District profile / Tennessee

Johnson City

Johnson City, Tennessee · Public school district · #25 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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7,818

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,327

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 13% above the Tennessee median

#25

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Johnson City is a public school district based in Johnson City, Tennessee, serving 7,818 students in 12 schools. By enrollment it ranks #25 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 80% of them. Its schools average 652 students each, more than the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $11,327 per student on day-to-day operations, 13% more than the Tennessee median.

How Johnson City compares

Johnson CityTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,327

Tennessee median $10,059 · 13% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,454

Tennessee median $6,268 · 19% above · FY2020-21

Students per school652

Tennessee median 467 · 40% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$103.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 12%State 35%Local 53%

Measure	Johnson City	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,327	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,454	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$92.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$103.0 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
Washington CountyJonesborough	7,969	15	$9,379	n/a	#23
Sullivan CountyBlountville	7,878	17	$10,344	n/a	#24
Johnson CityJohnson City · this district	7,818	12	$11,327	n/a	#25
Dickson CountyDickson	7,777	17	$9,391	n/a	#26
KingsportKingsport	7,658	12	$11,223	n/a	#27

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Grand Forks 1Grand Forks, ND	7,822	$14,333	10.7
Union School CorporationModoc, IN	7,821	$4,361	23.4
Pocono Mountain School DistrictSwiftwater, PA	7,818	$20,489	11.5
PawtucketPawtucket, RI	7,816	$15,090	13.5

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-johnson-city