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Fayetteville, Tennessee - 3 schools
An equity score of 58/100 ranks Fayetteville #10 of 140 districts in Tennessee (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,483 per pupil, Fayetteville ranks #31 of 141 Tennessee districts by per-pupil spending (Tennessee districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,185
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$11,483
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Fayetteville operates 3 public schools serving 1,185 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Tennessee. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Lincoln County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,483 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 23.3% local, 53.3% state, and 23.5% 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 58/100, ranked #10 of 140 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 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), a 360:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 35.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 47.3% White, 33.2% African American, 6.6% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Ralph Askins School, with a diversity index of 66.9/100.
Its largest campus is Ralph Askins School, enrolling 565 students (52% of the district's total enrollment).
Ralph Askins School accounts for 47.7% of all Fayetteville student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Fayetteville a distant remainder — means Fayetteville-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.
Fayetteville school enrollment varies 2.8× across entities
Fayetteville school enrollment ranges from 200 students (lowest) to 565 students (highest), a spread of 365 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.
Fayetteville student-counselor ratio is 360:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Fayetteville chronic absenteeism rate is 35.1% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.