2013 Annual Statistical Report

State Commissioners of Education

The office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction was created in 1835. By Legislative Act in 1843, which went in effect in 1844, the office was abolished. The following Superintendents were elected by the Legislature:

Superintendent	Term
Robert H. McEwen	1835-1840
Robert P. Currin	1840-1841
Scott Terry	1841-1844

From 1844 to 1867, the State Treasurer was ex-officio Superintendent of Public Instruction. In 1867, the office was again created. The following Superintendents were elected by the people and served for the respective periods shown below:

Superintendent	Term
John Eaton, Jr.	1867-1869
A. J. Tipton	1869-1871

In 1870, the office was again abolished, and the duties devolved upon the State Treasurer, who was made ex-officio Superintendent of Public Instruction. In 1873, the office was recreated, and the following officers, appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate, have served the terms shown below:

Superintendent	Term
J. B. Killebrew*
John M. Flemings	1873-1875
Leon Trousdale	1875-1881
W. S. Doak	1881-1882**
Julia A. Doak	3 mos. ending July, 1882***
G. S. Crawford	1882-1883***
Thomas H. Paine	1883-1887
Frank M. Smith	1887-1891
W. R. Garrett	1891-1893
S. G. Gilbreath	1895-1897
Price Thomas	1897-1899
Morgan C. Fitzpatrick	1899-1903
Seymour A. Mynders	1903-1907
R. L. Jones	1907-1911
J. W. Brister	1911-1913
S. J. Thompson	1913-1915***
S. W. Sherrill	1915-1919
Albert Williams	1919-1921
J. B. Brown	1921-1923

* Assistant State Superintendent, 1870-1873
** Died in Office.
*** Filled unexpired term

Under the reorganization bill of 1923, the State Department of Public Instruction became the State Department of Education. The title of the chief state school officer was changed to Commissioner of Education.

Commissioner	Term
P. L. Harned	1923-1933
Walter D. Cocking	1933-1937
W. A. Bass	1937-1938
J. M. Smith	1938
Halbert Harville	1938-1939
B. O. Duggan	1939-1945
Burgin E. Dossett	1945-1949
J. M. Smith	1949-1950
J. A. Barksdale	1950-1953
Quill E. Cope	1953-1958
Joe Morgan	1958-1963
J. H. Warf	1963-1971
E. C. Stimbert	1971-1972
Benjamin E. Carmichael	1972-1975
Sam H. Ingram	1975-1979
Otis L. Floyd	1979
E. A. Cox	1979-1980
Robert L. McElrath	1981-1987
Charles E. Smith	1987-1993
Wayne Qualls	1994-1995
Jane Walters	1995-1999
E. Vernon Coffey	1999-2001
Faye P. Taylor	2001-2003
Lana C. Seivers	2003-2008
Dr. Timothy K Webb	2008-2010
Patrick Smith	2010-2011
Kevin Huffman	2011-2014

State Board of Education

District 1
Mr. B. Fielding Rolston, Chairman
3745 Arrowhead Trail
Kingsport, TN 37664
District 2
Mr. Mike Edwards
Knoxville Chamber of Commerce
17 Market Square, #201
Knoxville, TN 37902
District 3
Ms. Allison Chancey
306 Glenwood Drive
Chattanooga, TN 37404
District 4
Mr. Lonnie Roberts
Tennessee Rural Health
P.O. Box 313
Columbia, TN 38402
District 5
Ms. Carolyn Pearre, Vice-Chair
427 Prestwick Court
Nashville, TN 37205
District 6
Dr. Jean Anne Rogers
2631 Memorial Boulevard
Murfreesboro, TN 37129
District 7
Ms. Janet Ayers
c/o Candice Pierce at First Bank
211 Commerce Street, Suite 300
Nashville, TN 37201
District 8
Dr. Melvin Wright, Sr.
340 North Hays Avenue
Jackson, TN 38301
District 9
Ms. Teresa Sloyan
17 West Pontotoc Ave., Suite 200
Memphis, TN 38103
Dr. Gary Nixon, Executive Director
Tennessee State Board of Education
710 James Robertson Parkway
1st Floor, Andrew Johnson Tower
Nashville, TN 37243-1050
Dr. Richard Rhoda, Executive Director
Tennessee Higher Education Commission
Parkway Towers, Suite 1900
404 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, TN 37243
Ms. Katie Mitchell
710 James Robertson Parkway
1st Floor, Andrew Johnson Tower
Nashville, TN 37243-1050
Education: Houston High School
Appointed 2013, current term, 2013-2014

