The State Department of Education has a Wonderful Web-Site
The Tennessee State Department of Education has a great web-site. One of the links is under statistics is the 2014-2015 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.)
I have recieved permission from the Tennessee State Department of Education to use their web-page information.
But please keep in mind these numbers are for 2014-2015
Also note a pattern, 1998: 62nd, 1999: 64th, 2000: 60th, 2001: 68th, 2002: 74th, 2003: 92nd 2004: 98th, 2005: 118th, 2006: 109th, 2007: 114th, 2008: 103rd, 2009: 98th, 2010: 105th, 2011: 103rd, 2012: 105th, 2013: 119th, 2014: 105th! and in 2015 121st! (out of 143 school systems in our state).
Sad part is our county is able to rank a lot higher!
Murfreesboro City Schools ranked 38th. Please note the pay scales between Murfreesboro City and the County school systems pay
Murfreesboro City Schools
Rutherford County Schools
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.



AVERAGE TOTAL OPERATING

CURRENT EXPENDITURE DAILY OPERATING EXPENDITURES

PER ADA ATTENDANCE*** EXPENDITURES** PER PUPIL ADA





1 *FRANKLIN 3,485 $46,647,277 $13,386
2 ASD 6,205 $79,453,820 $12,804
3 OAK RIDGE 4,187 $51,735,417 $12,355
4 MANCHESTER 1,235 $15,197,981 $12,309
5 DAVIDSON COUNTY 76,206 $876,083,395 $11,496
6 SHELBY COUNTY 104,305 $1,170,470,179 $11,222
7 HUMBOLDT 987 $10,979,262 $11,121
8 GREENEVILLE 2,609 $28,345,403 $10,862
9 LAKE COUNTY 758 $8,197,029 $10,813
10 ETOWAH 295 $3,191,479 $10,808
11 JOHNSON COUNTY 1,982 $20,709,732 $10,449
12 ATHENS 1,497 $15,639,939 $10,445
13 KINGSPORT 6,638 $69,297,904 $10,439
14 ALCOA 1,802 $18,592,337 $10,320
15 TULLAHOMA 3,236 $32,939,415 $10,178
16 MARYVILLE 4,895 $49,743,393 $10,161
17 *BRADFORD 484 $4,906,786 $10,143
18 DYERSBURG 2,471 $24,632,521 $9,968
19 MOORE COUNTY 855 $8,503,653 $9,947
20 LEXINGTON 889 $8,824,592 $9,926
21 HAYWOOD COUNTY 2,836 $28,040,677 $9,888
22 BRISTOL 3,782 $37,177,497 $9,830
23 HARDEMAN COUNTY 3,559 $34,951,471 $9,821
24 HANCOCK COUNTY 905 $8,833,218 $9,762
25 HAMILTON COUNTY 40,590 $394,894,108 $9,729
26 BENTON COUNTY 2,077 $20,179,051 $9,714
27 VAN BUREN COUNTY 709 $6,819,777 $9,622
28 SEVIER COUNTY 13,341 $128,266,114 $9,614
29 CLINTON 870 $8,300,515 $9,538
30 ELIZABETHTON 2,307 $22,005,132 $9,537
31 ANDERSON COUNTY 6,089 $58,059,477 $9,536
32 WAYNE COUNTY 2,085 $19,817,830 $9,506
33 BLEDSOE COUNTY 1,672 $15,881,467 $9,496
34 MADISON COUNTY 11,678 $110,821,530 $9,489
35 ROGERSVILLE 596 $5,624,364 $9,442
36 JOHNSON CITY 7,355 $69,389,564 $9,434
37 UNICOI COUNTY 2,190 $20,506,227 $9,362
38 MURFREESBORO 7,327 $68,543,330 $9,355
39 HENRY COUNTY 2,855 $26,510,172 $9,285
40 CLAIBORNE COUNTY 4,074 $37,816,743 $9,283
41 *S. CARROLL 335 $3,096,075 $9,253
42 COCKE COUNTY 4,255 $39,344,405 $9,247
43 CLEVELAND 4,978 $45,994,840 $9,239
44 CLAY COUNTY 983 $9,082,485 $9,238
45 UNION CITY 1,462 $13,490,633 $9,230
46 *RICHARD CITY 251 $2,310,783 $9,224
47 NEWPORT 692 $6,374,643 $9,216
48 PERRY COUNTY 1,053 $9,698,534 $9,212
49 SULLIVAN COUNTY 9,520 $87,488,195 $9,190
50 HOUSTON COUNTY 1,197 $10,993,206 $9,188
51 JACKSON COUNTY 1,440 $13,200,227 $9,166
52 LENOIR CITY 2,147 $19,617,972 $9,136
53 CARTER COUNTY 4,925 $44,984,245 $9,134
54 HAWKINS COUNTY 6,615 $60,406,262 $9,132
55 FAYETTE COUNTY 3,047 $27,807,729 $9,126
56 MAURY COUNTY 10,934 $99,566,008 $9,106
57 GRUNDY COUNTY 2,012 $18,285,933 $9,088
58 COFFEE COUNTY 4,129 $37,441,717 $9,068
59 FENTRESS COUNTY 2,010 $18,174,675 $9,044
60 KNOX COUNTY 55,083 $498,115,239 $9,043
61 RHEA COUNTY 3,950 $35,573,371 $9,006
