Regular local school district ยท Benton County
Benton County Public Schools, TN: schools, enrollment and spending
Benton County Public Schools runs 8 public schools with 2,150 students in grades PK to 12.Listed in NCES data as "Benton County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 2,150
- Address
- 197 Briarwood ST, Camden, TN 38320
- Phone
- (731)584-6111
- County
- Benton County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4700240
- State district ID
- TN-00030
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (2,000), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $27.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.0 million
- State revenue
- $13.7 million
- Local revenue
- $8.4 million
- Total spending
- $24.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,422
- Salaries
- $13.0 million52.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $550,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 18.5%
- State: 50.6%
- Local: 31.0%
Tennessee overall
- Federal: 14.3%
- State: 44.2%
- Local: 41.4%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,422
Tennessee$11,798
United States$16,826
Schools in Benton County Public Schools
By level: 3 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary, 2 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Benton County AcademyCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 0 | |
| Big Sandy SchoolCEP school | Other | K to 12 | 243 | |
| Briarwood SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 395 | |
| Camden Central High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 563 | |
| Camden ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 2 | 442 | |
| Camden Junior High SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 373 | |
| Holladay ElementaryCEP school | Other | K to 9 | 134 | |
| Senator Frank P. Lashlee Career and Technical CenterCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 0 |
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.