An equity score of 46/100 ranks Bradford #39 of 141 districts in Tennessee (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,608 per pupil, Bradford ranks #21 of 142 Tennessee districts by per-pupil spending (Tennessee districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
615
Total Enrollment
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$12,608
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Bradford operates 2 public schools serving 615 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Tennessee. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Gibson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,608 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 142 Tennessee districts by per-pupil spending. See how Tennessee compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 26.1% local, 54.5% state, and 19.3% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 46/100, ranked #39 of 141 in Tennessee against a state average of 38, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 319:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 2.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 89.2% White, 4.3% African American, 2.3% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Bradford High School, enrolling 319 students (51% of the district's total enrollment).
Bradford High School accounts for 50.6% of all Bradford student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Bradford a distant remainder — means Bradford-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Bradford student-counselor ratio is 319:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Bradford is typically wider than the Bradford-aggregate figure suggests.
Bradford chronic absenteeism rate is 2.0% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.