The Tennessee State Department of Education has a great web-site. One of the links is under statistics is the 2011-2012 Statistical Report. I 'saved-as' "Table 50 - Expenditures - Current Expenditures Per ADA" to find out where Rutherford County and Murfreesboro ranked in the state.
In all fairness, I do not know if this chart is truly indicative of each county's local government's commitment to education. Some counties may pay lower teacher salaries than others. Others may have far more transportation expenses than others. I am not an accountant or a school superintendent or a journalist but the way I understand the comments these dollars represent county dollars for educating a student in a classroom. Federal and State dollars are excluded (I think I have that right.)
OUR Rutherford County Commissioners took five cents of the Rutherford County School Board's share of the property taxes and transferred it to the general fund for the 1998-1999 fiscal year. Since The County Commission voted 14-7 to not give them the five cents back or any other increase for the 1999-2000 fiscal year we went from 62nd in the state in '97-'98 to 105th now!!! Want to know more? A History of Our County's Wheel Tax and keep in mind now 104 County and/or City School systems now spend more per student in the the State Of Tennessee than our county does.
1 | *FRANKLIN | 3,568 | 44,481,614 | $12,466 |
2 | OAK RIDGE | 4,241 | 52,502,914 | $12,380 |
3 | MEMPHIS | 97,179 | 1,093,273,225 | $11,250 |
4 | DAVIDSON COUNTY | 71,953 | 792,332,547 | $11,012 |
5 | ALCOA | 1,677 | 17,511,704 | $10,444 |
6 | HUMBOLDT | 1,112 | 11,571,118 | $10,410 |
7 | MANCHESTER | 1,316 | 13,646,834 | $10,373 |
8 | GREENEVILLE | 2,583 | 26,745,665 | $10,356 |
9 | TULLAHOMA | 3,086 | 31,593,559 | $10,237 |
10 | KINGSPORT | 6,358 | 64,816,161 | $10,194 |
11 | JOHNSON COUNTY | 2,042 | 20,655,839 | $10,118 |
12 | LAKE COUNTY | 817 | 8,210,414 | $10,050 |
13 | HARDEMAN COUNTY | 3,703 | 36,560,498 | $9,874 |
14 | HANCOCK COUNTY | 941 | 9,239,213 | $9,822 |
15 | MADISON COUNTY | 11,941 | 117,182,745 | $9,813 |
16 | BENTON COUNTY | 2,133 | 20,779,788 | $9,744 |
17 | *BRADFORD | 512 | 4,980,755 | $9,731 |
18 | ATHENS | 1,435 | 13,952,203 | $9,721 |
19 | FAYETTE COUNTY | 3,278 | 31,866,540 | $9,720 |
20 | DYERSBURG | 2,704 | 26,148,038 | $9,672 |
21 | BRISTOL | 3,638 | 35,180,739 | $9,670 |
22 | STEWART COUNTY | 2,015 | 19,400,189 | $9,628 |
23 | CLAY COUNTY | 988 | 9,495,124 | $9,615 |
24 | NEWPORT | 672 | 6,444,170 | $9,583 |
25 | GILES COUNTY | 3,774 | 35,917,070 | $9,517 |
26 | CLINTON | 854 | 8,111,505 | $9,495 |
27 | MARYVILLE | 4,733 | 44,857,507 | $9,477 |
28 | ETOWAH | 312 | 2,954,877 | $9,471 |
29 | GRUNDY COUNTY | 2,104 | 19,764,175 | $9,394 |
