Other / mixed grade configuration · Hampshire, TN

Hampshire Unit School

Federal NCES profile for Hampshire Unit School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 37/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 470276000969
0/100100/10037/100
👥 S:T ratio
55
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
17
📋 Attendance
46
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Hampshire Unit School earns 37/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 88% of Tennessee schools.

37
Resource Index · Typical
11.2:1
small classes for Tennessee
414
students enrolled

Hampshire Unit School has class sizes smaller than 88% of Tennessee schools. Computed live against every Tennessee school reporting to NCES.

School address

Enrollment

414

Tennessee · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

37.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

11.2:1

vs 15.3:1 Tennessee avg

-27% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Hampshire Unit School compares with Tennessee and U.S. medians

Smaller classes than state median

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

What stands out at Hampshire Unit School

Hampshire Unit School is a mid-sized combined-grade school in Hampshire, Tennessee, enrolling 414 students.

Classes run notably small here: at 11.2:1, Hampshire Unit School is leaner than roughly 88% of Tennessee schools and 27% under the state's 15.3:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.

With 414 students, its enrollment sits close to the Tennessee median campus size.

Its Resource Investment Index lands in the lower third of 1,838 scored Tennessee schools.

Its student body is predominantly White (89% of enrollment) (diversity index 21/100).

Counselor access is stretched at roughly 414 students per counselor, well above the ASCA-recommended 250:1 ceiling.

Attendance runs somewhat below the norm, with 21.5% of students chronically absent per the 2021-22 civil-rights collection.

Its district draws 18.0% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Discipline events run high: 140 in- and out-of-school suspensions were reported for 414 students in the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection.

Maury County also operates Columbia Central High School (1,401 students) and Whitthorne Middle School (951 students) alongside Hampshire Unit School.

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 Hampshire Unit School compares

Hampshire Unit 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 11.2:1 ▼ 27% 15.3:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 414 top 58% - -

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

11.2:1
Leaner classes than 82% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
414
Bigger than 50% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
11.2:1
students per teacher - 27% below state mean
Top 12% in Tennessee - lower ratio than 88% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
21.5%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$10,063
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 414 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
124
in-school suspensions + 16 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 30.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 33.8 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 88.6%
Hispanic or Latino 6.5%
Two or More 3.4%
African American 1.2%
Asian 0.2%

Largest group: White at 88.6% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 20.9/100

Simpson diversity index - at 20.9, Hampshire Unit School is less mixed than the Tennessee school average of 38.3.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Maury County, which includes Hampshire Unit School.

$10,063
Per student
-7%
vs Tennessee
Avg $10,822
-39%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 40.4%
State 41.6%
Federal 18.0%

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.

How Hampshire Unit School Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Columbia Central High School Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Whitthorne Middle School Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Spring Hill High School Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Culleoka Unit School Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Battle Creek Middle School Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio

Comparisons are relative to Hampshire Unit School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Maury County · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

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 Hampshire Unit 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 Hampshire Unit School

How many students attend Hampshire Unit School?

Hampshire Unit School has 414 students enrolled. It is a public school in Hampshire, TN.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Hampshire Unit School?

The student-teacher ratio at Hampshire Unit School is 11.2:1, which is 27% lower than the Tennessee average of 15.3:1 and 29% 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 Hampshire Unit School?

The largest demographic group at Hampshire Unit School is White at 88.6% of enrollment, in Hampshire, TN.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Hampshire Unit School?

Hampshire Unit School has a Resource Investment Index of 37/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

Is Hampshire Unit School a good school?

Hampshire Unit School earns 37/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 88% of Tennessee schools. 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 Maury County?

Besides Hampshire Unit School, Maury County also operates Columbia Central High School (1,401 students), Whitthorne Middle School (951 students), and Spring Hill High School (907 students). See the Maury County district page for the complete list.

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.

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

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