| The State Department of Education has a Wonderful Web-Site | |||||
| The Tennessee State Department of Education has a great web-site. One of the links is under statistics is the 2015-2016 Statistical Report. I 'saved-as' "Table 50 - Expenditures - Current Expenditures Per ADA" to find out where Rutherford County and Murfreesboro ranked in the state. | |||||
| In all fairness, I do not know if this chart is truly indicative of each county's local government's commitment to education. Some counties may pay lower teacher salaries than others. Others may have far more transportation expenses than others. I am not an accountant or a school superintendent or a journalist but the way I understand the comments these dollars represent county dollars fore ducating a student in a classroom. Federal and State dollars are excluded (I think I have that right.) | |||||
| I have recieved permission from the Tennessee State Department of Education to use their web-page information. | |||||
| But please keep in mind these numbers are for 2015-2016 | |||||
| Also note a pattern, 1998: 62nd, 1999: 64th, 2000: 60th, 2001: 68th, 2002: 74th, 2003: 92nd 2004: 98th, 2005: 118th, 2006: 109th, 2007: 114th, 2008: 103rd, 2009: 98th, 2010: 105th, 2011: 103rd, 2012: 105th, 2013: 119th, 2014: 105th!, 2015: 121st! and in 2016 110th (out of 142 school systems in our state). | |||||
| Sad part is our county is able to rank a lot higher! | |||||
| Murfreesboro City Schools ranked 33rd. Please note the pay scales between Murfreesboro City and the County school systems pay | |||||
| Murfreesboro City Schools | |||||
| Rutherford County Schools | |||||
| OUR Rutherford County Commissioners took five cents of the Rutherford County School Board's share of the property taxes and transferred it to the general fund for the 1998-1999 fiscal year. Since The County Commission voted 14-7 to not give them the five cents back or any other increase for the 1999-2000 fiscal year we went from 62nd in the state in '97-'98 to 105th now!!! Want to know more? A History of Our County's Wheel Tax and keep in mind now 104 County and/or City School systems now spend more per student in the the State Of Tennessee than our county does. | |||||
| AVERAGE | TOTAL | OPERATING | |||
| CURRENT EXPENDITURE | DAILY | OPERATING | EXPENDITURES | ||
| PER ADA | ATTENDANCE*** | EXPENDITURES** | PER PUPIL ADA | ||
| 1 | *FRANKLIN | 3,334 | $46,626,359 | $13,984.41 | |
| 2 | OAK RIDGE | 4,237 | $55,346,478 | $13,063 | |
| 3 | DAVIDSON COUNTY | 76,990 | $902,782,835 | $11,726 | |
| 4 | MANCHESTER | 1,288 | $14,781,479 | $11,474 | |
| 5 | LAKE COUNTY | 728 | $8,311,313 | $11,416.24 | |
