2017 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
Candice McQueen	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
1400 Durkee Road S.E.
Cleveland, TN 37323
District 4
Mr. Gordon Ferguson
1158 Roseland Drive
Columbia, TN 38401
District 5
Ms. Elissa Kim
427 Prestwick Court
Nashville, TN 37205
District 6
Ms. Lillian Hartgrove, Vice-Chair
3631 Burton Cove Road
Cookeville, TN 38506-6132
District 7
Ms. Wendy Tucker
2819 Polo Club Road
Nashville, TN 37221-4345
District 8
Mr. Lang Wiseman
9155 Hillmann Way Drive
Memphis, TN 38134
District 9
Mr. Darrell Cobbins
688 Magnolia Manor Circle
Memphis, TN 38117
Student Member
Mr. Haden Bawcum
Riverside High School
Decatur County, TN
Sara Heyburn, Executive Director
Tennessee State Board of Education
710 James Robertson Parkway
1st Floor, Andrew Johnson Tower
Nashville, TN 37243-1050

Superintendents and Chairmen of State Boards

School System	Director Schools	Chairperson
ANDERSON COUNTY	Mr. Tim Parrott	John Burrell
Clinton	Ms. Kelly Johnson	Tim Bible
Oak Ridge	Mr. Bruce Borchers	Keys Fillauer
BEDFORD COUNTY	Mr. Don Embry	Amy Martin
BENTON COUNTY	Mr. Mark Florence	Joey Cooper
BLEDSOE COUNTY	Ms. Jennifer Terry	Stacy Farmer
BLOUNT COUNTY	Mr. Rob Britt	Debbie Sudhoff
Alcoa	Mr. Brain Bell	Julie Rochelle
Maryville	Mr. Mike Winstead	Bethany Pope
BRADLEY COUNTY	Ms. Linda Cash	Rodney Dillard
Cleveland	Mr. Russell Dyer	Dawn Robinson
CAMPBELL COUNTY	Mr. Larry Nidiffer	Mike Orick
CANNON COUNTY	Ms. Barbara Parker	Bruce Daniel
CARROLL COUNTY	Mr. John McAdams	Harold McLain Jr.
+Hollow Rock-Bruceton	Mr. David Duncan	Brad Hurley
+Huntingdon	Ms. Pat Dillahunty	Lee Carter
+McKenzie	Mr. Lynn Watkins	John Austin
+South Carroll	Dr. Tony Tucker	Philip Moore
+West Carroll	Mr. Eric Williams	Jimmy Halford
CARTER COUNTY	Dr. Kevin Ward	Rusty Barnett
Elizabethton	Dr. Corey Gardenhour	Rita Booher
CHEATHAM COUNTY	Ms. Stacy Brinkley	Kimberly Messer
CHESTER COUNTY	Mr. Tony Kilzer	Bob Moore
CLAIBORNE COUNTY	Ms. Connie Holdway	Neta Munsey
CLAY COUNTY	Mr. Matthew Eldridge	Benji Bailey
COCKE COUNTY	Mr. Manney Moore	Rose Lovell
Newport	Ms. Sandra Burchette	Mickey Powers
COFFEE COUNTY	Dr. LaDonna McFall	Brett Henley
Manchester	Mr. Lee Wilderson	Travis Hillis
Tullahoma	Dr. Dan Lawson	Pat Welsh
CROCKETT COUNTY	Mr. Robert Mullins, Jr.	Jasper Taylor
Alamo	Jr. Jake Nichols	Lawrence Harden
Bells	Mr. Mark Wallace	Gary Emison
CUMBERLAND COUNTY	Ms. Janet Graham	Josh Stone
