District profile / Tennessee

Weakley County

Dresden, Tennessee · Public school district · #56 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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3,993

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,059

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Tennessee median

#56

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Weakley County is a public school district based in Dresden, Tennessee, serving 3,993 students in 11 schools. By enrollment it ranks #56 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 55% of them. Its schools average 363 students each, fewer than the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $10,059 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median.

How Weakley County compares

Weakley CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,059

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

Instruction spending per student$6,286

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

Students per school363

Tennessee median 467 · 22% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$44.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 19%State 56%Local 26%

Measure	Weakley County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,059	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,286	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$44.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$44.4 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
BristolBristol	4,044	9	$11,287	n/a	#55
Weakley CountyDresden · this district	3,993	11	$10,059	n/a	#56
Claiborne CountyTazewell	3,967	14	$10,325	n/a	#57
Henderson CountyLexington	3,900	10	$9,377	n/a	#58
Lincoln CountyFayetteville	3,899	8	$9,359	n/a	#59

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Thomaston-Upson CountyThomaston, GA	3,996	$12,251	14.1
Centralia ElementaryBuena Park, CA	3,995	$13,164	25.1
Clay Community SchoolsBrazil, IN	3,995	$10,052	14.0
Mercer Island School DistrictMercer Island, WA	3,993	$16,260	18.1

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-weakley-county