District profile / Tennessee

Unicoi County

Erwin, Tennessee · Public school district · #97 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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2,074

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,440

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Tennessee median

#97

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Unicoi County is a public school district based in Erwin, Tennessee, serving 2,074 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #97 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 21% of them. Its schools average 296 students each, fewer than the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $10,440 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median.

How Unicoi County compares

Unicoi CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,440

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

Instruction spending per student$6,299

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

Students per school296

Tennessee median 467 · 37% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$26.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 21%State 56%Local 23%

Measure	Unicoi County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,440	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,299	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$24.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$26.0 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
Polk CountyBenton	2,160	7	$10,125	n/a	#94
Benton CountyCamden	2,150	8	$11,262	n/a	#95
Wayne CountyWaynesboro	2,079	9	$10,398	n/a	#96
Unicoi CountyErwin · this district	2,074	7	$10,440	n/a	#97
MilanMilan	2,026	4	$10,455	n/a	#98

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Macomb CUSD 185Macomb, IL	2,075	$17,832	13.4
Valley Stream 13 Union Free School DistrictValley Stream, NY	2,075	$25,519	11.0
TritonByfield, MA	2,074	$22,208	10.3
North Schuylkill School DistrictAshland, PA	2,074	$13,681	14.9

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-unicoi-county