Regular local school district ยท Dickson County
Dickson County Public Schools, TN: schools, enrollment and spending
Dickson County Public Schools runs 17 public schools with 7,777 students in grades PK to 12.Listed in NCES data as "Dickson County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 17
- Students
- 7,777
- Address
- 817 N Charlotte ST, Dickson, TN 37055
- Phone
- (615)446-7571
- County
- Dickson County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4701020
- State district ID
- TN-00220
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 (8,031), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $86.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $9.7 million
- State revenue
- $43.6 million
- Local revenue
- $33.4 million
- Total spending
- $81.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $10,156
- Salaries
- $46.1 million56.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $38.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.2%
- State: 50.3%
- Local: 38.5%
Tennessee overall
- Federal: 14.3%
- State: 44.2%
- Local: 41.4%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$10,156
Tennessee$11,798
United States$16,826
Schools in Dickson County Public Schools
By level: 2 high, 4 middle, 8 elementary, 3 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Burns Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 494 | |
| Centennial Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 713 | |
| Charlotte Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 601 | |
| Charlotte Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 433 | |
| Creek Wood High School | High | 9 to 12 | 919 | |
| Dickson County Distance Learning AcademyCEP school | Other | K to 12 | 40 | |
| Dickson County High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,337 | |
| Dickson Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 229 | |
| Dickson Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 570 | |
| New Directions Academy | Other | 3 to 12 | 61 | |
| Oakmont Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 482 | |
| Special ServicesCEP school | Other | PK to 11 | 3 | |
| Stuart Burns Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 706 | |
| The Discovery School | Elementary | K to 5 | 202 | |
| Vanleer Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 269 | |
| W James Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 239 | |
| White Bluff Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 479 |
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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.