Regular local school district ยท Jefferson County
Jefferson County Public Schools, TN: schools, enrollment and spending
Jefferson County Public Schools runs 14 public schools with 6,937 students in grades PK to 12.Listed in NCES data as "Jefferson County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 14
- Students
- 6,937
- Address
- 1221 Gay ST, Dandridge, TN 37725
- Phone
- (865)397-3194
- County
- Jefferson County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4702100
- State district ID
- TN-00450
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 (6,907), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $74.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $10.0 million
- State revenue
- $42.3 million
- Local revenue
- $22.4 million
- Total spending
- $71.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $10,348
- Salaries
- $38.9 million54.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $45.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 56.7%
- Local: 30.0%
Tennessee overall
- Federal: 14.3%
- State: 44.2%
- Local: 41.4%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$10,348
Tennessee$11,798
United States$16,826
Schools in Jefferson County Public Schools
By level: 3 high, 2 middle, 8 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Dandridge ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 543 | |
| Dandridge Head StartCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 0 | |
| Jefferson Co High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,965 | |
| Jefferson County Adult High SchoolCEP school | High | 11 to 12 | 19 | |
| Jefferson ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 467 | |
| Jefferson Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 528 | |
| Jefferson Virtual AcademyCEP school | High | 5 to 12 | 55 | |
| Maury Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 582 | |
| Mount Horeb Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 616 | |
| New Market ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 272 | |
| Piedmont ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 367 | |
| Rush Strong ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 518 | |
| Talbott ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 300 | |
| White Pine ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 705 |
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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.