Superintendents and Chairmen of State Boards

School System	Director of Schools	Chairperson
ANDERSON COUNTY	Mr. Larry Foster	John Burrell
Clinton	Ms. Vicki Violette	Tim Bible
Oak Ridge	Dr. Robert Smallridge	Keys Fillauer
BEDFORD COUNTY	Mr. Don Embry	Barry D. Cooper
BENTON COUNTY	Mr. Randall Robertson	Joey Cooper
BLEDSOE COUNTY	Ms. Jennifer Terry	Charles Young
BLOUNT COUNTY	Mr. Rob Britt	Don McNelly
Alcoa	Mr. Brain Bell	Steve Marsh
Maryville	Ms. Stephanie Thompson	Christi Sayles
BRADLEY COUNTY	Dr. Johnny McDaniel	Charlie Rose
Cleveland	Mr. Martin Ringstaff	Thomas Cloud
CAMPBELL COUNTY	Mr. Donnie Poston	Mike Orick
CANNON COUNTY	Ms. Barbara Parker	Randy Gannon
CARROLL COUNTY	Mr. John McAdams	Harold McLain, Jr.
+Hollow Rock-Bruceton	Mr. Rod Sturdivant	Tim Runions
+Huntingdon	Ms. Pat Dillahunty	Lee Carter
+McKenzie	Mr. Lynn Watkins	John Austin
+South Carroll	Dr. Tony Tucker	Marty McKnight
+West Carroll	Mr. Eric Williams	Jimmy Halford
CARTER COUNTY	Dr. Kevin Ward	Kelly Crain
Elizabethton	Mr. Edwin C. Alexander	Matt Cooter
CHEATHAM COUNTY	Dr. Stan Curtis	Dianne Proffitt
CHESTER COUNTY	Ms. Cherrie Pipkin	Rob Moore
CLAIBORNE COUNTY	Ms. Connie Holdway	Tim Duncan
CLAY COUNTY	Mr. Jerry Strong	David West
COCKE COUNTY	Mr. Manney Moore	Ken Johnson
Newport	Mr. Steve Thompson	Mickey Powers
COFFEE COUNTY	Dr. LaDonna McFall	Ester Sims
Manchester	Dr. Prater Powell	Bob Bellamy
Tullahoma	Dr. Dan Lawson	Pat Welsh
CROCKETT COUNTY	Mr. Robert Mullins, Jr.	Jasper Taylor
Alamo	Ms. Reesha G. Black	Craig Laman
Bells	Mr. Charlie Williams	Gary Emison
CUMBERLAND COUNTY	Ms. Aarona Vanwinkle	Dan Schlafer
DAVIDSON COUNTY	Dr. Jesse Register	Gracie Porter
DECATUR COUNTY	Dr. Michael Price	Robert Bibbs
DEKALB COUNTY	Mr. Mark Willoughby	Charles Robinson
DICKSON COUNTY	Mr. Danny Weeks	Tim Potter
DYER COUNTY	Dr. Dwight L. Hedge	Bruce Kerr
Dyersburg	Mr. Dennis Durbin	Amy Heckerthorn
FAYETTE COUNTY	Mr. James Teague	Bryon O'Brien
FENTRESS COUNTY	Mr. Mike Jones	Gary Tinch
FRANKLIN COUNTY	Dr. Rebecca Sharber	Chris Guess
GIBSON COUNTY	……………….	……………….
Humboldt	Mr. Steve Bayko	Thomas Porter
