NCES CCD 2024-25 14 schools TN

Best-Resourced Schools in Lebanon, TN

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

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14
Schools
10,230
Students
41.8/100
Avg Resource Index
14.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Lebanon has more public-school enrollment than 81% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Lebanon 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

9 of Lebanon's 14 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.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 52-point gap between Barry Tatum Academy and Southside Elementary shows the range hidden by Lebanon's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 19%
School count
Top 25%
Resource Index average
54th percentile
Teacher staffing
57th percentile

Lebanon High School accounts for 17.8% of all Lebanon public-school enrollment

That concentration means Lebanon-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

Lebanon school enrollment varies 21× across entities

Lebanon school enrollment ranges from 86 students (lowest) to 1,816 students (highest), a spread of 1,730 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

Lebanon student-teacher ratio is 14.8:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

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 Variation between sub-units within Lebanon is typically wider than the Lebanon-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Barry Tatum Academy 82
2. Tuckers Crossroads Elementary 46
3. Coles Ferry Elementary 45
4. Sam Houston Elementary 43
5. Carroll Oakland Elementary 43
6. Byars Dowdy Elementary 43
7. Jones Brummett Elementary School 41
8. Walter J. Baird Middle School 38
9. Winfree Bryant Middle School 38
10. Wilson Central High School 37
11. Barry Tatum Virtual Learning Academy 36
12. Lebanon High School 33
13. Southside Elementary 30
14. Castle Heights Elementary 30

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Lebanon

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.

  1. 1 Sam Houston Elementary 66.9/100
  2. 2 Walter J. Baird Middle School 66.0/100
  3. 3 Byars Dowdy Elementary 65.5/100
  4. 4 Jones Brummett Elementary School 64.5/100
  5. 5 Castle Heights Elementary 63.7/100

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Which Lebanon school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Barry Tatum Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Lebanon schools in this federal-data comparison at 82/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Lebanon, TN? ▼

Lebanon has 14 public schools with a total enrollment of 10,230 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.8:1.

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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.