District profile / Tennessee

Roane County

Kingston, Tennessee · Public school district · #32 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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6,178

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,501

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Tennessee median

#32

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Roane County is a public school district based in Kingston, Tennessee, serving 6,178 students in 18 schools. By enrollment it ranks #32 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 74% of them. Its schools average 343 students each, fewer than the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $10,501 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median.

How Roane County compares

Roane CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,501

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

Instruction spending per student$6,340

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

Students per school343

Tennessee median 467 · 27% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$85.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 12%State 42%Local 46%

Measure	Roane County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,501	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,340	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$72.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$85.0 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
Warren CountyMcMinnville	6,241	12	$9,833	n/a	#31
Roane CountyKingston · this district	6,178	18	$10,501	n/a	#32
Greene CountyGreeneville	6,088	18	$9,834	n/a	#33
GermantownGermantown	6,053	7	$10,272	n/a	#34
Hawkins CountyRogersville	6,037	17	$10,636	n/a	#35

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Uniondale Union Free School DistrictUniondale, NY	6,189	$29,115	11.6
Delano Union ElementaryDelano, CA	6,185	$16,076	20.0
Anderson Community School CorporationAnderson, IN	6,181	$11,400	13.6
Bartlesville Public SchoolsBartlesville, OK	6,181	$8,961	15.5

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-roane-county