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Lenoir City

Lenoir City, Tennessee · Public school district · #86 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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2,638

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,244

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 8% below the Tennessee median

#86

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Lenoir City is a public school district based in Lenoir City, Tennessee, serving 2,638 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #86 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 30% of them. Its schools average 660 students each, more than the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $9,244 per student on day-to-day operations, 8% less than the Tennessee median.

How Lenoir City compares

Lenoir CityTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,244

Tennessee median $10,059 · 8% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$5,602

Tennessee median $6,268 · 11% below · FY2020-21

Students per school660

Tennessee median 467 · 41% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$31.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 15%State 40%Local 45%

Measure	Lenoir City	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,244	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,602	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$26.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$31.4 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
ElizabethtonElizabethton	2,678	5	$10,631	n/a	#84
Humphreys CountyWaverly	2,641	6	$9,443	n/a	#85
Lenoir CityLenoir City · this district	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
East Moline School District 37East Moline, IL	2,641	$18,059	13.6
Washington Community SchoolsWashington, IN	2,639	$8,723	15.1
Wawasee Community School CorporationSyracuse, IN	2,638	$9,951	15.0
Carthage ISDCarthage, TX	2,637	$11,661	14.6

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-lenoir-city