District profile / Tennessee

Marion County

Jasper, Tennessee · Public school district · #61 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

Compare with peers

3,844

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,377

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 7% below the Tennessee median

#61

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Marion County is a public school district based in Jasper, Tennessee, serving 3,844 students in 12 schools. By enrollment it ranks #61 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 50% of them. Its schools average 320 students each, fewer than the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $9,377 per student on day-to-day operations, 7% less than the Tennessee median.

How Marion County compares

Marion CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,377

Tennessee median $10,059 · 7% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$5,635

Tennessee median $6,268 · 10% below · FY2020-21

Students per school320

Tennessee median 467 · 31% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$43.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 18%State 52%Local 30%

Measure	Marion County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,377	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,635	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$39.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$43.0 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.

In the news

0 stories matched

We haven't matched any stories to Marion 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
Henderson CountyLexington	3,900	10	$9,377	n/a	#58
Lincoln CountyFayetteville	3,899	8	$9,359	n/a	#59
Rhea CountyDayton	3,890	7	$10,414	n/a	#60
Marion CountyJasper · this district	3,844	12	$9,377	n/a	#61
Gibson Co Sp DistrictDyer	3,828	9	$8,662	n/a	#62

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Cuyahoga Falls City School DistrictCuyahoga Falls, OH	3,848	$12,815	14.9
Durant Public SchoolsDurant, OK	3,844	$9,889	15.8
Princeton Public School DistrictPrinceton, NJ	3,843	$27,418	11.3
Burke CountyWaynesboro, GA	3,841	$16,599	11.6

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-marion-county