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Smith County

Carthage, Tennessee · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

3,056
Students enrolled
9
Public schools
221
Classroom teachers (FTE)
13.8:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 130
  • Kindergarten 239
  • Grade 1 224
  • Grade 2 240
  • Grade 3 227
  • Grade 4 230
  • Grade 5 238
  • Grade 6 219
  • Grade 7 236
  • Grade 8 228
  • Grade 9 249
  • Grade 10 203
  • Grade 11 194
  • Grade 12 199

By race/ethnicity

  • White 87%
  • Hispanic/Latino 6%
  • Two or more races 5%
  • Black or African American 2%
  • Asian <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Spending and revenue

$11,672 spent per student on day-to-day operations Tennessee median: $12,103 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $7,098
  • Support services $3,725
  • Other (food service, etc.) $849

Where the money comes from

  • Local 22%
  • State 59%
  • Federal 19%

Total revenue $42.2 milliontotal spending $40.5 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Rural: Remote

Total staff (FTE)

479

District office

126 S C M S Lane, Carthage TN 37030

County

Smith County

Official website

NCES District ID

4703870

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About Smith County

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

The Mission of the Smith County School System is to produce academically competent citizens who have the necessary career and life skills to earn an adequate living and assume the rights and responsibilities of citizenship in their community, state, and nation.
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