Tennessee Public Schools

Tennessee is the #22 largest school system in the United States, serving 987,078 students across 1,784 public schools. There are 50 Blue Ribbon Schools, 32 magnet schools, 29 charter schools, and 15 special education schools. The student ethnicity breakdown in the state is show below:

Student by Ethnicity

(TN) School Average
% American Indian		 n/a
% Asian		 2%
% Hispanic		 6%
% Black		 24%
% White		 66%
Unknown		 2%

Tennessee Public Schools by County

County
# High
# Middle
# Elementary
1. Anderson County 4 5 15
2. Bedford County 4 4 11
3. Benton County 4 2 4
4. Bledsoe County 1 1 3
5. Blount County 5 6 21
6. Bradley County 6 5 19
7. Campbell County 3 2 8
8. Cannon County 1 - 7
9. Carroll County 7 5 9
10. Carter County 6 3 12
11. Cheatham County 4 3 6
12. Chester County 1 2 3
13. Claiborne County 5 4 8
14. Clay County 2 - 1
15. Cocke County 4 1 11
16. Coffee County 3 4 13
17. Crockett County 1 1 5
18. Cumberland County 3 1 9
19. Davidson County 27 40 83
20. Decatur County 2 1 4
21. Dekalb County 2 1 3
22. Dickson County 4 5 10
23. Dyer County 3 4 8
24. Fayette County 1 2 6
25. Fentress County 3 1 5
26. Franklin County 2 3 7
27. Gibson County 6 4 11
28. Giles County 2 2 6
29. Grainger County 4 2 5
30. Greene County 7 2 19
31. Grundy County 3 1 7
32. Hamblen County 3 5 13
33. Hamilton County 20 20 52
34. Hancock County 1 1 3
35. Hardeman County 2 1 6
36. Hardin County 1 1 4
37. Hawkins County 3 5 13
38. Haywood County 1 1 3
39. Henderson County 3 1 9
40. Henry County 2 2 6
41. Hickman County 2 2 4
42. Houston County 3 1 3
43. Humphreys County 2 3 5
44. Jackson County 1 1 1
45. Jefferson County 3 3 8
46. Johnson County 1 1 6
47. Knox County 21 18 58
48. Lake County 1 - 2
49. Lauderdale County 2 3 4
50. Lawrence County 4 1 8
51. Lewis County 1 1 2
52. Lincoln County 4 6 7
53. Loudon County 3 4 7
54. Macon County 3 4 5
55. Madison County 7 6 20
56. Marion County 4 3 4
57. Marshall County 3 3 7
58. Maury County 6 8 16
59. Mcminn County 2 1 13
60. Mcnairy County 2 1 6
61. Meigs County 1 2 2
62. Monroe County 4 5 8
63. Montgomery County 8 8 20
64. Moore County 1 - 1
65. Morgan County 5 4 4
66. Obion County 4 2 7
67. Overton County 3 1 6
68. Perry County 2 1 3
69. Pickett County 1 - 1
70. Polk County 3 1 4
71. Putnam County 6 5 15
72. Rhea County 1 1 5
73. Roane County 6 5 12
74. Robertson County 6 7 15
75. Rutherford County 12 13 39
76. Scott County 2 3 7
77. Sequatchie County 3 2 2
78. Sevier County 8 5 18
79. Shelby County 63 65 159
80. Smith County 4 3 7
81. Stewart County 2 1 3
82. Sullivan County 7 11 30
83. Sumner County 9 13 26
84. Tipton County 4 4 9
85. Trousdale County 1 1 1
86. Unicoi County 1 2 5
87. Union County 3 2 6
88. Van Buren County 1 1 2
89. Warren County 2 2 9
90. Washington County 5 5 22
91. Wayne County 4 3 3
92. Weakley County 5 4 6
93. White County 1 1 7
94. Williamson County 8 10 27
95. Wilson County 6 4 15

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