Other / mixed grade configuration · Clarksburg, TN

Clarksburg School

Federal NCES profile for Clarksburg School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 58/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 470390000064
0/100100/10058/100
👥 S:T ratio
40
🌟 Gifted program
70
🎓 Counselors
31
📋 Attendance
90
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Clarksburg School earns 58/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Tennessee median.

58
Resource Index · Higher
14.9:1
students per teacher
343
students enrolled

Clarksburg School has class sizes near the Tennessee median. Computed live against every Tennessee school reporting to NCES.

School address

Enrollment

343

Tennessee · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

23.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

14.9:1

vs 15.3:1 Tennessee avg

-3% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Clarksburg School compares with Tennessee and U.S. medians

At or below state median
0:135:114.9:1

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Clarksburg School

Clarksburg School is a mid-sized combined-grade school in Clarksburg, Tennessee, enrolling 343 students.

At 14.9:1, its student-teacher ratio sits close to the Tennessee median, within a few percentage points of the 15.3:1 state norm, neither notably crowded nor notably small.

Enrollment of 343 puts it in the smaller third of Tennessee schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index outscores 93% of the 1,838 Tennessee schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.

Its student body is predominantly White (87% of enrollment) (diversity index 24/100).

Counselor availability sits well past the ASCA benchmark, roughly 343 students sharing each counselor, though short of the most stretched campuses.

Attendance holds up well here: only 4.1% of students were chronically absent, below the typical post-pandemic national figure.

Its district draws 22.9% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

South Carroll operates only this one school, so Clarksburg School has no district-mates to compare against locally.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Clarksburg School compares

Clarksburg School on the metrics families compare, against Tennessee and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Tennessee Tennessee avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 14.9:1 ▼ 3% 15.3:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 343 top 70% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

14.9:1
Leaner classes than 48% of US schools, a middle-of-the-pack class size.
343
Bigger than 39% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
14.9:1
students per teacher - 3% below state mean
Top 51% in Tennessee - lower ratio than 49% of state schools
Close to the 15:1 benchmark most often cited for individualized attention.
Engagement
4.1%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
Below 5%, comfortably under the pre-pandemic national baseline for chronic absenteeism.
Funding equity
$10,025
per pupil, district-wide - below Tennessee avg of $10,822
Well below the U.S. average per-pupil spend, a notably leaner funding position that may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 343 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 86.9%
Hispanic or Latino 4.4%
Two or More 4.1%
African American 3.5%
Asian 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 0.3%

Largest group: White at 86.9% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 24.0/100

Simpson diversity index - at 24.0, Clarksburg School is less mixed than the Tennessee school average of 38.3.

Programs

AP courses offered 1
Gifted & talented Yes

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for South Carroll, which includes Clarksburg School.

$10,025
Per student
-7%
vs Tennessee
Avg $10,822
-40%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 23.6%
State 53.5%
Federal 22.9%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

Similar other schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Tennessee, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Clarksburg School's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Clarksburg School

How many students attend Clarksburg School?

Clarksburg School has 343 students enrolled. It is a public school in Clarksburg, TN.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Clarksburg School?

The student-teacher ratio at Clarksburg School is 14.9:1, which is 3% lower than the Tennessee average of 15.3:1 and 5% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Clarksburg School?

The largest demographic group at Clarksburg School is White at 86.9% of enrollment, in Clarksburg, TN.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Clarksburg School?

Clarksburg School has a Resource Investment Index of 58/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, AP course offerings, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

Is Clarksburg School a good school?

Clarksburg School earns 58/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Tennessee median. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in South Carroll?

None reported; South Carroll operates only Clarksburg School as a public school district in NCES's records.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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