District profile / Tennessee

Sevier County

Kodak, Tennessee · Public school district · #10 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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14,408

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,196

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 11% above the Tennessee median

#10

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Sevier County is a public school district based in Kodak, Tennessee, serving 14,408 students in 33 schools. By enrollment it ranks #10 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 93% of them. Its schools average 437 students each, about the same as the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $11,196 per student on day-to-day operations, 11% more than the Tennessee median.

How Sevier County compares

Sevier CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,196

Tennessee median $10,059 · 11% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,795

Tennessee median $6,268 · 8% above · FY2020-21

Students per school437

Tennessee median 467 · 6% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$206.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 10%State 24%Local 66%

Measure	Sevier County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,196	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,795	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$180.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$206.9 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
Sevier CountyKodak · this district	14,408	33	$11,196	n/a	#10
Maury CountyColumbia	13,098	24	$9,447	n/a	#11
Madison CountyJackson	13,017	26	$9,946	n/a	#12
Putnam CountyCookeville	11,776	22	$9,654	n/a	#13
Robertson CountySpringfield	11,267	23	$8,637	n/a	#14

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Frederick County Public SchoolsWinchester, VA	14,447	$13,508	14.1
Red Clay Consolidated School DistrictWilmington, DE	14,444	$18,801	13.8
Richland School DistrictWest RICHLAND, WA	14,410	$14,493	19.8
Ventura UnifiedVentura, CA	14,379	$12,949	24.1

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-sevier-county