62 STEWART COUNTY 1,859 $16,738,571 $9,003
63 HICKMAN COUNTY 3,244 $29,086,824 $8,966
64 ROANE COUNTY 6,576 $58,916,711 $8,960
65 GILES COUNTY 3,647 $32,648,954 $8,952
66 *TRENTON 1,236 $11,017,660 $8,917
67 MILLINGTON 2,510 $22,369,948 $8,913
68 DECATUR COUNTY 1,458 $12,990,290 $8,907
69 LAUDERDALE COUNTY 4,139 $36,745,771 $8,877
70 BLOUNT COUNTY 10,266 $91,025,350 $8,867
71 BARTLETT 7,935 $70,288,940 $8,858
72 HUMPHREYS COUNTY 2,694 $23,854,428 $8,856
73 *PARIS 1,617 $14,298,737 $8,841
74 BELLS 352 $3,105,561 $8,818
75 TROUSDALE COUNTY 1,136 $10,015,888 $8,817
76 PUTNAM COUNTY 10,272 $90,550,181 $8,816
77 UNION COUNTY 3,998 $35,191,658 $8,803
78 LOUDON COUNTY 4,506 $39,543,961 $8,777
79 *MILAN 1,881 $16,459,787 $8,750
80 WILLIAMSON COUNTY 33,612 $293,760,826 $8,740
81 OBION COUNTY 3,329 $29,067,082 $8,732
82 HARDIN COUNTY 3,417 $29,759,958 $8,709
83 MEIGS COUNTY 1,645 $14,314,370 $8,703
84 MARION COUNTY 3,818 $33,207,566 $8,697
85 LAKELAND 812 $7,049,501 $8,685
86 MONTGOMERY COUNTY 30,095 $261,089,076 $8,675
87 ALAMO 555 $4,809,835 $8,669
88 POLK COUNTY 2,279 $19,663,913 $8,629
89 JEFFERSON COUNTY 6,829 $58,919,543 $8,628
90 FRANKLIN COUNTY 5,306 $45,683,632 $8,610
91 WARREN COUNTY 6,082 $52,309,880 $8,601
92 MORGAN COUNTY 2,962 $25,469,967 $8,598
93 MARSHALL COUNTY 4,983 $42,773,523 $8,584
94 *W. CARROLL 871 $7,465,872 $8,573
95 MONROE COUNTY 5,126 $43,914,837 $8,567
96 DAYTON 751 $6,425,257 $8,557
97 WASHINGTON COUNTY 8,160 $69,370,724 $8,501
98 CUMBERLAND COUNTY 6,801 $57,746,964 $8,491
99 DYER COUNTY 3,618 $30,692,254 $8,483
100 DICKSON COUNTY 7,781 $65,922,613 $8,473
101 FAYETTEVILLE 1,375 $11,647,696 $8,473
102 *LEBANON 3,578 $30,213,088 $8,444
103 WEAKLEY COUNTY 4,035 $34,056,728 $8,439
104 GRAINGER COUNTY 3,283 $27,692,664 $8,436
105 BRADLEY COUNTY 9,413 $79,340,782 $8,429
106 OVERTON COUNTY 2,973 $25,049,409 $8,426
107 CHEATHAM COUNTY 5,962 $50,153,886 $8,413
108 HENDERSON COUNTY 3,635 $30,580,723 $8,412
109 *ONEIDA 1,183 $9,941,551 $8,406
110 SUMNER COUNTY 27,486 $230,942,828 $8,402
111 CANNON COUNTY 1,883 $15,819,024 $8,402
112 LAWRENCE COUNTY 6,365 $53,381,352 $8,387
113 COLLIERVILLE 7,529 $63,120,909 $8,383
114 *HOLLOW ROCK-BR 608 $5,067,349 $8,332
115 SWEETWATER 1,446 $12,044,637 $8,332
116 SMITH COUNTY 2,912 $24,240,010 $8,324
117 CAMPBELL COUNTY 5,211 $43,201,303 $8,290
118 GREENE COUNTY 6,436 $53,309,136 $8,282
119 TIPTON COUNTY 10,579 $87,583,945 $8,279
120 SCOTT COUNTY 2,748 $22,646,047 $8,242
121 RUTHERFORD COUNTY 40,090 $330,224,450 $8,237
122 PICKETT COUNTY 698 $5,709,096 $8,184
123 MACON COUNTY 3,515 $28,706,017 $8,167
124 *HUNTINGDON 1,164 $9,492,819 $8,158
125 LINCOLN COUNTY 3,741 $30,504,428 $8,153
126 HAMBLEN COUNTY 9,772 $79,245,523 $8,109
127 CROCKETT COUNTY 1,905 $15,422,200 $8,094
128 ROBERTSON COUNTY 11,115 $89,776,588 $8,077
129 LEWIS COUNTY 1,718 $13,718,026 $7,985
130 DEKALB COUNTY 2,802 $22,367,516 $7,982
131 GERMANTOWN 5,478 $43,442,426 $7,931
132 SEQUATCHIE COUNTY 2,116 $16,723,908 $7,905
133 MCMINN COUNTY 5,213 $41,025,362 $7,870
134 MCNAIRY COUNTY 4,200 $32,721,223 $7,790
135 BEDFORD COUNTY 7,956 $61,704,751 $7,756
136 *MCKENZIE 1,295 $10,044,632 $7,756
137 WHITE COUNTY 3,777 $29,159,679 $7,721
138 ARLINGTON 4,630 $35,677,752 $7,705
139 WILSON COUNTY 15,960 $122,747,746 $7,691
140 CHESTER COUNTY 2,638 $20,263,009 $7,681
141 *GIBSON CO. SPEC. 3,708 $26,953,828 $7,270
142 CARROLL COUNTY 3 $3,932,569 NA
143 GIBSON COUNTY NA NA NA






***AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE INCLUDES ADULT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.