Operating expenses per pupil in Tennessee

Definitions: Operating expenditures include current expenditures per LEA financial report (excluding student body education, adult education); U.S.D.A. commodity value; and state level program and administrative expenses. Expenditures are reported in constant dollars (to respective school year), based on the Consumer Price Index.

Data Source: Department Reports, Tennessee Department of Education. The Kids Count division of the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth converted district level data to county data using basic statistical tools. 

Footnotes: State special schools are excluded.

Definitions: Operating expenditures include current expenditures per LEA financial report (excluding student body education, adult education); U.S.D.A. commodity value; and state level program and administrative expenses. Expenditures are reported in constant dollars (to respective school year), based on the Consumer Price Index.

Data Source: Department Reports, Tennessee Department of Education. The Kids Count division of the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth converted district level data to county data using basic statistical tools. 

Footnotes: State special schools are excluded.