District profile / Tennessee

Manchester

Manchester, Tennessee · Public school district · #107 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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1,628

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,677

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 16% above the Tennessee median

#107

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Manchester is a public school district based in Manchester, Tennessee, serving 1,628 students in 3 schools. By enrollment it ranks #107 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 12% of them. Its schools average 543 students each, more than the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $11,677 per student on day-to-day operations, 16% more than the Tennessee median.

How Manchester compares

ManchesterTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,677

Tennessee median $10,059 · 16% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,441

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

Students per school543

Tennessee median 467 · 16% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$20.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 17%State 46%Local 37%

Measure	Manchester	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,677	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,441	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$20.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$20.4 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
Grundy CountyAltamont	1,711	5	$9,845	n/a	#105
Union CityUnion City	1,647	3	$10,483	n/a	#106
ManchesterManchester · this district	1,628	3	$11,677	n/a	#107
Bledsoe CountyPikeville	1,570	5	$11,510	n/a	#108
ParisParis	1,538	3	$10,429	n/a	#109

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Blue Ridge Unified School District No. 32 (4397)Lakeside, AZ	1,628	$10,127	17.7
Garfield DistrictPanguitch, UT	1,628	$12,383	23.6
Evansville Community School DistrictEvansville, WI	1,628	$13,521	14.5
Northern Humboldt Union HighMcKinleyville, CA	1,627	$14,551	17.9

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-manchester