District profile / Tennessee

Montgomery County

Clarksville, Tennessee · Public school district · #7 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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39,385

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,647

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Tennessee median

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Montgomery County is a public school district based in Clarksville, Tennessee, serving 39,385 students in 44 schools. By enrollment it ranks #7 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 95% of them. Its schools average 895 students each, more than the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $9,647 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median.

How Montgomery County compares

Montgomery CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,647

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

Instruction spending per student$5,830

Tennessee median $6,268 · 7% below · FY2020-21

Students per school895

Tennessee median 467 · 92% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$387.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 13%State 53%Local 34%

Measure	Montgomery County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,647	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,830	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$381.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$387.1 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
Rutherford CountyMurfreesboro	52,127	55	$9,674	n/a	#4
Hamilton CountyChattanooga	45,981	82	$11,137	n/a	#5
Williamson CountyFranklin	41,593	52	$10,483	n/a	#6
Montgomery CountyClarksville · this district	39,385	44	$9,647	n/a	#7
Sumner CountyGallatin	30,719	53	$10,056	n/a	#8

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
San Juan UnifiedCarmichael, CA	39,446	$12,961	22.6
Berkeley 01Moncks Corner, SC	39,423	$10,624	16.1
East Baton Rouge ParishBaton Rouge, LA	39,320	$14,277	13.4
Clay CountyGreen Cove Springs, FL	39,122	$9,098	15.0

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-montgomery-county