Tennessee · NCES F-33 finance data
Highest Spending Districts in Tennessee
The 50 Tennessee districts that spend the most per student, ranked from NCES F-33 finance data (2021-22). Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are included.
- $17,848
- Top per-pupil spend
- $11,981
- Avg across top 50
- 50
- Districts listed
The spending picture in one line
Franklin Ssd spends $17,848 per student, the most of any Tennessee district listed, against an average of $11,981 across the top 50.
- $17,848
- top spend (Franklin Ssd)
- $11,206
- lowest on this list
- 1.6×
- spread across the listed districts
- 3,190
- students in the top district
| # | District | Per-Pupil $ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Franklin Ssd Franklin | $17,848 |
| 2 | Davidson County Nashville | $15,421 |
| 3 | Memphis-Shelby County Schools Memphis | $13,650 |
| 4 | Oak Ridge Oak Ridge | $13,601 |
| 5 | Tennessee Public Charter School Commission Nashville | $13,069 |
| 6 | Humboldt City Schools Humboldt | $12,948 |
| 7 | Perry County Linden | $12,553 |
| 8 | Alcoa Alcoa | $12,531 |
| 9 | Haywood County Brownsville | $12,505 |
| 10 | Greeneville Greeneville | $12,303 |
| 11 | Van Buren County Spencer | $12,176 |
| 12 | Sevier County Sevierville | $12,077 |
| 13 | Lake County Tiptonville | $12,059 |
| 14 | Moore County Lynchburg | $12,031 |
| 15 | Hancock County Sneedville | $12,024 |
| 16 | Hamilton County Chattanooga | $12,002 |
| 17 | Bristol Bristol | $11,961 |
| 18 | Tullahoma Tullahoma | $11,873 |
| 19 | Newport Newport | $11,862 |
| 20 | Union City Union City | $11,833 |
| 21 | Manchester Manchester | $11,827 |
| 22 | Polk County Benton | $11,761 |
| 23 | Claiborne County Tazewell | $11,667 |
| 24 | Elizabethton Elizabethton | $11,642 |
| 25 | Dyersburg Dyersburg | $11,567 |
| 26 | Scott County Huntsville | $11,555 |
| 27 | Johnson City Johnson City | $11,545 |
| 28 | Lauderdale County Ripley | $11,506 |
| 29 | Hawkins County Rogersville | $11,500 |
| 30 | Fayetteville Fayetteville | $11,483 |
| 31 | Anderson County Clinton | $11,475 |
| 32 | Wayne County Waynesboro | $11,455 |
| 33 | Kingsport Kingsport | $11,438 |
| 34 | Hardeman County Schools Bolivar | $11,428 |
| 35 | Maryville Maryville | $11,424 |
| 36 | Bledsoe County Pikeville | $11,389 |
| 37 | Collierville Collierville | $11,370 |
| 38 | Paris Paris | $11,353 |
| 39 | Morgan County Wartburg | $11,342 |
| 40 | Murfreesboro Murfreesboro | $11,342 |
| 41 | Benton County Camden | $11,334 |
| 42 | Monroe County Madisonville | $11,307 |
| 43 | Clinton Clinton | $11,305 |
| 44 | Pickett County Byrdstown | $11,282 |
| 45 | Carter County Elizabethton | $11,253 |
| 46 | Unicoi County Erwin | $11,252 |
| 47 | Obion County Union City | $11,247 |
| 48 | Coffee County Manchester | $11,238 |
| 49 | Blount County Maryville | $11,214 |
| 50 | Bartlett Bartlett | $11,206 |
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Methodology
Per-pupil expenditure data comes from the NCES F-33 Finance Survey. Only districts with 500 or more students are included to ensure meaningful comparisons. Spending figures include all current operational expenditures divided by total enrollment.
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.