District profile / Tennessee

Wayne County

Waynesboro, Tennessee · Public school district · #96 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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2,079

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,398

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Tennessee median

#96

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Wayne County is a public school district based in Waynesboro, Tennessee, serving 2,079 students in 9 schools. By enrollment it ranks #96 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 21% of them. Its schools average 231 students each, fewer than the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $10,398 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median.

How Wayne County compares

Wayne CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,398

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

Instruction spending per student$6,533

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

Students per school231

Tennessee median 467 · 51% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$24.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 17%State 66%Local 18%

Measure	Wayne County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,398	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,533	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$23.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$24.8 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
Polk CountyBenton	2,160	7	$10,125	n/a	#94
Benton CountyCamden	2,150	8	$11,262	n/a	#95
Wayne CountyWaynesboro · this district	2,079	9	$10,398	n/a	#96
Unicoi CountyErwin	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
Pleasant Hill R-IIIPleasant Hill, MO	2,080	$9,660	13.6
Oskaloosa Community School DistrictOskaloosa, IA	2,079	$15,252	13.3
North Arlington School DistrictNorth Arlington, NJ	2,079	$16,022	12.8
Shawano School DistrictShawano, WI	2,079	$13,025	14.0

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-wayne-county