District profile / Tennessee

Lewis County

Hohenwald, Tennessee · Public school district · #65 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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3,731

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,946

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Tennessee median

#65

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Lewis County is a public school district based in Hohenwald, Tennessee, serving 3,731 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #65 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 47% of them. Its schools average 533 students each, more than the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $9,946 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median.

How Lewis County compares

Lewis CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,946

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

Instruction spending per student$6,032

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

Students per school533

Tennessee median 467 · 14% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$18.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 16%State 59%Local 25%

Measure	Lewis County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,946	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,032	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$17.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$18.9 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
Gibson Co Sp DistrictDyer	3,828	9	$8,662	n/a	#62
White CountySparta	3,736	8	$9,302	n/a	#63
McNairy CountySelmer	3,733	10	$9,917	n/a	#64
Lewis CountyHohenwald · this district	3,731	7	$9,946	n/a	#65
DeKalb CountySmithville	3,644	7	$9,021	n/a	#66

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Snake River DistrictBlackfoot, ID	3,730	$7,149	24.4
North Shore School District 112Highwood, IL	3,730	$22,992	11.3
North Platte Public SchoolsNorth Platte, NE	3,730	$11,696	15.5
ArtesiaArtesia, NM	3,729	$10,840	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-lewis-county