+Milan	Dr. Mary Reel	Jimmy Copous
+Trenton	Ms. Sandra Harper	Dr. Mark Harper
+Bradford	Mr. Dan Black	Don Lannom
+Gibson Co. Special	Mr. Eddie Purett	Sara Meals
GILES COUNTY	Ms. Debbie Braden	Mike Young
GRAINGER COUNTY	Mr. Edwin Jarnagin	Darrell Livesay
GREENE COUNTY	Dr. Vicki Kirk	Roger Jones
Greeneville	Dr. Linda Stroud	Jerry Anderson
GRUNDY COUNTY	Mr. Joel Hargis	Gary Don Melton
HAMBLEN COUNTY	Dr. Dale Lynch	Joe Gibson
HAMILTON COUNTY	Mr. Rick Smith	Mike Evatt
HANCOCK COUNTY	Mr. Mike Antrican	Freddie Mullins
HARDEMAN COUNTY	Mr. Warner Ross II	Terry King
HARDIN COUNTY	Mr. John O. Thomas	David Long
HAWKINS COUNTY	Ms. Charlotte Britton	Randall Collier
Rogersville	Mrs. Rebecca Isaacs	Reed Matney
HAYWOOD COUNTY	Ms. Teresa Russell	Harold Garrett
HENDERSON COUNTY	Mr. Steve Wilkinson	Tommy Gordan
Lexington	Mrs. Susie Bunch	Robert Helms
HENRY COUNTY	Mr. Sam Miles	Tricia Reimold
+Paris	Mr. Mike Brown	Richard Edwards
HICKMAN COUNTY	Dr. Jerry Nash	Jackie Deitmen
HOUSTON COUNTY	Ms. Cathy Harvey	Tommy Beechum
HUMPHREYS COUNTY	Mr. Jimmy Long	Gene Trotter
JACKSON COUNTY	Mr. Joe D. Barlow	Dewey Mabery
JEFFERSON COUNTY	Dr. Charles Edmonds	Anne Marie Potts
JOHNSON COUNTY	Mr. Morris Woodring	Gerald Buckles
KNOX COUNTY	Mr. James McIntyre	Thomas Deakins
LAKE COUNTY	Mr. Corwin Robinson	Shane Hamilton
LAUDERDALE COUNTY	Mr. Shawn Kimble	Malinda Hutcherson
LAWRENCE COUNTY	Dr. Bill Heath	Jerry Campbell
LEWIS COUNTY	Mr. Benny Pace	Phyllis Townsend
LINCOLN COUNTY	Dr. Wanda Shelton	Jerry Pendergrass
Fayetteville	Dr. Janine Wilson	Mark Clark
LOUDON COUNTY	Mr. Jason Vance	Scott Newman
Lenoir City	Ms. Jeanne Barker	Rosemary Quillen
MCMINN COUNTY	Mr. Mickey Blevins	Pat Chester
Athens	Mr. Robert Greene	Michael Bevins
Etowah	Mr. Mike Frazier	Phil Waycaster
MCNAIRY COUNTY	Mr. Charles Miskelly	Frank Lacey
MACON COUNTY	Ms. Margaret Oldham	Ronald Birdwell
MADISON CO.	Mr. Thomas White	David Clifft
MARION COUNTY	Mr. Mark Griffith	James Poston
+Richard City	Ms. Cindy Blevins	Bill Norman
MARSHALL COUNTY	Ms. Jackie Abernathy	Mike Keny
MAURY COUNTY	Mr. Edward E. Hickman	Shaw Daniels
