District profile / Tennessee

Union County

Maynardville, Tennessee · Public school district · #39 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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5,514

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$8,537

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 15% below the Tennessee median

#39

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Union County is a public school district based in Maynardville, Tennessee, serving 5,514 students in 11 schools. By enrollment it ranks #39 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 69% of them. Its schools average 501 students each, about the same as the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $8,537 per student on day-to-day operations, 15% less than the Tennessee median.

How Union County compares

Union CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$8,537

Tennessee median $10,059 · 15% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,027

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

Students per school501

Tennessee median 467 · 7% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$49.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 12%State 76%Local 13%

Measure	Union County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$8,537	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,027	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$45.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$49.8 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
ClevelandCleveland	5,890	9	$10,408	n/a	#37
MaryvilleMaryville	5,717	8	$11,350	n/a	#38
Union CountyMaynardville · this district	5,514	11	$8,537	n/a	#39
Cheatham CountyAshland City	5,451	14	$9,166	n/a	#40
Marshall CountyLewisburg	5,322	10	$9,067	n/a	#41

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Perris ElementaryPerris, CA	5,522	$14,447	23.4
Isle of Wight County Public SchoolsSmithfield, VA	5,519	$11,879	13.9
Hackensack School DistrictHackensack, NJ	5,513	$22,521	12.6
Mt Lebanon School DistrictPittsburgh, PA	5,504	$17,145	13.7

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-county