District profile / Tennessee

Union City

Union City, Tennessee · Public school district · #106 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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1,647

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,483

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Tennessee median

#106

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Union City is a public school district based in Union City, Tennessee, serving 1,647 students in 3 schools. By enrollment it ranks #106 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 13% of them. Its schools average 549 students each, more than the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $10,483 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median.

How Union City compares

Union CityTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,483

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

Instruction spending per student$6,318

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

Students per school549

Tennessee median 467 · 18% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$19.6 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 20%State 48%Local 32%

Measure	Union City	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,483	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,318	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$18.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$19.6 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
AthensAthens	1,748	3	$10,297	n/a	#104
Grundy CountyAltamont	1,711	5	$9,845	n/a	#105
Union CityUnion City · this district	1,647	3	$10,483	n/a	#106
ManchesterManchester	1,628	3	$11,677	n/a	#107
Bledsoe CountyPikeville	1,570	5	$11,510	n/a	#108

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Carbondale ESD 95Carbondale, IL	1,648	$22,499	13.7
West Essex Regional School DistrictNorth Caldwell, NJ	1,648	$25,001	10.8
East Feliciana ParishClinton, LA	1,647	$14,058	15.0
Northridge LocalDayton, OH	1,647	$16,197	17.2

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-union-city