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Etowah, Tennessee - 1 schools
An equity score of 34/100 ranks Etowah #82 of 140 districts in Tennessee (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,631 per pupil, Etowah ranks #75 of 141 Tennessee districts by per-pupil spending (Tennessee districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Etowah operates 1 public schools serving 343 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Tennessee. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 Mcminn County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,631 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 141 Tennessee districts by per-pupil spending. See how Tennessee compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 19.9% local, 46.2% state, and 33.9% 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 34/100, ranked #82 of 140 in Tennessee against a state average of 38, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 332:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 13.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 83.4% White, 9.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Etowah Elementary, enrolling 332 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Etowah Elementary accounts for 96.8% of all Etowah student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Etowah a distant remainder — means Etowah-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Etowah student-counselor ratio is 332:1 — 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 Etowah is typically wider than the Etowah-aggregate figure suggests.
Etowah chronic absenteeism rate is 13.0% — 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.