Regular local school district ยท DeKalb County
DeKalb County Public Schools, TN: schools, enrollment and spending
DeKalb County Public Schools runs 7 public schools with 3,644 students in grades PK to 12.Listed in NCES data as "DeKalb County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 3,644
- Address
- 110 South Public Square, Smithville, TN 37166
- Phone
- (615)597-4084
- County
- DeKalb County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4700990
- State district ID
- TN-00210
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 (2,924), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $30.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.7 million
- State revenue
- $18.4 million
- Local revenue
- $5.9 million
- Total spending
- $29.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $9,916
- Salaries
- $16.3 million56.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $2.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 18.9%
- State: 61.3%
- Local: 19.7%
Tennessee overall
- Federal: 14.3%
- State: 44.2%
- Local: 41.4%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$9,916
Tennessee$11,798
United States$16,826
Schools in DeKalb County Public Schools
By level: 3 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| De Kalb County Adult High SchoolCEP school | High | 10 to 12 | 0 | |
| De Kalb County High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 781 | |
| DeKalb County Schools Adult Education Virtual School | High | 9 to 12 | 784 | |
| DeKalb Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 534 | |
| DeKalb West ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 466 | |
| Northside ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | 2 to 5 | 544 | |
| Smithville ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 2 | 535 |
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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.