District profile / Tennessee

Sumner County

Gallatin, Tennessee · Public school district · #8 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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30,719

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,056

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Tennessee median

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Sumner County is a public school district based in Gallatin, Tennessee, serving 30,719 students in 53 schools. By enrollment it ranks #8 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 94% of them. Its schools average 580 students each, more than the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $10,056 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median.

How Sumner County compares

Sumner CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,056

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

Instruction spending per student$6,473

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

Students per school580

Tennessee median 467 · 24% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$327.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 9%State 49%Local 42%

Measure	Sumner County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,056	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,473	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$315.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$327.4 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
Hamilton CountyChattanooga	45,981	82	$11,137	n/a	#5
Williamson CountyFranklin	41,593	52	$10,483	n/a	#6
Montgomery CountyClarksville	39,385	44	$9,647	n/a	#7
Sumner CountyGallatin · this district	30,719	53	$10,056	n/a	#8
Wilson CountyLebanon	20,703	25	$9,319	n/a	#9

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Lake Washington School DistrictRedmond, WA	30,986	$14,782	17.9
Houston CountyPerry, GA	30,939	$12,263	14.9
Moreno Valley UnifiedMoreno Valley, CA	30,926	$14,975	22.2
Irving ISDIrving, TX	30,767	$11,316	15.6

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-sumner-county