District profile / Tennessee

Meigs County

Decatur, Tennessee · Public school district · #103 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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1,797

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,587

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Tennessee median

#103

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Meigs County is a public school district based in Decatur, Tennessee, serving 1,797 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #103 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 16% of them. Its schools average 449 students each, about the same as the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $9,587 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median.

How Meigs County compares

Meigs CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,587

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

Instruction spending per student$6,369

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

Students per school449

Tennessee median 467 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$19.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 20%State 62%Local 19%

Measure	Meigs County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,587	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,369	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$17.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$19.4 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
Sequatchie CountyDunlap	1,924	3	$9,748	n/a	#101
Cannon CountyWoodbury	1,813	5	$9,347	n/a	#102
Meigs CountyDecatur · this district	1,797	4	$9,587	n/a	#103
AthensAthens	1,748	3	$10,297	n/a	#104
Grundy CountyAltamont	1,711	5	$9,845	n/a	#105

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Berryville School DistrictBerryville, AR	1,797	$11,703	10.5
South Jefferson Central School DistrictAdams Center, NY	1,797	$17,037	12.3
Cambridge CityCambridge, OH	1,797	$12,499	15.0
Webster City Community School DistrictWebster City, IA	1,796	$12,074	15.5

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-meigs-county