Regular local school district ยท Rutherford County
Rutherford County Public Schools, TN: schools, enrollment and spending
Rutherford County Public Schools runs 55 public schools with 52,127 students in grades PK to 12.Listed in NCES data as "Rutherford County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 55
- Students
- 52,127
- Address
- 2240 Southpark BLVD, Murfreesboro, TN 37128
- Phone
- (615)904-3790
- County
- Rutherford County
- Locale
- City: Midsize
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4703690
- State district ID
- TN-00750
- Charter schools
- 2
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 (47,186), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $501.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $48.9 million
- State revenue
- $244.3 million
- Local revenue
- $208.2 million
- Total spending
- $563.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,945
- Salaries
- $271.5 million48.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $395.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.8%
- State: 48.7%
- Local: 41.5%
Tennessee overall
- Federal: 14.3%
- State: 44.2%
- Local: 41.4%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,945
Tennessee$11,798
United States$16,826
Schools in Rutherford County Public Schools
By level: 14 high, 11 middle, 28 elementary, 2 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
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Nearby and related
Other districts in Rutherford County
- Murfreesboro School District 9,342 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.