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Huntingdon, Tennessee - 4 schools
An equity score of 31/100 ranks Huntingdon Special School District #97 of 140 districts in Tennessee (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,960 per pupil, Huntingdon Special School District ranks #116 of 141 Tennessee districts by per-pupil spending (Tennessee districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,335
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$9,960
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Huntingdon Special School District operates 4 public schools serving 1,335 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Tennessee. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 elementary, 1 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 Carroll County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,960 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 25.7% local, 52.3% state, and 22.0% 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 31/100, ranked #97 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 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 441.7:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 6.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 70.5% White, 15.1% African American, 2.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Northwest Head Start - Huntingdon, with a diversity index of 56.1/100.
Its largest campus is Huntingdon Middle School, enrolling 467 students (34% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Northwest Head Start - Huntingdon, at 39 students, a 12x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Huntingdon Middle School accounts for 34.2% of all Huntingdon Special School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Huntingdon Special School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Huntingdon Special School District school enrollment varies 12× across entities
Huntingdon Special School District school enrollment ranges from 39 students (lowest) to 467 students (highest), a spread of 428 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Huntingdon Special School District student-counselor ratio is 442:1 — 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.
Huntingdon Special School District chronic absenteeism rate is 6.1% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Huntingdon Special School District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Huntingdon Special School District?
Huntingdon Special School District has 4 schools, including 1 elementary, 2 combined, 1 high. Total enrollment is 1,335 students.
How much does Huntingdon Special School District spend per student?
Huntingdon Special School District spends $9,960 per student. The district has an equity score of 31/100, ranking #97 in Tennessee.
What is the demographic composition of Huntingdon Special School District?
Huntingdon Special School District students are 70.5% White, 15.1% African American, 2.5% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% Asian, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Huntingdon Special School District?
Huntingdon Special School District has an equity score of 31/100, ranking #97 out of 140 districts in Tennessee.