District profile / Tennessee

Williamson County

Franklin, Tennessee · Public school district · #6 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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41,593

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,483

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Tennessee median

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Williamson County is a public school district based in Franklin, Tennessee, serving 41,593 students in 52 schools. By enrollment it ranks #6 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 96% of them. Its schools average 800 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 Williamson County compares

Williamson CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,483

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

Instruction spending per student$6,803

Tennessee median $6,268 · 9% above · FY2020-21

Students per school800

Tennessee median 467 · 71% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$509.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 5%State 28%Local 66%

Measure	Williamson County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,483	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,803	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$515.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$509.0 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
Rutherford CountyMurfreesboro	52,127	55	$9,674	n/a	#4
Hamilton CountyChattanooga	45,981	82	$11,137	n/a	#5
Williamson CountyFranklin · this district	41,593	52	$10,483	n/a	#6
Montgomery CountyClarksville	39,385	44	$9,647	n/a	#7
Sumner CountyGallatin	30,719	53	$10,056	n/a	#8

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Fayette CountyLexington, KY	42,138	$14,051	13.8
Cherokee CountyCanton, GA	42,031	$11,358	14.4
Chandler Unified District #80 (4242)Chandler, AZ	41,421	$8,851	17.6
Union County Public SchoolsMonroe, NC	41,404	$9,737	16.5

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-williamson-county