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Jamestown, Tennessee - 6 schools
An equity score of 43/100 ranks Fentress County #46 of 140 districts in Tennessee (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,575 per pupil, Fentress County ranks #126 of 141 Tennessee districts by per-pupil spending (Tennessee districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,270
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$9,575
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Fentress County operates 6 public schools serving 2,270 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Tennessee. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 combined, 2 high 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 Fentress County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,575 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 15 of 141 Tennessee districts by per-pupil spending. See how Tennessee compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 19.1% local, 56.3% state, and 24.7% 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 43/100, ranked #46 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 407.2:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 23.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.4% White, 2.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is South Fentress Elementary School, with a diversity index of 13.8/100.
Its largest campus is Pine Haven Elementary, enrolling 567 students (25% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Fentress Co Adult High School, at 4 students, a 142x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Pine Haven Elementary accounts for 25.0% of all Fentress County student enrollment
That concentration means Fentress County-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.
Fentress County school enrollment varies 142× across entities
Fentress County school enrollment ranges from 4 students (lowest) to 567 students (highest), a spread of 563 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Fentress County student-counselor ratio is 407:1 — 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.
Fentress County chronic absenteeism rate is 23.8% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Fentress County is typically wider than the Fentress County-aggregate figure suggests.
Fentress County has 6 schools, including 4 combined, 2 high. Total enrollment is 2,270 students.
How much does Fentress County spend per student?
Fentress County spends $9,575 per student. The district has an equity score of 43/100, ranking #46 in Tennessee.
What is the demographic composition of Fentress County?
Fentress County students are 95.4% White, 2.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% African American, 0.1% Asian, averaged across 6 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Fentress County?
Fentress County has an equity score of 43/100, ranking #46 out of 140 districts in Tennessee.