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South Pittsburg, Tennessee - 1 schools
At $11,500 per pupil, Richard City ranks #29 of 141 Tennessee districts by per-pupil spending (Tennessee districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Richard City operates 1 public schools serving 182 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Tennessee. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 Marion County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,500 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 24.0% local, 54.6% state, and 21.5% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 183:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 25.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 76.5% White, 9.8% African American, 3.8% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Richard Hardy Memorial School, enrolling 183 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Richard Hardy Memorial School accounts for 100.0% of all Richard City student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Richard City a distant remainder — means Richard City-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.
Richard City student-counselor ratio is 183:1 — 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.
Richard City chronic absenteeism rate is 25.7% — 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 Richard City is typically wider than the Richard City-aggregate figure suggests.
Richard City has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 182 students.
How much does Richard City spend per student?
Richard City spends $11,500 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Richard City?
Richard City students are 76.5% White, 9.8% African American, 3.8% Hispanic or Latino, 3.8% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.