2018 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	2014-2018

State Board of Education

District 1
Mr. Nick Darnell
3745 Arrowhead Trail
Kingsport, TN 37664
District 2
Mr. Mike Edwards
Knoxville Chamber of Commerce
17 Market Square, #201
Knoxville, TN 37902
District 3
Mr. Bob Eby
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
vacant
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 of 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	John Boutwell
BENTON COUNTY	Mr. Mark Florence	Joey Cooper
BLEDSOE COUNTY	Ms. Jennifer Terry	Vincent Boring
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	Ms. Jennifer Fields	Crystal McNealy
CANNON COUNTY	Mr. William Curtis	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	Corey Bartholomew
+West Carroll	Mr. Eric Williams	William Robinson
CARTER COUNTY	Dr. Kevin Ward	Jerry Stout
Elizabethton	Dr. Corey Gardenhour	Rita Booher
CHEATHAM COUNTY	Ms. Catherine Beck	John Louallen
CHESTER COUNTY	Mr. Tony Kilzer	Bob Moore
CLAIBORNE COUNTY	Mr. Joseph Miller	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	Ms. Reecha Black	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. Chris Villaflor	Athalia Taylor
DEKALB COUNTY	Mr. Patrick Cripps	W.J. Evins
DICKSON COUNTY	Mr. Danny Weeks
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
FRANKLIN COUNTY	Mr. Stanley Bean	CleiJo Walker
GIBSON COUNTY	……………….
Humboldt	Dr. Versie Hamlett	Terry Johnson
+Milan	Mr. Jonathan Criswell	Will Ownby
+Trenton	Mr. Timothy Haney	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. Steve Starnes	Craig Ogle
GRUNDY COUNTY	Ms. Glenda Dykes	Phyllis Lusk
HAMBLEN COUNTY	Mr. Charlie Perry	Joe Gibson, Jr.
HAMILTON COUNTY	Mr. Bryan Johnson	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	Ms. Reba Bailey	Bob Larkins
Rogersville	Mrs. Rebecca Isaacs	Reed Matney
HAYWOOD COUNTY	Mr. Joel Hassell	Allen Currie
HENDERSON COUNTY	Mr. Stephen Wilkinson	Bobby G. Harrington
Lexington	Ms. Cynthia Olive	Robert Helms
HENRY COUNTY	Mr. Brian Norton	Jill Coker
+Paris	Ms. Norma Gerrell	Richard Edwards
HICKMAN COUNTY	Ms. Michelle Gilbert	Ronald Gammons
HOUSTON COUNTY	Ms. Kris McAskill	Jeffrey Mathis
HUMPHREYS COUNTY	Mr. Richard Rawlings
JACKSON COUNTY	Mr. Joe D. Barlow	Mark Brown
JEFFERSON COUNTY	Ms. Sherry Finchum	Jim Vines
JOHNSON COUNTY	Dr. Mischelle Simcox	Howard Carlton
KNOX COUNTY	Mr. Robert Thomas	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
LINCOLN COUNTY	Mr. Bill Heath	Thomas Stevenson
Fayetteville	Dr. Janine Wilson	Jeff Whitmore
LOUDON COUNTY	Mr. Jason Vance	William Jenkins
Lenoir City	Ms. Jeanne Barker	Rick Chadwick
MCMINN COUNTY	Mr. Mickey Blevins	Sharon Brown
Athens	Ms. Melanie Miller	Mike Bevins
Etowah	Dr. Mike Frazier	Marilyn Miller
MCNAIRY COUNTY	Mr. Greg Martin	Jarrell Stanfield
MACON COUNTY	Mr. Anthony Boles	Jeff Harper
MADISON CO.	Mr. Eric Jones	Kevin Alexander
MARION COUNTY	Mr. Mark Griffith	Julie Bennett
+Richard City	Ms. Cindy Blevins	Bill Stuart
MARSHALL COUNTY	Ms. Jacob Sorrells	Julie Cathey
MAURY COUNTY	Mr. Christopher Marczak	Kristin Parker
MEIGS COUNTY	Mr. Clint Baker	Mike McKenzie
MONROE COUNTY	Mr. Tim Blankenship	Sonya Lynn
Sweetwater	Mr. Rodney Boruff	John Fox
MONTGOMERY COUNTY	Mr. Millard House	Margaret Pace
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	Karl Ullrich
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	James L. Davis
PUTNAM COUNTY	Mr. Jerry Boyd	Kim Cravens
RHEA COUNTY	Mr. Jerry Levengood	Perry J. Massengill
Dayton	Mr. Robert Greene	Gary Louallen
ROANE COUNTY	Ms. Leah Watkins	Rob Jago
ROBERTSON COUNTY	Mr. Christopher Causey	Jeff White
RUTHERFORD COUNTY	Mr. Don Odom	Jeff Jordan
Murfreesboro	Dr. Linda Arms Gilbert	Butch Campbell
SCOTT COUNTY	Mr. Bill Hall	Esther Abbott
+Oneida	Ms. Jeanny Hattfield	Nancy Williamson
SEQUATCHIE COUNTY	Mr. Michael Swafford	Shelli Dodson
SEVIER COUNTY	Dr. Jack A. Parton	Charles Temple
SHELBY COUNTY	Mr. Dorsey E. Hopson	Shante Avant
Arlington Community	Ms. Tammy Mason	Kay Williams
Bartlett City	Mr. David Stephens	Shirley Jackson
Collierville Schools	Mr. John Aitken	Mark Hansen
Germantown Municipal	Mr. Jason Manuel	Elizabeth T "Betsy" Landers
Lakeland Municipal	Mr. Ted Horrell	Kevin Floyd
Millington Municipal	Mr. James Griffin	C.J. Haley
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	Jill Harrison
Kingsport	Dr. Jeff Moorhouse	Susan Lodal
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	Teddy B. Jones
WASHINGTON COUNTY	Ms. Kimber Halliburton	Keith Ervin
Johnson City	Dr. Steven Barnett	Tim Belisle
WAYNE COUNTY	Mr. Marlon Davis	Andy Yarbrough
WEAKLEY COUNTY	Mr. Randy Frazier	Steve Vantrease
WHITE COUNTY	Mr. Kurt Dronebarger	Jayson McDonald
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)	Dr. Sharon Griffin

