District profile / Tennessee

Hickman County

Centerville, Tennessee · Public school district · #75 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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3,001

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,557

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Tennessee median

#75

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Hickman County is a public school district based in Centerville, Tennessee, serving 3,001 students in 9 schools. By enrollment it ranks #75 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 39% of them. Its schools average 333 students each, fewer than the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $10,557 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median.

How Hickman County compares

Hickman CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,557

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

Instruction spending per student$6,431

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

Students per school333

Tennessee median 467 · 29% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$37.6 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 17%State 64%Local 19%

Measure	Hickman County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,557	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,431	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$36.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$37.6 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
Smith CountyCarthage	3,056	9	$9,266	n/a	#74
Hickman CountyCenterville · this district	3,001	9	$10,557	n/a	#75
GreenevilleGreeneville	2,977	8	$11,720	n/a	#76
Grainger CountyRutledge	2,975	9	$10,071	n/a	#77
Obion CountyUnion City	2,959	7	$10,435	n/a	#78

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Storm Lake Community School DistrictStorm Lake, IA	3,003	$11,206	16.1
Crawford Central School DistrictMeadville, PA	3,003	$15,991	12.9
Beaver Dam Unified School DistrictBeaver Dam, WI	3,000	$12,788	13.5
Great BendGreat Bend, KS	2,999	$14,481	12.7

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-hickman-county