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Fayette County Public Schools

A public school district in Somerville, Tennessee, with 7 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

2,908
Students enrolled
Not reported by the state
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Not reported by the state
All staff, full-time equivalent
$11,987
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 2,908 in 2024–⁠25
Ranks 3,370th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 82nd of 149 in Tennessee. Larger than 81% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $11,987 in fiscal year 2023
More than 16% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.

Spending and revenue

Fayette County Public Schools spent $12,172 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $7,622 in fiscal year 2005

Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.

Source: The College Scorecard

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The figures

Fayette County Public Schools spent $12,172 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $7,622 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2024$12,172$38.9 million3,195
FY2023$11,987$38.8 million3,238
FY2022$11,140$35.5 million3,186
FY2021$10,555$34.6 million3,281
FY2020$9,398$32.9 million3,498
FY2019$8,866$31.5 million3,554
FY2018$8,474$30.2 million3,560
FY2017$8,212$29.3 million3,563
FY2016$7,862$27.6 million3,517
FY2015$7,946$28.2 million3,549
FY2014$7,818$28.8 million3,689
FY2013$7,847$29.9 million3,813
FY2012$8,543$32.7 million3,832
FY2011$8,285$31.6 million3,809
FY2010$8,263$30.8 million3,724
FY2009$8,070$30.9 million3,823
FY2008$8,589$31.3 million3,648
FY2007$7,220$29.3 million4,062
FY2006$7,667$27.1 million3,536
FY2005$7,622$27.7 million3,640

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Fayette County Public Schools by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$11.9 million27.2%
State$18.8 million43.0%
Local$13.0 million29.7%
Total$43.6 million

Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.

The district’s schools

7 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Fayette County Public Schools
SchoolStudents
Buckley-Carpenter Elementary School491
East Junior High School243
Fayette Ware Comprehensive High School724
La Grange Moscow Elementary196
Oakland Elementary621
Southwest Elementary294
West Junior High School340

The district’s entry

Status
Open
Type
Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status
Not a charter district
Grades
Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID
4701170

Elsewhere

Sources

Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

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