District profile / Tennessee

Henry County

Paris, Tennessee · Public school district · #79 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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2,924

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,792

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Tennessee median

#79

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Henry County is a public school district based in Paris, Tennessee, serving 2,924 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #79 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 36% of them. Its schools average 487 students each, about the same as the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $9,792 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median.

How Henry County compares

Henry CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,792

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

Instruction spending per student$6,163

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

Students per school487

Tennessee median 467 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$38.2 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 15%State 51%Local 34%

Measure	Henry County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,792	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,163	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$33.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$38.2 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
Grainger CountyRutledge	2,975	9	$10,071	n/a	#77
Obion CountyUnion City	2,959	7	$10,435	n/a	#78
Henry CountyParis · this district	2,924	6	$9,792	n/a	#79
Overton CountyLivingston	2,924	7	$8,971	n/a	#80
Fayette County Public SchoolsSomerville	2,908	7	$10,555	n/a	#81

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Monroe LocalMonroe, OH	2,925	$9,718	20.0
York Suburban School DistrictYork, PA	2,925	$16,343	12.9
Anson County SchoolsWadesboro, NC	2,924	$12,140	16.7
Lincoln County School District #2Afton, WY	2,924	$15,896	13.8

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-henry-county