District profile / Tennessee

Stewart County

Dover, Tennessee · Public school district · #99 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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1,972

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,606

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Tennessee median

#99

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Stewart County is a public school district based in Dover, Tennessee, serving 1,972 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #99 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 19% of them. Its schools average 329 students each, fewer than the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $9,606 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median.

How Stewart County compares

Stewart CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,606

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

Instruction spending per student$5,444

Tennessee median $6,268 · 13% below · FY2020-21

Students per school329

Tennessee median 467 · 30% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$20.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 16%State 72%Local 13%

Measure	Stewart County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,606	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,444	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$20.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$20.9 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
Unicoi CountyErwin	2,074	7	$10,440	n/a	#97
MilanMilan	2,026	4	$10,455	n/a	#98
Stewart CountyDover · this district	1,972	6	$9,606	n/a	#99
Crockett CountyAlamo	1,969	5	$8,654	n/a	#100
Sequatchie CountyDunlap	1,924	3	$9,748	n/a	#101

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Kosciusko School DistrictKosciusko, MS	1,973	$10,383	13.9
San Joaquin County Office of EducationStockton, CA	1,972	$94,301	11.7
East Helena K-12East Helena, MT	1,972	$10,752	18.4
Devine ISDDevine, TX	1,972	$10,292	14.8

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-stewart-county