District profile / Tennessee

Maury County

Columbia, Tennessee · Public school district · #11 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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13,098

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,447

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 6% below the Tennessee median

#11

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Maury County is a public school district based in Columbia, Tennessee, serving 13,098 students in 24 schools. By enrollment it ranks #11 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 92% of them. Its schools average 546 students each, more than the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $9,447 per student on day-to-day operations, 6% less than the Tennessee median.

How Maury County compares

Maury CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,447

Tennessee median $10,059 · 6% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$5,706

Tennessee median $6,268 · 9% below · FY2020-21

Students per school546

Tennessee median 467 · 17% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$132.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 12%State 47%Local 40%

Measure	Maury County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,447	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,706	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$130.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$132.7 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
Sevier CountyKodak	14,408	33	$11,196	n/a	#10
Maury CountyColumbia · this district	13,098	24	$9,447	n/a	#11
Madison CountyJackson	13,017	26	$9,946	n/a	#12
Putnam CountyCookeville	11,776	22	$9,654	n/a	#13
Robertson CountySpringfield	11,267	23	$8,637	n/a	#14

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Littleton School District No. 6Littleton, CO	13,109	$12,614	17.1
York County Public SchoolsYorktown, VA	13,105	$12,173	15.2
Moore County SchoolsCarthage, NC	13,085	$9,898	18.0
Livonia Public Schools School DistrictLivonia, MI	13,076	$13,848	15.6

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-maury-county