District profile / Tennessee

Robertson County

Springfield, Tennessee · Public school district · #14 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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11,267

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$8,637

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 14% below the Tennessee median

#14

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Robertson County is a public school district based in Springfield, Tennessee, serving 11,267 students in 23 schools. By enrollment it ranks #14 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 89% of them. Its schools average 490 students each, about the same as the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $8,637 per student on day-to-day operations, 14% less than the Tennessee median.

How Robertson County compares

Robertson CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$8,637

Tennessee median $10,059 · 14% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,029

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

Students per school490

Tennessee median 467 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$138.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 10%State 59%Local 31%

Measure	Robertson County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$8,637	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,029	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$134.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$138.0 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
Putnam CountyCookeville	11,776	22	$9,654	n/a	#13
Robertson CountySpringfield · this district	11,267	23	$8,637	n/a	#14
Hamblen CountyMorristown	10,300	18	$9,447	n/a	#15
Blount CountyMaryville	10,270	22	$10,415	n/a	#16
Bradley CountyCleveland	10,202	18	$9,788	n/a	#17

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Santa FeSanta Fe, NM	11,299	$11,667	13.3
Amphitheater Unified District (4406)Tucson, AZ	11,277	$10,713	15.0
Fullerton ElementaryFullerton, CA	11,262	$14,771	25.4
Tuscaloosa CityTuscaloosa, AL	11,230	$11,277	17.1

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-robertson-county