DAVIDSON COUNTY	Dr. Shawn Joseph	Anna Shepherd
DECATUR COUNTY	Mr. Branson Townsend	Art Bawcum
DEKALB COUNTY	Mr. Patrick Cripps	W.J. Evins
DICKSON COUNTY	Mr. Danny Weeks	Tim Potter
DYER COUNTY	Mr. Larry Lusk	Mike McLaughlin
Dyersburg	Mr. Dennis Durbin	Scott Self
FAYETTE COUNTY	Mr. Marlon King	Bob Doll
FENTRESS COUNTY	Mr. Mike Jones	Gary Tinch
FRANKLIN COUNTY	Ms. Amie Lonas	CleiJo Walker
GIBSON COUNTY	……………….
Humboldt	Dr. Versie Hamlett	Phillip Hardee
+Milan	Mr. Jonathan Criswell	Will Ownby
+Trenton	Ms. Sandra Harper	Mark Harper
+Bradford	Mr. Dan Black	Don Lannom
+Gibson Co. Special	Mr. Eddie Pruett	Tom Lannom
GILES COUNTY	Mr. Phillip Wright	Richie Brewer
GRAINGER COUNTY	Mr. Edwin Jarnagin	Harold Frazier
GREENE COUNTY	Mr. David McClain	Rick Tipton
Greeneville	Mr. Jeffrey Moorhouse	Craig Ogle
GRUNDY COUNTY	Ms. Jessie Kinsey	Bob Foster
HAMBLEN COUNTY	Dr. Dale Lynch	Joe Gibson, Jr.
HAMILTON COUNTY	Mr. Rick Smith	Steve Highlander
HANCOCK COUNTY	Mr. Tony Seal	Hugh Kyle Livesay
HARDEMAN COUNTY	Mr. Warner Ross II	Bobby Henderson
HARDIN COUNTY	Mr. Michael Davis	Ron Ashe
HAWKINS COUNTY	Mr. Steve Starnes	Bob Larkins
Rogersville	Mrs. Rebecca Isaacs	Reed Matney
HAYWOOD COUNTY	Mr. Dale Lynch	Harold Garrett
HENDERSON COUNTY	Mr. Rick Smith	Tommy Gordon
Lexington	Mrs. Susie Bunch	Robert Helms
HENRY COUNTY	Mr. Brian Norton	Doug Braden
+Paris	Mr. Mike Brown	Richard Edwards
HICKMAN COUNTY	Ms. Michelle Gilbert	Jewell Prince
HOUSTON COUNTY	Ms. Kris McAskill	Kinney Spears
HUMPHREYS COUNTY	Mr. Richard Rawlings	Gene Trotter
JACKSON COUNTY	Mr. Joe D. Barlow	Mark Brown
JEFFERSON COUNTY	Dr. Charles Edmonds	Jim Vines
JOHNSON COUNTY	Dr. Mischelle Simcox	Kevin Long
KNOX COUNTY	Mr. James McIntyre	Patti Bounds
LAKE COUNTY	Ms. Sherry Darnell	Warren Douglas
LAUDERDALE COUNTY	Mr. Shawn Kimble	Roy Harkness
LAWRENCE COUNTY	Mr. Johnny McDaniel	Larry Davis
LEWIS COUNTY	Mr. Benny Pace	Jeff Gandy
LINCOLN COUNTY	Mr. Bill Health	Jerry Pendergrass
Fayetteville	Dr. Janine Wilson	Jeff Whitmore
LOUDON COUNTY	Mr. Jason Vance	Scott Newman
Lenoir City	Ms. Jeanne Barker	Rick Chadwick
MCMINN COUNTY	Mr. Mickey Blevins	Quinten Howard
Athens	Ms. Melanie Miller	Mike Bevins
Etowah	Dr. Mike Frazier	Marilyn Miller
MCNAIRY COUNTY	Mr. Robert Wayne Henry	Jarrell Stanfield
MACON COUNTY	Mr. Anthony Boles	Wayne Marsh
MADISON CO.	Ms. Verna Ruffin	Bob Alvey
MARION COUNTY	Mr. Mark Griffith	Julie Bennett
+Richard City	Ms. Cindy Blevins	Bill Stuart
MARSHALL COUNTY	Ms. Jacob Sorrells	Donnie Moses
