An equity score of 16/100 ranks Lebanon #138 of 141 districts in Tennessee (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,149 per pupil, Lebanon ranks #89 of 142 Tennessee districts by per-pupil spending (Tennessee districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,221
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$11,149
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lebanon operates 7 public schools serving 4,221 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Tennessee. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 combined, 2 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 Wilson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,149 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 142 Tennessee districts by per-pupil spending. See how Tennessee compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 44.5% local, 37.7% state, and 17.8% 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 16/100, ranked #138 of 141 in Tennessee against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 661.1:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 15.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 51.6% White, 21.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.9% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Sam Houston Elementary, with a diversity index of 66.9/100.
Its largest campus is Sam Houston Elementary, enrolling 759 students (16% of the district's total enrollment).
Sam Houston Elementary accounts for 16.4% of all Lebanon student enrollment
That concentration means Lebanon-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Lebanon student-counselor ratio is 661:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Lebanon chronic absenteeism rate is 15.7% — 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 Lebanon is typically wider than the Lebanon-aggregate figure suggests.