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Tennessee school systems.
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142school systems
1,866operating schools connected
991,563students in finance records
140complete 2019–2024 finance trends
0governance layers connected
What changed from 2019 to 2024?
Tennessee school finance after inflation.
Follow a consistent set of 140 systems across all six Census years. Dollar changes are converted with the national CPI-U annual average so a nominal increase is not mistaken for a real increase.
School finance: U.S. Census Bureau Annual Survey of School System Finances · inflation adjustment: BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average. This is a purchasing-power comparison, not a performance grade or local cost-of-living estimate.
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142 systems
Schools + finance trendsTN
Gibson Co Sp Dist
Dyer, TN
- Students
- 3,921
- Schools
- 9
- Spending / pupil
- $10,635
+6.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.9% enrollment
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Rhea County
Dayton, TN
- Students
- 3,920
- Schools
- 7
- Spending / pupil
- $13,055
+12.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.6% enrollment
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White County
Sparta, TN
- Students
- 3,851
- Schools
- 8
- Spending / pupil
- $11,110
+3.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.2% enrollment
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McNairy County
Selmer, TN
- Students
- 3,822
- Schools
- 10
- Spending / pupil
- $12,177
+10.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.0% enrollment
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Tullahoma
Tullahoma, TN
- Students
- 3,649
- Schools
- 8
- Spending / pupil
- $13,659
+7.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.4% enrollment
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Giles County
Pulaski, TN
- Students
- 3,644
- Schools
- 8
- Spending / pupil
- $13,071
+11.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.2% enrollment
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Dyer County
Dyersburg, TN
- Students
- 3,611
- Schools
- 8
- Spending / pupil
- $12,586
+11.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.2% enrollment
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Lauderdale County
Ripley, TN
- Students
- 3,360
- Schools
- 7
- Spending / pupil
- $12,856
+3.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -15.6% enrollment
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Hardin County
Savannah, TN
- Students
- 3,359
- Schools
- 7
- Spending / pupil
- $11,917
+6.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.0% enrollment
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Hardeman County Schools
Bolivar, TN
- Students
- 3,207
- Schools
- 9
- Spending / pupil
- $12,725
+2.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.4% enrollment
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Fayette County Public Schools
Somerville, TN
- Students
- 3,195
- Schools
- 7
- Spending / pupil
- $12,172
+11.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.1% enrollment
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Franklin SSD
Franklin, TN
- Students
- 3,152
- Schools
- 8
- Spending / pupil
- $20,556
+9.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -12.2% enrollment
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Hickman County
Centerville, TN
- Students
- 3,061
- Schools
- 9
- Spending / pupil
- $13,241
+13.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.6% enrollment
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Smith County
Carthage, TN
- Students
- 3,033
- Schools
- 9
- Spending / pupil
- $11,672
+7.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.7% enrollment
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Lewis County
Hohenwald, TN
- Students
- 3,013
- Schools
- 7
- Spending / pupil
- $6,567
-40.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +76.5% enrollment
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Henry County
Paris, TN
- Students
- 3,007
- Schools
- 6
- Spending / pupil
- $11,950
+2.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.6% enrollment
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Greeneville
Greeneville, TN
- Students
- 2,996
- Schools
- 8
- Spending / pupil
- $13,917
+4.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.0% enrollment
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Grainger County
Rutledge, TN
- Students
- 2,986
- Schools
- 9
- Spending / pupil
- $12,373
+9.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -12.4% enrollment
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Overton County
Livingston, TN
- Students
- 2,969
- Schools
- 7
- Spending / pupil
- $10,969
+6.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.3% enrollment
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Obion County
Union City, TN
- Students
- 2,960
- Schools
- 7
- Spending / pupil
- $13,730
+17.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.8% enrollment
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DeKalb County
Smithville, TN
- Students
- 2,933
- Schools
- 7
- Spending / pupil
- $11,339
+10.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.5% enrollment
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Morgan County
Wartburg, TN
- Students
- 2,831
- Schools
- 8
- Spending / pupil
- $13,369
+10.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.3% enrollment
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Chester County
Henderson, TN
- Students
- 2,782
- Schools
- 6
- Spending / pupil
- $10,392
0.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.9% enrollment
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Elizabethton
Elizabethton, TN
- Students
- 2,689
- Schools
- 5
- Spending / pupil
- $13,471
+8.8% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.6% enrollment
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Millington Municipal Schools
Millington, TN
- Students
- 2,646
- Schools
- 3
- Spending / pupil
- $12,571
-1.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.0% enrollment
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Humphreys County
Waverly, TN
- Students
- 2,624
- Schools
- 6
- Spending / pupil
- $12,351
+15.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -13.1% enrollment
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Lenoir City
Lenoir City, TN
- Students
- 2,606
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $12,629
+9.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +11.4% enrollment
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Dyersburg
Dyersburg, TN
- Students
- 2,593
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $13,796
+6.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.4% enrollment
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Haywood County
Brownsville, TN
- Students
- 2,574
- Schools
- 7
- Spending / pupil
- $14,716
+21.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -12.2% enrollment
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Scott County
Huntsville, TN
- Students
- 2,505
- Schools
- 7
- Spending / pupil
- $12,463
+10.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -14.9% enrollment
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