17,061	n/a	#72
Hardeman County SchoolsBolivar	3,157	9	$10,444	n/a	#73
Smith CountyCarthage	3,056	9	$9,266	n/a	#74

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
RSU 06/msad 06Buxton, ME	3,297	$15,864	12.1
DartmouthDartmouth, MA	3,297	$17,133	12.3
BarringtonBarrington, RI	3,294	$16,330	13.2
Johnson CountyPaintsville, KY	3,292	$11,783	13.2

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-hardin-county