District profile / Tennessee

Haywood County

Brownsville, Tennessee · Public school district · #91 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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2,422

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,130

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 11% above the Tennessee median

#91

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Haywood County is a public school district based in Brownsville, Tennessee, serving 2,422 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #91 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 26% of them. Its schools average 346 students each, fewer than the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $11,130 per student on day-to-day operations, 11% more than the Tennessee median.

How Haywood County compares

Haywood CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,130

Tennessee median $10,059 · 11% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,407

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

Students per school346

Tennessee median 467 · 26% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$33.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 22%State 55%Local 23%

Measure	Haywood County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,130	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,407	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$33.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$33.5 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
DyersburgDyersburg	2,585	4	$11,234	n/a	#88
LakelandLakeland	2,538	2	$9,431	n/a	#89
Scott CountyHuntsville	2,423	7	$10,191	n/a	#90
Haywood CountyBrownsville · this district	2,422	7	$11,130	n/a	#91
AlcoaAlcoa	2,270	4	$11,487	n/a	#92

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Little Falls Community SchoolsLittle Falls, MN	2,424	$13,244	13.5
Gloucester City Public School DistrictGloucester City, NJ	2,423	$20,781	13.1
Geneseo CUSD 228Geneseo, IL	2,422	$12,291	14.2
Appomattox County Public SchoolsAppomattox, VA	2,421	$11,159	13.4

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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