MEIGS COUNTY	Mr. Don Roberts	Christopher Clark
MONROE COUNTY	Mr. Mike Lowry	W. Larry Stein
Sweetwater	Ms. Melanie Miller	Richard Rowe
MONTGOMERY COUNTY	Dr. B.J. Worthington	George Giles
MOORE COUNTY	Mr. Chad Moorehead	Lorie McKenzie
MORGAN COUNTY	Dr. Edd Diden	Terry Armes
OBION COUNTY	Mr. David W. Huss	Brain Rainey
Union City	Mr. Gary L. Houston	Glenda Caudle
OVERTON COUNTY	Mr. Matt Eldridge	Howard Miller
PERRY COUNTY	Mr. Eric Lomax	Martha Sharp
PICKETT COUNTY	Ms. Dianne Elder	Jerry Mitchell
POLK COUNTY	Mr. James Jones	Harmon Harden
PUTNAM COUNTY	Mr. Jerry Boyd	Eric Brown
RHEA COUNTY	Mr. Jerry Levengood	Dale Harris
Dayton	Mr. Michael Latham	Bob Vincent
ROANE COUNTY	Mr. Gary Aytes	Drake Langley
ROBERTSON COUNTY	Mr. Dan Whitlow	Stoney Crockett
RUTHERFORD COUNTY	Mr. Don Odom	Mark Byrnes
Murfreesboro	Dr. Linda Arms Gilbert	Mary Wade
SCOTT COUNTY	Mr. Bill Hall	James Sexton
+Oneida	Ms. Ann Sexton	Nancy Williamson
SEQUATCHIE COUNTY	Mr. Johnny Cordell	Charlie Rollins
SEVIER COUNTY	Dr. Jack A. Parton	Becky Barnes
SHELBY COUNTY	Mr. John Aitken	Billy Orgel
Memphis	Mr. Kriner Cash	Billy Orgel
SMITH COUNTY	Mr. Roger Lewis	Tommy Manning
STEWART COUNTY	Dr. Phillip Wallace	Billy Sexton
SULLIVAN COUNTY	Mr. Jubal Yennie	Ron Smith
Bristol	Mr. Gary L. Lilly	Nelson Pyle
Kingsport	Dr. Lyle Ailshie	Randall Montgomery
SUMNER COUNTY	Dr. D.R. Phillips	Don Long
TIPTON COUNTY	Dr. WIlliam Bibb	Marty Haywood
TROUSDALE COUNTY	Mr. Clint Satterfield	Jimmy Crabtree
UNICOI COUNTY	Ms. Denise H. Brown	Renea Jones-Rogers
UNION COUNTY	Mr. Wayne Goforth	Brian Oaks
VAN BUREN COUNTY	Mr. Michael R. Martin	Ricky Walling
WARREN COUNTY	Mr. Bobby Cox	Scott Holmes
WASHINGTON COUNTY	Mr. Ronald Dykes	Clarence Mabe
Johnson City	Dr. Richard Bales	Kathy Hall
WAYNE COUNTY	Dr. Gailand Grinder	Barry Hanback
WEAKLEY COUNTY	Mr. Randy Frazier	Dr. Gordon Morris
WHITE COUNTY	Ms. Sandra Crouch	Gary Sparkman
WILLIAMSON COUNTY	Dr. Mike Looney	Patricia Anderson
+Franklin City	Dr. David Snowden	Sherry Badger
WILSON COUNTY	Mr. Mike Davis	Don Weathers
+Lebanon	Mr. Scott Benson	Steve Jones

