District profile / Tennessee

Houston County

Erin, Tennessee · Public school district · #118 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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1,265

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,218

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Tennessee median

#118

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Houston County is a public school district based in Erin, Tennessee, serving 1,265 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #118 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 3% of them. Its schools average 211 students each, fewer than the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $10,218 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median.

How Houston County compares

Houston CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,218

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

Instruction spending per student$6,236

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

Students per school211

Tennessee median 467 · 55% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$14.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 18%State 67%Local 15%

Measure	Houston County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,218	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,236	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$13.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$14.8 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
Jackson CountyGainesboro	1,389	4	$10,270	n/a	#114
TrentonTrenton	1,372	4	$10,121	n/a	#115
Huntingdon Special School DistrictHuntingdon	1,364	4	$9,541	n/a	#116
McKenzieMcKenzie	1,296	3	$9,212	n/a	#117
Houston CountyErin · this district	1,265	6	$10,218	n/a	#118

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Stafford School DistrictStafford Springs, CT	1,266	$24,588	10.0
Pleasant LocalMarion, OH	1,265	$10,135	17.6
Howe ISDHowe, TX	1,265	$11,065	12.4
Palacios ISDPalacios, TX	1,265	$13,135	12.5

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-houston-county