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Oak Ridge, Tennessee - 8 schools
An equity score of 40/100 ranks Oak Ridge #60 of 140 districts in Tennessee (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,601 per pupil, Oak Ridge ranks #4 of 141 Tennessee districts by per-pupil spending (Tennessee districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,961
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$13,601
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Oak Ridge operates 8 public schools serving 4,961 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Tennessee. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 elementary, 1 high, 1 combined 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 Anderson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,601 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 15 of 141 Tennessee districts by per-pupil spending. See how Tennessee compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 49.4% local, 31.7% state, and 18.9% 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 40/100, ranked #60 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 8 schools offering Advanced Placement (36 AP courses district-wide), a 392.6:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 14.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 63.9% White, 13.3% Hispanic or Latino, 10.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Preschool, with a diversity index of 67.2/100.
Its largest campus is Oak Ridge High School, enrolling 1,635 students (32% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Preschool, at 225 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Oak Ridge High School accounts for 32.2% of all Oak Ridge student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Oak Ridge-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Oak Ridge school enrollment varies 7.3× across entities
Oak Ridge school enrollment ranges from 225 students (lowest) to 1,635 students (highest), a spread of 1,410 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.
Oak Ridge student-counselor ratio is 393:1 — 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.
Oak Ridge chronic absenteeism rate is 14.3% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Oak Ridge has 8 schools, including 1 high, 6 elementary, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 4,961 students.
How much does Oak Ridge spend per student?
Oak Ridge spends $13,601 per student. The district has an equity score of 40/100, ranking #60 in Tennessee.
What is the demographic composition of Oak Ridge?
Oak Ridge students are 63.9% White, 13.3% Hispanic or Latino, 10.8% African American, 1.8% Asian, averaged across 8 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Oak Ridge?
Oak Ridge has an equity score of 40/100, ranking #60 out of 140 districts in Tennessee.