District profile / Tennessee

Rhea County

Dayton, Tennessee · Public school district · #60 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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3,890

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,414

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Tennessee median

#60

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Rhea County is a public school district based in Dayton, Tennessee, serving 3,890 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #60 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 51% of them. Its schools average 556 students each, more than the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $10,414 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median.

How Rhea County compares

Rhea CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,414

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

Instruction spending per student$6,295

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

Students per school556

Tennessee median 467 · 19% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$46.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 17%State 57%Local 26%

Measure	Rhea County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,414	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,295	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$47.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$46.9 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
Henderson CountyLexington	3,900	10	$9,377	n/a	#58
Lincoln CountyFayetteville	3,899	8	$9,359	n/a	#59
Rhea CountyDayton · this district	3,890	7	$10,414	n/a	#60
Marion CountyJasper	3,844	12	$9,377	n/a	#61
Gibson Co Sp DistrictDyer	3,828	9	$8,662	n/a	#62

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Bedford Public SchoolsTemperance, MI	3,894	$10,447	17.5
Marion School DistrictMarion, AR	3,888	$10,153	14.4
Poughkeepsie City School DistrictPoughkeepsie, NY	3,887	$21,624	12.5
Peekskill City School DistrictPeekskill, NY	3,884	$25,375	13.0

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-rhea-county