Regular local school district ยท Carter County
Carter County Public Schools, TN: schools, enrollment and spending
Carter County Public Schools runs 14 public schools with 4,450 students in grades PK to 12.Listed in NCES data as "Carter County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 14
- Students
- 4,450
- Address
- 139 Keenburg RD, Elizabethton, TN 37643
- Phone
- (423)547-4000
- County
- Carter County
- Locale
- Suburb: Midsize
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4700510
- State district ID
- TN-00100
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 (4,890), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $58.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $12.0 million
- State revenue
- $32.5 million
- Local revenue
- $13.8 million
- Total spending
- $54.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,221
- Salaries
- $29.8 million54.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 20.6%
- State: 55.8%
- Local: 23.6%
Tennessee overall
- Federal: 14.3%
- State: 44.2%
- Local: 41.4%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,221
Tennessee$11,798
United States$16,826
Schools in Carter County Public Schools
By level: 5 high, 1 middle, 7 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Carter County Alternative SchoolCEP school | High | 5 to 12 | 61 | |
| Carter County Online AcademyCEP school | Other | K to 12 | 123 | |
| Central ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 267 | |
| Cloudland Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 262 | |
| Cloudland High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 236 | |
| Hampton ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 662 | |
| Hampton High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 368 | |
| Happy Valley ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 506 | |
| Happy Valley High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 449 | |
| Happy Valley Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 5 to 8 | 354 | |
| Hunter ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 498 | |
| Unaka ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 194 | |
| Unaka High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 284 | |
| Valley Forge ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 186 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Carter County
- Elizabethton School District 2,678 students
More in Tennessee
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.