NCES CCD 2024-25 8 schools TN

Best-Resourced Schools in Fayetteville, TN

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

8 public K-12 schools in Fayetteville from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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Schools

3,716

Students

38.5/100

Avg Resource Index

13.8:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Fayetteville has more public-school enrollment than 40% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Fayetteville sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

5 of Fayetteville's 8 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Fayetteville lists only 8 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 41 to 1,171 students, a 29-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment: Top 60%
School count: Top 54%
Resource Index average: 39th percentile
Teacher staffing: 69th percentile

Lincoln County High School accounts for 31.5% of all Fayetteville public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Fayetteville-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

Fayetteville school enrollment varies 29× across entities

Fayetteville school enrollment ranges from 41 students (lowest) to 1,171 students (highest), a spread of 1,130 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

Fayetteville student-teacher ratio is 13.8:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe Accessed 2026-08-26

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Fayetteville Middle School	47	200	middle	Fayetteville
2.	Lincoln Central Virtual Academy	45	41	Combined	Lincoln County
3.	Highland Rim School	44	717	Combined	Lincoln County
4.	Lincoln County High School	43	1,171	high	Lincoln County
5.	Fayetteville High School	41	315	high	Fayetteville
6.	Lincoln Central Academy	31	51	Combined	Lincoln County
7.	Ralph Askins School	29	565	Combined	Fayetteville
8.	South Lincoln School	28	656	Combined	Lincoln County

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Fayetteville

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

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Which Fayetteville school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Fayetteville Middle School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Fayetteville schools in this federal-data comparison at 47/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Fayetteville, TN? ▼

Fayetteville has 8 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,716 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.8:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.