MAURY COUNTY	Mr. Christopher Marczak	David Bates
MEIGS COUNTY	Mr. Don Roberts	Christopher Clark
MONROE COUNTY	Mr. Tim Blankenship	Larry Stein
Sweetwater	Mr. Rodney Boruff	John Fox
MONTGOMERY COUNTY	Mr. Millard House	Anne Murtha
MOORE COUNTY	Mr. Chad Moorehead	Ronnie Smith
MORGAN COUNTY	Mr. Ronnie Wilson	Wade Summers
OBION COUNTY	Mr. Russ Davis	Fritz Fussell
Union City	Mr. Wes Kennedy
OVERTON COUNTY	Dr. Mark Winningham	Mike Gilpatrick
PERRY COUNTY	Mr. Eric Lomax	Martha Sharp
PICKETT COUNTY	Ms. Dianne Elder	John Reagan
POLK COUNTY	Mr. James Jones	Mark Williams
PUTNAM COUNTY	Mr. Jerry Boyd	Kim Cravens
RHEA COUNTY	Mr. Jerry Levengood	John Mincy
Dayton	Mr. Michael Latham	Gary Louallen
ROANE COUNTY	Ms. Leah Watkins	Sam Cox
ROBERTSON COUNTY	Mr. Mike Davis	Connie Hogan
RUTHERFORD COUNTY	Mr. Don Odom	Jeff Jordan
Murfreesboro	Dr. Linda Arms Gilbert	Butch Campbell
SCOTT COUNTY	Mr. Bill Hall	John Vernon Thompson
+Oneida	Ms. Jeanny Hattfield	Nancy Williamson
SEQUATCHIE COUNTY	Mr. Michael Swafford	Shelli Dodson
SEVIER COUNTY	Dr. Jack A. Parton	Mike Oakley
SHELBY COUNTY	Mr. Dorsey E. Hopson	Christopher Caldwell
Arlington Community	Ms. Tammy Mason	Dale Viox
Bartlett City	Mr. David Stephens	Jeff Norris
Collierville Schools	Mr. John Aitken	Mark Hansen
Germantown Municipal	Mr. Jason Manuel	Linda Fisher
Lakeland Municipal	Mr. Ted Horrell	Kevin Floyd
Millington Municipal	Mr. David Roper	Cody Childress
SMITH COUNTY	Mr. Barry Smith	Brian Smith
STEWART COUNTY	Mrs. Leta Joiner	Billy Sexton
SULLIVAN COUNTY	Ms. Evelyn Rafalowski	Michael Hughes
Bristol	Mr. Gary L. Lilly	Jim Butcher
Kingsport	Dr. Jeff Moorhouse	Eric Hyche
SUMNER COUNTY	Dr. D. R. Phillips	Andy Daniels
TIPTON COUNTY	Dr. William Bibb	Marty Burlison
TROUSDALE COUNTY	Mr. Clint Satterfield	Denice Jackson
UNICOI COUNTY	Mr. John English	Tyler Engle
UNION COUNTY	Mr. Jimmy Carter	David Coppock
VAN BUREN COUNTY	Mrs. Cheryl Cole	Ricky Walling
WARREN COUNTY	Mr. Bobby Cox	Helen Martin
WASHINGTON COUNTY	Ms. Kimber Halliburton	Jack Leonard
Johnson City	Dr. Richard Bales	Tim Belisle
WAYNE COUNTY	Mr. Marlon Davis	Barry Hanback
WEAKLEY COUNTY	Mr. Randy Frazier	Steve Vantrease
WHITE COUNTY	Mr. Kurt Dronebarger	Edd M. Cantrell, II
WILLIAMSON COUNTY	Dr. Mike Looney	Gary Anderson
+Franklin City	Dr. David Snowden	Tim Stillings
WILSON COUNTY	Dr. Donna Wright	Larry Tomlinson
+Lebanon	Mr. Scott Benson	Steve Jones
ASD (Achievement School District)	Ms. Malika Anderson