+Indicates Special School District

Statistical Summaries

Table 1 Number of Public Schools (K - 12)
Number of Elementary Schools	950
Number of Middle Schools	304
Number of High Schools	305
Number of K-12/Other Schools	180
Number of Vocational Schools	13
Special Education Schools.	6
Number of Adult High Schools	25
Number of Alternative Schools	20
Total Number of Schools	1,803

Table 2 Training of Public Personnel (K - 12)
Education Level	Men	Women	Not Reported	Total
Ph. D. Degree	564	1,317	7	1,888
Ed. S. Degree	1,812	6,016	14	7,842
Master's Degree	7,978	31,701	83	39,762
Bachelor's Degree	5,993	22,337	104	28,434
3 Years College	0	1	0	1
2 Years College	33	67	1	101
1 Year College	5	2	0	7
No College Reported	578	303	24	905
	16,963	61,744	233	78,940

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	39,302
Secondary Classroom Teachers	12,991
Special Education Teachers	10,232
Total Classroom Teachers	62,525
School Principals	1,767
Assistant Principals	1,947
Supervisors of Instruction	286
Instructional Coaches	547
Interventionists	562
Other Professional Instructional Personnel	4,796
Librarians	1,567
Guidance Counselors	2,374
Psychological Personnel	514
Attendance Personnel	82
Total Number of Instructional Personnel	76,967
Superintendents	132
Assistant Superintendents	86
Other Licensed Educators	872
Total Number of Certificated Personnel	78,057

Non-Certificated Administrative Personnel	55,710
Members of Boards of Education	986

Table 4 Other Employees of Boards of Education
Health Personnel
a. Nurses	1,394
b. Other Professional & Technical Health Personnel	419

Secretarial and Clerical Personnel
a. School Support Level	6,284
b. System Support Level	2,021

Plant Operation Personnel
a. Custodians	3,987
b. Other	144

Plant Maintenance Personnel	1,886
Transportation Personnel	6,334
Food Service Personnel	9,506

Educational Assistants
a. Regular	6,474
b. Library	397
c. Special Education	9,434
d. Vocational Education	84
e. Other	1,798

Data Processing	731
School Safety Personnel	786
Other Employees	3,380
Total	55,057

Total Number of Employees of Board of Education	189,811

Table 5 Average Salary
Licensed Educators	$53,974
Instructional Personnel	$53,654
Classroom Teachers	$50,998
Principals	$88,338
Superintendents	$121,507

Table 6 Number of High School Graduates
Regular Diplomas	61,881
Regular Diplomas Including Waivers	64,624
Special Education Diplomas	817
Certificates of Attendance	2

