Regular local school district ยท Putnam County
Putnam County Public Schools, TN: schools, enrollment and spending
Putnam County Public Schools runs 22 public schools with 11,776 students in grades PK to 12.Listed in NCES data as "Putnam County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 22
- Students
- 11,776
- Address
- 1400 East Spring ST, Cookeville, TN 38506
- Phone
- (931)526-9777
- County
- Putnam County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4703480
- State district ID
- TN-00710
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 (11,609), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $121.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $20.9 million
- State revenue
- $60.5 million
- Local revenue
- $40.3 million
- Total spending
- $121.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $10,440
- Salaries
- $67.1 million55.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $88.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 17.1%
- State: 49.7%
- Local: 33.1%
Tennessee overall
- Federal: 14.3%
- State: 44.2%
- Local: 41.4%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$10,440
Tennessee$11,798
United States$16,826
Schools in Putnam County Public Schools
By level: 4 high, 4 middle, 11 elementary, 2 other, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Algood Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 495 | |
| Algood Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 718 | |
| Avery Trace Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 724 | |
| Baxter PrimaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 1 | 327 | |
| Burks ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 515 | |
| Cane Creek ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 447 | |
| Capshaw Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 515 | |
| Cookeville High School | High | 9 to 12 | 2,241 | |
| Cornerstone ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | 2 to 4 | 378 | |
| Jere Whitson ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 339 | |
| Monterey High School | High | 7 to 12 | 526 | |
| Northeast Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 459 | |
| Park View SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 416 | |
| Prescott South Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 535 | |
| Prescott South Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 813 | |
| Putnam Co Adult High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 22 | |
| Putnam County VITALCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 123 | |
| Sycamore ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 337 | |
| T T U Child Development LabCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 20 | |
| Upperman High School | High | 9 to 12 | 899 | |
| Upperman Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 851 | |
| White Plains Academy | Other | K to 12 | 76 |
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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.