| 6 | ALCOA | 1,821 | $20,266,925 | $11,132 | |
| 7 | MOORE COUNTY | 810 | $8,927,227 | $11,025.41 | |
| 8 | SHELBY COUNTY | 100,469 | $1,106,675,527 | $11,015.05 | |
| 9 | GREENEVILLE | 2,653 | $29,040,217 | $10,944.61 | |
| 10 | HUMBOLDT | 1,004 | $10,913,226 | $10,869.70 | |
| 11 | ATHENS | 1,502 | $16,162,382 | $10,762.32 | |
| 12 | KINGSPORT | 6,759 | $72,500,110 | $10,726.41 | |
| 13 | MARYVILLE | 4,897 | $50,910,419 | $10,397 | |
| 14 | JOHNSON COUNTY | 1,928 | $20,032,311 | $10,389.29 | |
| 15 | MILLINGTON | 2,386 | $24,527,527 | $10,277.71 | |
| 16 | LEXINGTON | 838 | $8,593,145 | $10,258.62 | |
| 17 | SEVIER COUNTY | 13,326 | $136,007,551 | $10,206.29 | |
| 18 | BLEDSOE COUNTY | 1,635 | $16,542,214 | $10,121 | |
| 19 | DYERSBURG | 2,486 | $25,097,477 | $10,097 | |
| 20 | CLINTON | 838 | $8,356,061 | $9,967 | |
| 21 | BENTON COUNTY | 2,027 | $20,187,383 | $9,959 | |
| 22 | HARDEMAN COUNTY | 3,385 | $33,649,399 | $9,940.20 | |
| 23 | VAN BUREN COUNTY | 710 | $7,024,320 | $9,888.29 | |
| 24 | ANDERSON COUNTY | 6,061 | $59,821,646 | $9,869 | |
| 25 | TULLAHOMA | 3,299 | $32,480,304 | $9,846 | |
| 26 | BRISTOL | 3,750 | $36,906,280 | $9,840.99 | |
| 27 | FENTRESS COUNTY | 1,980 | $19,455,578 | $9,825 | |
| 28 | *BRADFORD | 482 | $4,711,349 | $9,783.30 | |
| 29 | PERRY COUNTY | 1,015 | $9,912,819 | $9,765.07 | |
| 30 | HANCOCK COUNTY | 926 | $9,010,919 | $9,734.03 | |
| 31 | HAMILTON COUNTY | 40,615 | $395,118,332 | $9,728.33 | |
| 32 | ELIZABETHTON | 2,327 | $22,621,212 | $9,721 | |
| 33 | MURFREESBORO | 7,692 | $74,752,872 | $9,717.87 | |
| 34 | UNION COUNTY | 3,304 | $32,047,104 | $9,700.12 | |
| 35 | MADISON COUNTY | 11,600 | $112,468,886 | $9,695.86 | |
| 36 | JOHNSON CITY | 7,391 | $71,566,414 | $9,683.28 | |
| 37 | CLAIBORNE COUNTY | 3,961 | $38,200,776 | $9,643 | |
| 38 | HAYWOOD COUNTY | 2,794 | $26,908,132 | $9,630.99 | |
| 39 | UNICOI COUNTY | 2,172 | $20,897,588 | $9,622.97 | |
| 40 | UNION CITY | 1,489 | $14,302,875 | $9,606.18 | |
| 41 | SULLIVAN COUNTY | 9,329 | $89,301,982 | $9,572.82 | |
| 42 | HENRY COUNTY | 2,797 | $26,748,306 | $9,563.15 | |
| 43 | COCKE COUNTY | 4,190 | $39,877,551 | $9,516 | |
| 44 | HICKMAN COUNTY | 3,147 | $29,883,799 | $9,495.86 | |
| 45 | CARTER COUNTY | 4,913 | $46,564,534 | $9,479 | |
| 46 | ROGERSVILLE | 608 | $5,752,603 | $9,462.25 | |
| 47 | NEWPORT | 678 | $6,386,141 | $9,418 | |
| 48 | ROANE COUNTY | 6,262 | $58,925,797 | $9,410.40 | |
| 49 | CLEVELAND | 5,085 | $47,616,089 | $9,365 | |
| 50 | HARDIN COUNTY | 3,253 | $30,460,233 | $9,363.13 | |
| 51 | LOUDON COUNTY | 4,458 | $41,702,810 | $9,354.17 | |
| 52 | JACKSON COUNTY | 1,399 | $13,046,314 | $9,326.79 | |
