Tennessee Public Schools
- Tennessee is the #20 largest school system in the United States, serving 989,492 students across 1,816 public schools.
- Tennessee public schools have a diversity scoreThe chance that two students selected at random would be members of a different ethnic group. Scored from 0 to 1, a diversity score closer to 1 indicates a more diverse student body. of 0.53, which is higher than the national average of 0.51.
- The most diverse school district in Tennessee is Davidson County School District. Read more about public school diversity statistics in Tennessee or national school diversity statistics.
- Minority enrollment is 35% (majority Black) and the student:teacher ratio is 16:1.
Student by Ethnicity
(TN) School Average
American Indian
n/a
Asian
2%
Hispanic
8%
Black
22%
White
65%
Hawaiian
n/a
Two or more races
2%
Unknown
1%
Tennessee Public Schools by County
- County# Schools# Students% Minority
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