School district · Tennessee
Macon County
Macon County in Tennessee: 8 public schools with 4,216 students and — students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $10,446 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 4,216
- Students per teacher
- —
- TN — · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $10,446
- 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.
$7.4K15
$8.0K16
$8.0K17
$8.2K18
$8.7K19
$8.8K20
$9.1K21
$9.5K22
$9.9K23
$10.4K24
- Federal
- 19% · $11.1M
- State
- 64% · $36.9M
- Local
- 16% · $9.2M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $6,184
- Support services
- $3,383
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $7.1M
- Long-term debt
- $7.8M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
Elementary schools: 5Middle schools: 1High schools: 2
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Central ElementaryFree meals for all | 2–3 | 473 | — |
Fairlane ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–1 | 478 | — |
Lafayette Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | 4–5 | 442 | — |
Red Boiling Springs ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 363 | — |
Westside ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 390 | — |
Macon County Junior High SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 778 | — |
Macon County High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 964 | — |
Red Boiling Springs SchoolFree meals for all | 6–12 | 328 | — |
Sources
- Address
- 501 College ST, Lafayette, TN 37083
- Phone
- (615)666-2125
- 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).