Regular local school district ยท Rhea County
Dayton School District, TN: schools, enrollment and spending
Dayton School District runs 1 public school with 891 students in grades PK to 8.Listed in NCES data as "Dayton".
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 891
- Address
- 520 Cherry ST, Dayton, TN 37321
- Phone
- (423)775-8414
- County
- Rhea County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4700930
- State district ID
- TN-00721
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 (823), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $8.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.7 million
- State revenue
- $5.3 million
- Local revenue
- $1.9 million
- Total spending
- $8.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $10,482
- Salaries
- $5.0 million58.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $657,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 18.8%
- State: 60.0%
- Local: 21.2%
Tennessee overall
- Federal: 14.3%
- State: 44.2%
- Local: 41.4%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$10,482
Tennessee$11,798
United States$16,826
Schools in Dayton School District
By level: 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Dayton City ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 891 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Rhea County
- Rhea County Public Schools 3,890 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.