Grand Total All Diplomas/Certificates	65,443

Table 7 Average Daily Membership*
Kindergarten	74,160
First Grade	73,404
Second Grade	72,924
Third Grade	73,614
Fourth Grade	76,771
Fifth Grade	77,263
Sixth Grade	75,218
Seventh Grade	73,371
Eighth Grade	72,382
Ninth Grade	73,552
Tenth Grade	71,827
Eleventh Grade	69,174
Twelfth Grade	65,232
Special Education	16,657
Total ADM	965,549

*Includes Adult High School Students

Table 8 Average Daily Attendance*
Kindergarten	70,322
First Grade	69,913
Second Grade	69,680
Third Grade	70,473
Fourth Grade	73,480
Fifth Grade	73,997
Sixth Grade	72,019
Seventh Grade	69,979
Eighth Grade	68,915
Ninth Grade	69,868
Tenth Grade	67,877
Eleventh Grade	65,024
Twelfth Grade	60,461
Special Education	15,449
Total ADA	917,507

*Includes Adult High School Students

Table 9 First Month Membership (Kindergarten through Twelve)
Kindergarten	75,323
First Grade	74,600
Second Grade	74,145
Third Grade	74,820
Fourth Grade	78,068
Fifth Grade	78,665
Sixth Grade	76,929
Seventh Grade	74,956
Eighth Grade	73,985
Ninth Grade	73,354
Tenth Grade	73,758
Eleventh Grade	71,447
Twelfth Grade	69,421
Total 1st Month Membership	971,471

Table 10 Record of Pupil Progress
	Suspension In- School	Suspension Out- of-School w/o Services	Expulsion w/o Services	Change of Placement (Long- Term)
Kindergarten	593	1,031	10	26
First Grade	750	1,142	11	29
Second Grade	1,064	1,576	30	47
Third Grade	1,456	2,050	22	55
Fourth Grade	1,876	2,632	27	96
Fifth Grade	3,262	3,489	32	133
Sixth Grade	7,552	5,609	108	408
Seventh Grade	8,316	6,505	127	782
Eighth Grade	7,539	6,452	192	969
Ninth Grade	10,256	7,269	410	1,220
Tenth Grade	9,317	6,776	353	1,129
Eleventh Grade	8,084	5,400	283	932
Twelfth Grade	6,819	4,096	179	653
Total	66,884	54,027	1,784	6,479

Table 11 Number of Children Ages 3 through 21 with Disability Receiving Special Education Services
Learning Disabled	39,309
Intellectual Disabled	8,313
Speech /Language Impaired	32,290
Emotionally Disturbed	3,195
Autism	11,425
Health Impaired	17,925
Physically Impaired	578
Hearing Impaired or Deaf	1,119
Visually Impaired or Blind	541
Deaf/Blind	10
Multi-Disabilities	2,075
Developmentally Delayed	11,304
Traumatic Brain Injury	355
Total	128,439

Table 12 (PART A) Pupil Transportation
Daily a.m. One-way Miles	258,579
Total Number of Buses	9,183
Average Number of Pupils Transported 1.5 Miles or Greater	485,282
Bus Ownership
District Owned	6,650
Private Owned/Contracted	2,533

Table 12 (PART B) Driver and Accidents
Number of Bus Drivers
Regular	7,318
Substitute	1,506
Total	8,824
Type of Accident:
Property Damage	725
Personal Injury	34
Treated and Released	54
Confined Overnight	1
Fatalities	0

Table 12 (PART C)
Number of Buses with Wheelchair Lifts	1,394
Number of Buses with Restraints	1.896
Buses Equipped with :
Two-Way Communication	7,464
Audio/Visual Surveillance	8,126
GPS	5,181
1Air Conditioned	2,191

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	$4,910,660,688
Total Receipts From Federal Government	1,162,406,244
Total Receipts	3,695,699,206
Total Other Revenue Receipts	421,034,682
Total Revenue Receipts	10,189,800,820
Total Non-Revenue Receipts	789,993,373
Grand Total Receipts From All Sources	$10,979,794,193

Expenditures
Instruction	5,505,694,347
Support Services – Student	446,087,043
Support Services – Instructional Staff	724,900,646
Support Services – Administration	897,405,462
Support Services-Operations & Maintenance of Plant	791,927,377
Other Current Expenditures	963,030,945
Total Current Expenditures	$9,329,045,820

Community Services	84,631,329
Early Childhood Education	155,157,148
Capital Outlay	144,560,037
Debt Services Operating Transfers	681,595,487
Capital Projects	569,715,902
Grand Total of All Expenditures	$10,964,705,723

Total Operating Expenditures*	$9,487,261,212
Operating Expenditures Per PUPIL ADA*	$10,340

*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.)