| 53 | WAYNE COUNTY | 2,105 | $19,617,437 | $9,317.96 | |
| 54 | ETOWAH | 331 | $3,081,142 | $9,301.85 | |
| 55 | CLAY COUNTY | 984 | $9,118,447 | $9,263 | |
| 56 | HAWKINS COUNTY | 6,520 | $60,387,402 | $9,262.55 | |
| 57 | FAYETTE COUNTY | 3,020 | $27,965,219 | $9,261 | |
| 58 | STEWART COUNTY | 1,896 | $17,553,491 | $9,257.29 | |
| 59 | HOUSTON COUNTY | 1,192 | $11,026,777 | $9,247.61 | |
| 60 | COFFEE COUNTY | 4,113 | $37,963,458 | $9,231 | |
| 61 | BLOUNT COUNTY | 10,191 | $94,035,554 | $9,227 | |
| 62 | LAUDERDALE COUNTY | 3,943 | $36,309,531 | $9,208.99 | |
| 63 | GRUNDY COUNTY | 1,983 | $18,182,155 | $9,170.24 | |
| 64 | RHEA COUNTY | 3,958 | $36,188,992 | $9,144.03 | |
| 65 | MEIGS COUNTY | 1,617 | $14,778,098 | $9,137.08 | |
| 66 | *S. CARROLL | 324 | $2,952,015 | $9,122 | |
| 67 | *TRENTON | 1,235 | $11,257,021 | $9,113.68 | |
| 68 | OBION COUNTY | 3,232 | $29,455,231 | $9,113.47 | |
| 69 | KNOX COUNTY | 54,563 | $496,456,665 | $9,098.71 | |
| 70 | CHEATHAM COUNTY | 5,900 | $53,632,196 | $9,090 | |
| 71 | GILES COUNTY | 3,702 | $33,640,294 | $9,088.26 | |
| 72 | HENDERSON COUNTY | 3,663 | $33,274,799 | $9,082.82 | |
| 73 | BARTLETT | 8,108 | $73,547,674 | $9,071.01 | |
| 74 | LENOIR CITY | 2,122 | $19,149,114 | $9,023.41 | |
| 75 | *LEBANON | 3,505 | $31,615,910 | $9,019.20 | |
| 76 | *W. CARROLL | 860 | $7,712,846 | $8,966 | |
| 77 | WILLIAMSON COUNTY | 34,908 | $312,274,927 | $8,945.60 | |
| 78 | *ONEIDA | 1,164 | $10,401,555 | $8,933.21 | |
| 79 | FRANKLIN COUNTY | 5,317 | $47,443,083 | $8,923 | |
| 80 | POLK COUNTY | 2,223 | $19,809,962 | $8,913.15 | |
| 81 | WARREN COUNTY | 5,972 | $53,210,665 | $8,910.18 | |
| 82 | MORGAN COUNTY | 2,907 | $25,898,411 | $8,908.20 | |
| 83 | MAURY COUNTY | 11,240 | $99,846,817 | $8,882.91 | |
| 84 | MACON COUNTY | 3,515 | $31,133,003 | $8,856.97 | |
| 85 | COLLIERVILLE | 7,682 | $68,001,543 | $8,852.29 | |
| 86 | DECATUR COUNTY | 1,506 | $13,285,313 | $8,821 | |
| 87 | MARION COUNTY | 3,787 | $33,386,868 | $8,815.19 | |
| 88 | *PARIS | 1,622 | $14,291,817 | $8,810.56 | |
| 89 | GRAINGER COUNTY | 3,220 | $28,348,661 | $8,805.17 | |
| 90 | *MILAN | 1,869 | $16,440,353 | $8,795.18 | |
| 91 | GERMANTOWN | 5,511 | $48,299,207 | $8,764.77 | |
| 92 | ROBERTSON COUNTY | 10,469 | $91,717,758 | $8,761.05 | |
| 93 | PUTNAM COUNTY | 10,245 | $89,689,451 | $8,754.62 | |
| 94 | FAYETTEVILLE | 1,358 | $11,855,960 | $8,733.12 | |
| 95 | PICKETT COUNTY | 681 | $5,940,189 | $8,729.09 | |
| 96 | DYER COUNTY | 3,679 | $32,080,015 | $8,719 | |
| 97 | CAMPBELL COUNTY | 5,118 | $44,618,840 | $8,717 | |
| 98 | DAYTON | 779 | $6,779,017 | $8,704.98 | |
| 99 | MARSHALL COUNTY | 5,002 | $43,342,898 | $8,664.63 | |