30 | BLEDSOE COUNTY | 1,695 | 15,903,636 | $9,383 |
31 | HARDIN COUNTY | 3,354 | 31,437,997 | $9,375 |
32 | PERRY COUNTY | 1,042 | 9,738,399 | $9,350 |
33 | JOHNSON CITY | 7,081 | 66,188,206 | $9,347 |
34 | SHELBY COUNTY | 43,473 | 405,077,371 | $9,318 |
35 | LEXINGTON | 951 | 8,864,392 | $9,316 |
36 | VAN BUREN COUNTY | 698 | 6,478,456 | $9,283 |
37 | HAMILTON COUNTY | 39,767 | 368,898,972 | $9,277 |
38 | ANDERSON COUNTY | 6,285 | 58,032,426 | $9,234 |
39 | HENRY COUNTY | 2,845 | 26,219,719 | $9,214 |
40 | MURFREESBORO | 6,786 | 62,367,886 | $9,191 |
41 | UNION CITY | 1,411 | 12,960,235 | $9,187 |
42 | ELIZABETHTON | 2,215 | 20,341,395 | $9,182 |
43 | SULLIVAN COUNTY | 10,147 | 93,160,422 | $9,181 |
44 | HAYWOOD COUNTY | 3,066 | 28,000,158 | $9,133 |
45 | SEVIER COUNTY | 13,309 | 121,156,510 | $9,103 |
46 | CLEVELAND | 4,794 | 43,525,738 | $9,079 |
47 | LENOIR CITY | 2,079 | 18,835,940 | $9,062 |
48 | CARTER COUNTY | 5,096 | 45,906,486 | $9,008 |
49 | COFFEE COUNTY | 4,115 | 36,909,616 | $8,969 |
50 | MOORE COUNTY | 945 | 8,461,209 | $8,950 |
51 | HICKMAN COUNTY | 3,401 | 30,409,578 | $8,941 |
52 | FAYETTEVILLE | 1,115 | 9,962,796 | $8,935 |
53 | CLAIBORNE COUNTY | 4,233 | 37,778,368 | $8,924 |
54 | WAYNE COUNTY | 2,197 | 19,554,171 | $8,899 |
55 | ROANE COUNTY | 6,805 | 60,453,396 | $8,883 |
56 | COCKE COUNTY | 4,413 | 38,996,960 | $8,837 |
57 | HAWKINS COUNTY | 6,943 | 61,277,892 | $8,826 |
58 | LAUDERDALE COUNTY | 4,206 | 36,686,953 | $8,722 |
59 | JACKSON COUNTY | 1,425 | 12,417,836 | $8,715 |
60 | BLOUNT COUNTY | 10,394 | 90,437,513 | $8,701 |
61 | FRANKLIN COUNTY | 5,283 | 45,959,459 | $8,700 |
62 | MORGAN COUNTY | 3,014 | 26,065,099 | $8,649 |
63 | HOUSTON COUNTY | 1,259 | 10,881,617 | $8,641 |
64 | MONTGOMERY COUNTY | 28,496 | 246,173,705 | $8,639 |
65 | HUMPHREYS COUNTY | 2,806 | 24,221,017 | $8,632 |
66 | MAURY COUNTY | 10,845 | 93,396,676 | $8,612 |
67 | FENTRESS COUNTY | 2,171 | 18,620,003 | $8,576 |
68 | BELLS | 365 | 3,112,449 | $8,539 |
69 | *S. CARROLL | 341 | 2,909,924 | $8,535 |
70 | DECATUR COUNTY | 1,495 | 12,737,068 | $8,522 |
71 | KNOX COUNTY | 53,078 | 450,020,178 | $8,478 |
72 | MONROE COUNTY | 5,146 | 43,628,007 | $8,478 |
73 | ROGERSVILLE | 649 | 5,485,990 | $8,448 |
74 | WILLIAMSON COUNTY | 30,719 | 259,136,919 | $8,436 |
75 | MARSHALL COUNTY | 4,932 | 41,588,366 | $8,432 |
76 | *MILAN | 1,989 | 16,761,309 | $8,427 |
77 | MEIGS COUNTY | 1,658 | 13,947,927 | $8,413 |
78 | OBION COUNTY | 3,484 | 29,300,558 | $8,409 |
79 | *LEBANON | 3,240 | 27,216,196 | $8,399 |
80 | *ONEIDA | 1,159 | 9,727,557 | $8,396 |
81 | ALAMO | 566 | 4,753,741 | $8,395 |
82 | SCOTT COUNTY | 2,710 | 22,729,423 | $8,388 |
83 | DYER COUNTY | 3,505 | 29,386,147 | $8,385 |
84 | UNICOI COUNTY | 2,432 | 20,361,189 | $8,371 |
