District profile / Tennessee

Sequatchie County

Dunlap, Tennessee · Public school district · #101 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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1,924

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,748

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Tennessee median

#101

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Sequatchie County is a public school district based in Dunlap, Tennessee, serving 1,924 students in 3 schools. By enrollment it ranks #101 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 17% of them. Its schools average 641 students each, more than the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $9,748 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median.

How Sequatchie County compares

Sequatchie CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,748

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

Instruction spending per student$6,453

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

Students per school641

Tennessee median 467 · 37% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$25.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 22%State 53%Local 24%

Measure	Sequatchie County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,748	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,453	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$28.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$25.9 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
MilanMilan	2,026	4	$10,455	n/a	#98
Stewart CountyDover	1,972	6	$9,606	n/a	#99
Crockett CountyAlamo	1,969	5	$8,654	n/a	#100
Sequatchie CountyDunlap · this district	1,924	3	$9,748	n/a	#101
Cannon CountyWoodbury	1,813	5	$9,347	n/a	#102

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Ste. Genevieve Co. R-IISte Genevieve, MO	1,926	$13,256	12.2
Carpinteria UnifiedCarpinteria, CA	1,924	$16,461	18.5
Northwestern Lehigh School DistrictNew Tripoli, PA	1,924	$17,308	13.0
Canton LocalCanton, OH	1,922	$13,986	19.2

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-sequatchie-county