Statistical Summaries

Table 1 Number of Public Schools (K - 12)
Number of Elementary Schools	1,044
Number of Middle Schools	323
Number of Secondary Schools	341
Number of Vocational Schools	5
Special Education Schools	9
Number of Adult High Schools	20
Number of Alternative Schools	21
Total Number of Schools	1,763

Table 2 Training of Public Personnel (K - 12)
Level of Education	Men	Women	Not Reported	Total
Ph. D. Degree	375	694	0	1069
Ed. S. Degree	1,437	4,381	1	5,819
M.A. plus 45 qtr. hrs.	1,269	4,390	2	5,661
Master's Degree	6,016	22,110	38	28,163
Bachelor's Degree	5,736	20,344	122	26,201
3 Years College	0	1	0	1
2 Years College	30	53	0	83
1 Year College	0	2	0	2
0 Years College	610	252	2	863
Total	15,473	52,227	165	67,864

Table 3 Assignment of Teachers, Administrators and Members of Boards of Education (K - 12)
Elementary Classroom Teachers	45,690
Secondary Classroom Teachers	19,549
Total Classroom Teachers	65,239

Elementary School Principals	1,171
Secondary School Principals	471
Principals Serving Both Elementary and Secondary Grades	124
Total School Principals	1,767

Elementary School Assistant Principals	745
Secondary School Assistant Principals	883
Assistant Principals Serving Both Elementary and Secondary Grades	134
Total Assistant Principals	1,762

Supervisors of Instruction – Elementary Grades Only	97
Supervisors of Instruction – Secondary Grades Only	86
Supervisors of Instruction Serving Both Elementary & Secondary Grades	115
Total Supervisors of Instruction	298

Elementary Librarians	1,068
Secondary Librarians	413
Librarians Serving Both Elementary and Secondary Grades	99
Total Librarians	1,580

Elementary Guidance Personnel	1,166
Secondary Guidance Personnel	980
Guidance Personnel Serving Both Elementary and Secondary Grades	145
Total Guidance Personnel	2,292

Other Professional Instructional Personnel	3,551
Psychological Personnel	456
Attendance Personnel	76
Total Number of Instructional Personnel	77,020

Superintendents	136
Assistant Superintendents	41
Other Licensed Educators	502
Total Number of Certificated Personnel	77,699

Non-Certificated Administrative Personnel	1009
Members of Boards of Education	814

Table 4 Other Employees of Boards of Education
Health Personnel
a. Nurses	1074
b. Other Professional & Technical Health Personnel	411

Secretarial and Clerical Personnel
a. School Support Level	4,657
b. System Support Level	1,840

Plant Operation Personnel
a. Custodians	4,092
b. Other	276

Plant Maintenance Personnel	2,126
Transportation Personnel	6,352
Food Service Personnel	9,286

Educational Assistants
a. Regular	6,232
b. Library	539
c. Special Education	8,341
d. Vocational Education	74
e. Other	1,455

Data Processing	606
School Safety Personnel	753
Other Employees	1,449
Total	49,463

Total Number of Employees of Board of Education	129,085

Table 5 Average Salary
Licensed Educators	$49,923
Instructional Personnel	$49,647
Classroom Teachers	$47,563
Principals	$80,048
Superintendents	$108,820

Table 6 Number of High School Graduates
Regular Diplomas	62,019
Special Education Diplomas	1,092
Certificates of Attendance	22

Grand Total All Diplomas/Certificates	63,133

Table 7 Average Daily Membership*
Kindergarten	79,723
First Grade	77,717
Second Grade	74,446
Third Grade	73,586
Fourth Grade	73,013
Fifth Grade	72,885
Sixth Grade	73,271
Seventh Grade	73,246
Eighth Grade	72,442
Ninth Grade	74,267
Tenth Grade	69,363
Eleventh Grade	64,289
Twelfth Grade	62,080

Special Education Self-Contained	16,545
Total ADM	956,973

*Includes Adult High School Students
- Total off due to rounding.

