District profile / Tennessee

Paris

Paris, Tennessee · Public school district · #109 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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1,538

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,429

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Tennessee median

#109

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Paris is a public school district based in Paris, Tennessee, serving 1,538 students in 3 schools. By enrollment it ranks #109 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 11% of them. Its schools average 513 students each, about the same as the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $10,429 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median.

How Paris compares

ParisTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,429

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

Instruction spending per student$6,380

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

Students per school513

Tennessee median 467 · 10% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$20.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 21%State 46%Local 33%

Measure	Paris	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,429	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,380	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$18.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$20.1 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
ManchesterManchester	1,628	3	$11,677	n/a	#107
Bledsoe CountyPikeville	1,570	5	$11,510	n/a	#108
ParisParis · this district	1,538	3	$10,429	n/a	#109
SweetwaterSweetwater	1,532	4	$9,017	n/a	#110
Decatur CountyDecaturville	1,492	6	$9,980	n/a	#111

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Forest Ridge School District 142Oak Forest, IL	1,539	$13,496	14.8
York Public SchoolsYork, ME	1,539	$21,486	9.5
Leslie CountyHyden, KY	1,538	$11,803	14.8
Cleveland Public SchoolsCleveland, OK	1,538	$9,361	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.

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