| 100 | SUMNER COUNTY | 27,611 | $238,996,810 | $8,655.77 | |
| 101 | MONTGOMERY COUNTY | 30,567 | $264,292,784 | $8,646.45 | |
| 102 | ALAMO | 558 | $4,826,392 | $8,642 | |
| 103 | SCOTT COUNTY | 2,713 | $23,335,628 | $8,601.91 | |
| 104 | HUMPHREYS COUNTY | 2,733 | $23,468,158 | $8,588.38 | |
| 105 | *RICHARD CITY | 254 | $2,184,052 | $8,582.55 | |
| 106 | DICKSON COUNTY | 7,857 | $67,305,711 | $8,566 | |
| 107 | JEFFERSON COUNTY | 6,761 | $57,860,848 | $8,557.66 | |
| 108 | MONROE COUNTY | 5,157 | $44,109,551 | $8,553.18 | |
| 109 | WASHINGTON COUNTY | 8,088 | $69,146,878 | $8,549.70 | |
| 110 | RUTHERFORD COUNTY | 41,195 | $349,953,795 | $8,495.00 | |
| 111 | LINCOLN COUNTY | 3,615 | $30,688,394 | $8,489.27 | |
| 112 | OVERTON COUNTY | 2,943 | $24,936,721 | $8,474.12 | |
| 113 | MCMINN COUNTY | 5,185 | $43,874,085 | $8,462.07 | |
| 114 | CUMBERLAND COUNTY | 6,791 | $57,335,722 | $8,443 | |
| 115 | HAMBLEN COUNTY | 9,738 | $82,158,899 | $8,436.66 | |
| 116 | TIPTON COUNTY | 10,330 | $86,800,130 | $8,402.53 | |
| 117 | BELLS | 360 | $3,019,595 | $8,386 | |
| 118 | GREENE COUNTY | 6,377 | $53,453,431 | $8,382.74 | |
| 119 | CROCKETT COUNTY | 1,897 | $15,898,252 | $8,382 | |
| 120 | CANNON COUNTY | 1,860 | $15,580,919 | $8,379 | |
| 121 | *HUNTINGDON | 1,137 | $9,505,734 | $8,363 | |
| 122 | BRADLEY COUNTY | 9,456 | $78,975,181 | $8,352 | |
| 123 | TROUSDALE COUNTY | 1,174 | $9,769,865 | $8,324.41 | |
| 124 | WEAKLEY COUNTY | 3,991 | $33,171,311 | $8,311.92 | |
| 125 | LAWRENCE COUNTY | 6,520 | $54,136,710 | $8,302.67 | |
| 126 | SMITH COUNTY | 2,925 | $24,215,745 | $8,279.34 | |
| 127 | LEWIS COUNTY | 1,699 | $14,003,747 | $8,240.30 | |
| 128 | SWEETWATER | 1,457 | $11,927,826 | $8,186.92 | |
| 129 | MCNAIRY COUNTY | 4,138 | $33,866,194 | $8,184.47 | |
| 130 | LAKELAND | 867 | $7,086,617 | $8,177.42 | |
| 131 | DEKALB COUNTY | 2,808 | $22,590,118 | $8,045 | |
| 132 | SEQUATCHIE COUNTY | 2,116 | $16,859,091 | $7,966.69 | |
| 133 | WHITE COUNTY | 3,699 | $29,429,180 | $7,955.77 | |
| 134 | WILSON COUNTY | 16,375 | $128,689,627 | $7,858.77 | |
| 135 | *MCKENZIE | 1,282 | $10,069,982 | $7,858 | |
| 136 | *HOLLOW ROCK-BR | 619 | $4,846,514 | $7,831 | |
| 137 | ARLINGTON | 4,794 | $37,491,349 | $7,821.23 | |
| 138 | CHESTER COUNTY | 2,657 | $20,703,423 | $7,793 | |
| 139 | BEDFORD COUNTY | 8,021 | $61,856,042 | $7,711 | |
| 140 | *GIBSON CO. SPEC. | 3,790 | $27,262,872 | $7,194.32 | |
| 141 | CARROLL COUNTY | 2 | $3,672,734 | NA | |
| 142 | GIBSON COUNTY | NA | NA | NA | |
| ***AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE INCLUDES ADULT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. | |||||