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Bruceton, Tennessee - 2 schools
An equity score of 50/100 ranks Hollow Rock - Bruceton #29 of 140 districts in Tennessee (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,118 per pupil, Hollow Rock - Bruceton ranks #105 of 141 Tennessee districts by per-pupil spending (Tennessee districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Hollow Rock - Bruceton operates 2 public schools serving 658 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 Carroll County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,118 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 20.8% local, 54.8% state, and 24.5% 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 50/100, ranked #29 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.
a 242.8:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 16.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 85.8% White, 3.7% African American, 1.8% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Central High School, enrolling 345 students (55% of the district's total enrollment).
Central High School accounts for 52.4% of all Hollow Rock - Bruceton student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Hollow Rock - Bruceton a distant remainder — means Hollow Rock - Bruceton-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.
Hollow Rock - Bruceton student-counselor ratio is 243:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Hollow Rock - Bruceton chronic absenteeism rate is 16.2% — 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 Hollow Rock - Bruceton is typically wider than the Hollow Rock - Bruceton-aggregate figure suggests.