+Indicates Special School District

Statistical Summaries

Table 1 Number of Public Schools (K - 12)
Number of Elementary Schools	956
Number of Middle Schools	305
Number of High Schools	302
Number of K-12/Other Schools	179
Number of Vocational Schools	13
Special Education Schools.	12
Number of Adult High Schools	25
Number of Alternative Schools	22
Total Number of Schools	1,814

Table 2 Training of Public Personnel (K - 12)
Education Level	Men	Women	Not Reported	Total
Ph. D. Degree	585	1,255	2	1,842
Ed. S. Degree	1,822	6,159	4	7,985
M.A. plus 45 qtr. hrs.	22	75	0	97
Master's Degree	8,193	32,491	63	40,747
Bachelor's Degree	6,136	22,973	184	29,293
3 Years College	0	1	0	1
2 Years College	46	79	3	128
1 Year College	5	3	0	8
0 Year College	579	277	32	888
	17,388	63,313	288	80,989

Note: Total will not match total licensed personnel from Table 3. Table 2 contains only those assignment codes used for Report Card as "Administrators" and "Teachers"

Table 3 Assignment of Teachers, Administrators and Members of Boards of Education (K - 12)
Elementary Classroom Teachers	45,609
Secondary Classroom Teachers	19,482
Total Classroom Teachers	65,091
Elementary School Principals	1,082
Secondary School Principals	513
Principals Serving Both Elementary and Secondary Grades	159
Total School Principals	1,754
Elementary School Assistant Principals	846
Secondary School Assistant Principals	956
Assistant Principals Serving Both Elementary and Secondary Grades	161
Total Assistant Principals	1,963
Supervisors of Instruction - Elementary Grades Only	113
Supervisors of Instruction - Secondary Grades Only	92
Supervisors of Instruction Serving Both Elementary and Secondary Grades	117
Total Supervisors of Instruction	322
Elementary Librarians	989
Secondary Librarians	414
Librarians Serving Both Elementary and Secondary Grades	118
Total Librarians	1,521
Elementary Guidance Personnel	1,142
Secondary Guidance Personnel	1,023
Guidance Personnel Serving Both Elementary and Secondary Grades	155
Total Guidance Personnel	2,320
Other Professional Instructional Personnel	4,296
Psychological Personnel	540
Attendance Personnel	72
Total Number of Instructional Personnel	77,879
Superintendents	136
Assistant Superintendents	48
Other Licensed Educators	547
Total Number of Certificated Personnel	78,610

Non-Certificated Administrative Personnel	1,329
Members of Boards of Education	829

Table 4 Other Employees of Boards of Education
Health Personnel
a. Nurses	1,228
b. Other Professional & Technical Health Personnel	441

Secretarial and Clerical Personnel
a. School Support Level	4,776
b. System Support Level	1,918

Plant Operation Personnel
a. Custodians	3,650
b. Other	268

Plant Maintenance Personnel	2,012
Transportation Personnel	6,198
Food Service Personnel	8,793

Educational Assistants
a. Regular	6,230
b. Library	460
c. Special Education	8,956
d. Vocational Education	109
e. Other	1,663

Data Processing	798
School Safety Personnel	879
Other Employees	1,679
Total	50,057

Total Number of Employees of Board of Education	130,826

Table 5 Average Salary
Licensed Educators	$52,732
Instructional Personnel	$52,455
Classroom Teachers	$50,099
Principals	$86,384
Superintendents	$119,664

Table 6 Number of High School Graduates
Regular Diplomas	64,987
Special Education Diplomas	1,060
Certificates of Attendance	11

