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Bartlett, Tennessee - 10 schools
An equity score of 26/100 ranks Bartlett #115 of 140 districts in Tennessee (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,206 per pupil, Bartlett ranks #51 of 141 Tennessee districts by per-pupil spending (Tennessee districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
8,946
Total Enrollment
10
Schools
$11,206
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Bartlett operates 10 public schools serving 8,946 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Tennessee. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 combined, 3 middle, 1 high, 1 elementary schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Shelby County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,206 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 141 Tennessee districts by per-pupil spending. See how Tennessee compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 40.3% local, 37.6% state, and 22.0% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 26/100, ranked #115 of 140 in Tennessee against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 10 schools offering Advanced Placement (18 AP courses district-wide), a 542.6:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 11.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 51.4% White, 26.0% African American, 11.1% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Rivercrest Elementary, with a diversity index of 67.5/100.
Its largest campus is Bartlett High School, enrolling 2,782 students (31% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Ellendale Elementary, at 502 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Bartlett High School accounts for 31.1% of all Bartlett student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Bartlett-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Bartlett school enrollment varies 5.5× across entities
Bartlett school enrollment ranges from 502 students (lowest) to 2,782 students (highest), a spread of 2,280 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Bartlett student-counselor ratio is 543:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Bartlett chronic absenteeism rate is 11.3% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.