District profile / Tennessee

Sullivan County

Blountville, Tennessee · Public school district · #24 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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7,878

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,344

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Tennessee median

#24

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Sullivan County is a public school district based in Blountville, Tennessee, serving 7,878 students in 17 schools. By enrollment it ranks #24 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 81% of them. Its schools average 463 students each, about the same as the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $10,344 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median.

How Sullivan County compares

Sullivan CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,344

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

Instruction spending per student$6,166

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

Students per school463

Tennessee median 467 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$98.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 12%State 44%Local 44%

Measure	Sullivan County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,344	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,166	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$100.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$98.5 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
Washington CountyJonesborough	7,969	15	$9,379	n/a	#23
Sullivan CountyBlountville · this district	7,878	17	$10,344	n/a	#24
Johnson CityJohnson City	7,818	12	$11,327	n/a	#25
Dickson CountyDickson	7,777	17	$9,391	n/a	#26
KingsportKingsport	7,658	12	$11,223	n/a	#27

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Vernon ParishLeesville, LA	7,887	$12,745	13.5
Barbers Hill ISDMont Belvieu, TX	7,875	$13,214	13.1
Joplin SchoolsJoplin, MO	7,873	$8,445	13.7
WestminsterWestminster, CA	7,870	$14,251	22.8

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-sullivan-county