Grand Total All Diplomas/Certificates	66,058

Table 7 Average Daily Membership*
Kindergarten	73,390
First Grade	73,152
Second Grade	73,400
Third Grade	76,470
Fourth Grade	77,185
Fifth Grade	75,621
Sixth Grade	73,124
Seventh Grade	72,356
Eighth Grade	71,725
Ninth Grade	74,233
Tenth Grade	72,461
Eleventh Grade	69,290
Twelfth Grade	64,386
Special Education	16,500
Total ADM	963,294

*Includes Adult High School Students

Table 8 Average Daily Attendance*
Kindergarten	69,636
First Grade	69,649
Second Grade	70,096
Third Grade	73,147
Fourth Grade	73,853
Fifth Grade	72,422
Sixth Grade	69,966
Seventh Grade	69,042
Eighth Grade	68,208
Ninth Grade	70,342
Tenth Grade	68,424
Eleventh Grade	65,035
Twelfth Grade	59,366
Special Education	15,334
Total ADA	914,518

*Includes Adult High School Students

Table 9 First Month Membership (Kindergarten through Twelve)
Kindergarten	74,658
First Grade	74,352
Second Grade	74,683
Third Grade	77,781
Fourth Grade	78,458
Fifth Grade	77,086
Sixth Grade	74,920
Seventh Grade	74,262
Eighth Grade	73,688
Ninth Grade	76,614
Tenth Grade	75,251
Eleventh Grade	72,288
Twelfth Grade	68,663
Total 1st Month Membership	972,704

Table 10 Record of Pupil Progress
No Data Available at this time

Table 11 Number of Children Ages 3 through 21 with Disability Receiving Special Education Services
Learning Disabled	41,801
Intellectual Disabled	8,108
Speech /Language Impaired	32,571
Emotionally Disturbed	3,100
Autism	10,402
Health Impaired	16,795
Physically Impaired	597
Hearing Impaired or Deaf	1,145
Visually Impaired or Blind	558
Deaf/Blind	10
Multi-Disabilities	2,047
Developmentally Delayed	10,597
Traumatic Brain Injury	361
Total	128,092

Table 12 (PART A) Pupil Transportation
Daily a.m. One-way Miles	293,527
Total Number of Buses	9,203
Average Number of Pupils Transported 1.5 Miles or Greater	479,032
Bus Ownership
District Owned	6,690
Private Owned/Contracted	2,513

Table 12 (PART B) Driver and Accidents
Number of Bus Drivers
Regular	7,127
Substitute	1,613
Total	8,740
Type of Accident:
Property Damage	971
Personal Injury	102
Treated and Released	166
Confined Overnight	12
Fatalities	7

Table 12 (PART C)
Number of Buses with Wheelchair Lifts	1,338
Number of Buses with Restraints	2,065
Buses Equipped with :
Two-Way Communication	7,496
Audio/Visual Surveillance	7,951
GPS	4,587
Air Conditioned	2,086

Note: Due to changes in reporting, composite ages of buses are no longer included in the Annual Statistical Report. This data was previously labeled as Table 12C.

Financial Summaries

Receipts
Total Receipts From State	$4,625,714,719
Total Receipts From Federal Government	1,158,224,538
Total Receipts From County and City or Special District	3,583,802,461
Total Other Revenue Receipts	360,018,348
Total Revenue Receipts	9,727,760,065
Total Non-Revenue Receipts	921,349,407
Grand Total Receipts From All Sources	$10,649,109,472

Expenditures
Instruction	5,272,987,064
Support Services – Student	402,900,286
Support Services – Instructional Staff	656,105,296
Support Services – Administration	849,899,073
Support Services-Operations & Maintenance of Plant	773,269,455
Other Current Expenditures	1,010,159,417
Total Current Expenditures	$8,965,320,591

Community Services	79,507,794
Early Childhood Education	147,465,608
Capital Outlay	112,917,954
Debt Services Operating Transfers	651,554,938
Capital Projects	510,860,535
Grand Total of All Expenditures	$10,467,627,420

Total Operating Expenditures*	$9,122,039,068
Operating Expenditures Per PUPIL ADA*	$9,958

*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.)