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Murfreesboro, Tennessee - 13 schools
An equity score of 33/100 ranks Murfreesboro #83 of 140 districts in Tennessee (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,342 per pupil, Murfreesboro ranks #40 of 141 Tennessee districts by per-pupil spending (Tennessee districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
9,408
Total Enrollment
13
Schools
$11,342
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Murfreesboro operates 13 public schools serving 9,408 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Tennessee. The school portfolio breaks down into 10 combined, 3 elementary schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Rutherford County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,342 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 40.5% local, 40.8% state, and 18.7% 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 33/100, ranked #83 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.
a 426:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 21.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 40.2% White, 26.6% African American, 20.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is John Pittard Elementary, with a diversity index of 73.7/100.
Its largest campus is Salem Elementary School, enrolling 946 students (10% of the district's total enrollment).
Murfreesboro school enrollment varies 2.8× across entities
Murfreesboro school enrollment ranges from 334 students (lowest) to 946 students (highest), a spread of 612 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.
Murfreesboro student-counselor ratio is 426:1 — 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.
Murfreesboro chronic absenteeism rate is 21.0% — 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 Murfreesboro is typically wider than the Murfreesboro-aggregate figure suggests.