District profile / Tennessee

Obion County

Union City, Tennessee · Public school district · #78 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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2,959

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,435

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Tennessee median

#78

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Obion County is a public school district based in Union City, Tennessee, serving 2,959 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #78 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 36% of them. Its schools average 423 students each, about the same as the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $10,435 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median.

How Obion County compares

Obion CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,435

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

Instruction spending per student$6,260

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

Students per school423

Tennessee median 467 · 9% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$36.3 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 14%State 57%Local 29%

Measure	Obion County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,435	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,260	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$35.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$36.3 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
GreenevilleGreeneville	2,977	8	$11,720	n/a	#76
Grainger CountyRutledge	2,975	9	$10,071	n/a	#77
Obion CountyUnion City · this district	2,959	7	$10,435	n/a	#78
Henry CountyParis	2,924	6	$9,792	n/a	#79
Overton CountyLivingston	2,924	7	$8,971	n/a	#80

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Plainedge Union Free School DistrictN Massapequa, NY	2,961	$30,005	12.3
Northeastern LocalSpringfield, OH	2,961	$11,486	18.4
Riverbank UnifiedRiverbank, CA	2,960	$14,276	21.1
Great Falls H SGreat Falls, MT	2,960	$10,546	15.7

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-obion-county