Table 8 Average Daily Attendance*
Kindergarten	75,342
First Grade	72,900
Second Grade	71,116
Third Grade	70,471
Fourth Grade	69,899
Fifth Grade	69,795
Sixth Grade	70,095
Seventh Grade	69,830
Eighth Grade	68,583
Ninth Grade	70,366
Tenth Grade	65,601
Eleventh Grade	60,649
Twelfth Grade	57,896

Special Education Self-Contained	15,489
Total ADA	909,032

*Includes Adult High School Students

Table 9 First Month Membership (Kindergarten through Twelve)
Kindergarten	81,273
First Grade	78,967
Second Grade	75,781
Third Grade	74,983
Fourth Grade	74,497
Fifth Grade	74,485
Sixth Grade	75,289
Seventh Grade	75,471
Eighth Grade	74,606
Ninth Grade	76,747
Tenth Grade	72,093
Eleventh Grade	67,256
Twelfth Grade	65,725
Total Net Enrollment	967,173

Table 10 Record of Pupil Progress
Promotions	913,598
Retentions	23,985
Incidents of Suspension	111,007
Student Expulsions	3,074
Long Term Change of Placement	4,149
Students Suspended	62,651

Table 11 Number of Children Ages 3 through 21 with Disability Receiving Special Education Services
Learning Disabled	47,040
Intellectual Disabled	7,519
Speech /Language Impaired	33,314
Emotionally Disturbed	3,299
Autism	7,317
Health Impaired	14,630
Physically Impaired	737
Hearing Impaired or Deaf	1,496
Visually Impaired or Blind	688
Deaf/Blind	11
Multi-Disabilities	2,214
Developmentally Delayed	8,814
Traumatic Brain Injury	328
Total	127,407

Table 12 (PART A) Pupil Transportation
Miles of Bus Route One Way (Daily)	319,758
Number of Vehicles Employed in Pupil Transportation	8,837
Number of Pupils Enrolled for Transportation	651,259
Average Number of Pupils Transported Over 1 1/2 Miles	528,464
Type of Bus Ownership
District Owned	6,700
Private Owned/Contracted	2,770

Table 12 (PART B) Driver and Accidents
Number of Bus Drivers
Regular	7,397
Substitute	1,632
Total	9,029
Accidents
Type of Accident:
Property Damage	1,219
Personal Injuries	207
Treated and Released	196
Confined Overnight	11
Fatalities	0

Table 12 (PART C) Composite Age of Buses in Operation (Including Spares)
Years in Service	Type A	Type B	Type C	Type D
1	48	15	84	207
2	58	24	148	262
3	64	22	445	262
4	110	18	114	241
5	55	32	123	270
6	50	24	89	462
7	132	16	109	328
8	83	33	90	234
9	113	34	86	296
10	67	22	96	360
11	73	20	89	270
12	89	22	182	340
13	64	21	200	439
14	44	14	173	448
15	21	10	149	300
16	22	2	122	216
17	8	1	73	99
Total	1,101	330	2,372	5,034

Financial Summaries

Receipts
Total Receipts From State	$4,110,920,304
Total Receipts From Federal Government	1,178,875,677
Total Receipts From County and City or Special District	3,157,044,601
Total Other Revenue Receipts	352,237,489
Total Revenue Receipts	$8,799,078,071
Total Non-Revenue Receipts	612,807,712
Grand Total Receipts From All Sources	$9,411,885,783

Expenditures
Instruction	$4,971,527,643
Support Services – Student	348,768,305
Support Services – Instructional Staff	552,764,404
Support Services – Administration	$773,294,484
Support Services-Operations & Maintenance of Plant	720,259,340
Other Current Expenditures	942,159,655
Total Current Expenditures	$8,308,773,830

Community Services	62,279,455
Early Childhood Education	97,187,913
Capital Outlay	78,714,258
Debt Services Operating Transfers	518,260,291
Capital Projects	306,529,822
Grand Total of All Expenditures	$9,371,745,569

Total Operating Expenditures*	$8,447,759,275
Operating Expenditures Per PUPIL ADA*	$9,307

*Operating Expenditures Per Pupil ADA includes: Current Expenditures Per LEA Financial Report (excluding Student Body Education and Adult Education); U.S.D.A. Commodity Value; and State Level Program and Administrative Expenses.