District profile / Tennessee

Putnam County

Cookeville, Tennessee · Public school district · #13 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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11,776

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,654

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Tennessee median

#13

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Putnam County is a public school district based in Cookeville, Tennessee, serving 11,776 students in 22 schools. By enrollment it ranks #13 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 90% of them. Its schools average 535 students each, more than the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $9,654 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median.

How Putnam County compares

Putnam CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,654

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

Instruction spending per student$5,824

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

Students per school535

Tennessee median 467 · 15% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$121.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 17%State 50%Local 33%

Measure	Putnam County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,654	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,824	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$121.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$121.7 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
Maury CountyColumbia	13,098	24	$9,447	n/a	#11
Madison CountyJackson	13,017	26	$9,946	n/a	#12
Putnam CountyCookeville · this district	11,776	22	$9,654	n/a	#13
Robertson CountySpringfield	11,267	23	$8,637	n/a	#14
Hamblen CountyMorristown	10,300	18	$9,447	n/a	#15

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Spartanburg 02Chesnee, SC	11,806	$10,370	15.9
Frenship ISDWolfforth, TX	11,770	$9,463	15.5
Elmore CountyWetumpka, AL	11,741	$9,371	18.3
GadsdenAnthony, NM	11,739	$12,536	13.5

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-putnam-county