K-12 education in Tennessee

Education facts

State superintendent: Lizzette Gonzalez Reynolds

Number of students: 1,001,916

Number of teachers: 64,105

Teacher/pupil ratio: 1:15.6

Number of school districts: 141

Number of schools: 1,843

Graduation rate: 91%

Per-pupil spending: $9,896

See also

Tennessee Department of Education •List of school districts in Tennessee •Tennessee •School boards portal

Public education in the United States Public education in Tennessee Glossary of education terms

Note: These statistics are mainly from government sources, including the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Center for Education Statistics. Figures given were the most recent as of October 2022.

This page lists Tennessee'spublic school districts in alphabetical order.^[1] The list is updated once per decade following the release of theU.S. Census. Note that school districts may have been created, dissolved, or merged since the last update.

See also:School board elections in Tennessee

See also

• School board elections portal
• United States school districts
• National School Boards Association
• Consortium of State School Boards Associations
• Tennessee Department of Education
• Public education in Tennessee
• Tennessee

External links

Suggest a link

• National Center for Education Statistics

Footnotes

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