85 | WARREN COUNTY | 6,137 | 51,230,744 | $8,348 |
86 | *W. CARROLL | 922 | 7,694,999 | $8,342 |
87 | PICKETT COUNTY | 688 | 5,740,275 | $8,340 |
88 | PUTNAM COUNTY | 10,201 | 84,992,569 | $8,332 |
89 | *TRENTON | 1,280 | 10,660,847 | $8,329 |
90 | HENDERSON COUNTY | 3,529 | 29,390,296 | $8,328 |
91 | DICKSON COUNTY | 7,920 | 65,415,991 | $8,260 |
92 | TROUSDALE COUNTY | 1,191 | 9,836,991 | $8,259 |
93 | POLK COUNTY | 2,430 | 20,066,388 | $8,258 |
94 | RHEA COUNTY | 4,031 | 33,228,936 | $8,243 |
95 | MCNAIRY COUNTY | 4,044 | 33,329,128 | $8,241 |
96 | *PARIS | 1,600 | 13,164,772 | $8,229 |
97 | LOUDON COUNTY | 4,717 | 38,781,047 | $8,222 |
98 | CANNON COUNTY | 1,933 | 15,828,908 | $8,190 |
99 | SWEETWATER | 1,432 | 11,705,597 | $8,172 |
100 | ROBERTSON COUNTY | 10,493 | 85,593,282 | $8,157 |
101 | LAWRENCE COUNTY | 6,316 | 51,482,287 | $8,152 |
102 | WASHINGTON COUNTY | 8,549 | 69,654,560 | $8,148 |
103 | CAMPBELL COUNTY | 5,307 | 43,039,650 | $8,110 |
104 | *RICHARD CITY | 319 | 2,584,174 | $8,109 |
105 | RUTHERFORD COUNTY | 36,938 | 299,116,737 | $8,098 |
106 | CROCKETT COUNTY | 1,764 | 14,260,827 | $8,085 |
107 | MARION COUNTY | 4,004 | 32,345,636 | $8,078 |
108 | JEFFERSON COUNTY | 6,880 | 55,395,458 | $8,051 |
109 | MACON COUNTY | 3,504 | 28,132,257 | $8,029 |
110 | CUMBERLAND COUNTY | 6,728 | 53,985,402 | $8,024 |
111 | GRAINGER COUNTY | 3,290 | 26,364,848 | $8,015 |
112 | WEAKLEY COUNTY | 4,295 | 34,359,470 | $8,000 |
113 | MCMINN COUNTY | 5,553 | 44,268,200 | $7,972 |
114 | SMITH COUNTY | 3,031 | 24,090,792 | $7,948 |
115 | SUMNER COUNTY | 26,361 | 209,491,600 | $7,947 |
116 | LINCOLN COUNTY | 3,725 | 29,561,663 | $7,936 |
117 | TIPTON COUNTY | 11,000 | 87,137,033 | $7,922 |
118 | OVERTON COUNTY | 3,161 | 25,022,855 | $7,916 |
119 | BRADLEY COUNTY | 9,511 | 75,032,735 | $7,889 |
120 | DAYTON | 755 | 5,947,780 | $7,883 |
121 | DEKALB COUNTY | 2,791 | 21,998,619 | $7,882 |
122 | HAMBLEN COUNTY | 9,564 | 75,265,117 | $7,870 |
123 | BEDFORD COUNTY | 7,599 | 59,712,432 | $7,858 |
124 | GREENE COUNTY | 6,730 | 52,570,883 | $7,811 |
125 | WILSON COUNTY | 14,873 | 116,055,810 | $7,803 |
126 | CHEATHAM COUNTY | 6,246 | 48,559,977 | $7,774 |
127 | WHITE COUNTY | 3,805 | 29,434,569 | $7,736 |
128 | LEWIS COUNTY | 1,751 | 13,524,513 | $7,724 |
129 | SEQUATCHIE COUNTY | 2,125 | 16,334,668 | $7,685 |
130 | *HUNTINGDON | 1,190 | 8,918,705 | $7,494 |
131 | CHESTER COUNTY | 2,607 | 19,303,789 | $7,404 |
132 | *HOLLOW ROCK-BR | 658 | 4,801,272 | $7,298 |
133 | UNION COUNTY | 4,382 | 31,881,676 | $7,276 |
134 | *MCKENZIE | 1,337 | 9,693,488 | $7,248 |
135 | *GIBSON CO. SPEC. | 3,570 | 24,404,139 | $6,836 |
136 | CARROLL COUNTY | 5 | 4,057,580 | NA |
137 | GIBSON COUNTY | NA | NA | NA |
* SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT |