District profile / Tennessee

Humphreys County

Waverly, Tennessee · Public school district · #85 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

Compare with peers

2,641

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,443

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 6% below the Tennessee median

#85

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Humphreys County is a public school district based in Waverly, Tennessee, serving 2,641 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #85 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 31% of them. Its schools average 440 students each, about the same as the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $9,443 per student on day-to-day operations, 6% less than the Tennessee median.

How Humphreys County compares

Humphreys CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,443

Tennessee median $10,059 · 6% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$5,839

Tennessee median $6,268 · 7% below · FY2020-21

Students per school440

Tennessee median 467 · 6% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$30.2 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 15%State 55%Local 30%

Measure	Humphreys County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,443	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,839	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$28.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$30.2 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.

In the news

0 stories matched

We haven't matched any stories to Humphreys County yet. Recent Tennessee coverage is on the Tennessee page.

Peer districts in Tennessee

Compare side by side →

District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
ElizabethtonElizabethton	2,678	5	$10,631	n/a	#84
Humphreys CountyWaverly · this district	2,641	6	$9,443	n/a	#85
Lenoir CityLenoir City	2,638	4	$9,244	n/a	#86
Millington Municipal SchoolsMillington	2,587	3	$10,899	n/a	#87
DyersburgDyersburg	2,585	4	$11,234	n/a	#88

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Lyndhurst Public School DistrictLyndhurst, NJ	2,644	$18,980	13.8
Goochland County Public SchoolsGoochland, VA	2,643	$13,382	13.3
East Moline School District 37East Moline, IL	2,641	$18,059	13.6
Washington Community SchoolsWashington, IN	2,639	$8,723	15.1

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-humphreys-county