School district · Tennessee
Carter County
Carter County in Tennessee: 14 public schools with 4,450 students and — students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $11,729 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 14
- Students
- 4,450
- Students per teacher
- —
- TN — · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $11,729
- TN $13K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- —
- Counselors (FTE)
- —
- Students per counselor
- —
- TN — · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- —
- Librarians (FTE): —
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
$8.6K15
$8.8K16
$9.1K17
$9.4K18
$9.9K19
$9.8K20
$10.5K21
$11.3K22
$11.5K23
$11.7K24
- Federal
- 25% · $18.8M
- State
- 54% · $40.3M
- Local
- 20% · $15.1M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $7,074
- Support services
- $3,855
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $11.7M
- Long-term debt
- $0
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
Elementary schools: 7Middle schools: 1High schools: 5Other schools: 1
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Central ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 267 | — |
Cloudland Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 262 | — |
Hampton ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 662 | — |
Happy Valley ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–4 | 506 | — |
Hunter ElementaryFree meals for all | K–8 | 498 | — |
Unaka ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 194 | — |
Valley Forge ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 186 | — |
Happy Valley Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 5–8 | 354 | — |
Carter County Alternative SchoolAlternativeFree meals for all | 5–12 | 61 | — |
Cloudland High SchoolFree meals for all | 7–12 | 236 | — |
Hampton High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 368 | — |
Happy Valley High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 449 | — |
Unaka High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 284 | — |
Carter County Online AcademyFully virtualFree meals for all | K–12 | 123 | — |
Sources
- Address
- 139 Keenburg RD, Elizabethton, TN 37643
- Phone
- (423)547-4000
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).