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Tennessee: the counties with the most public school students

90 counties

Tennessee counties ranked by total public school enrollment across every school in the county. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify. The median ranked county is at 4,694. Showing ranks 1 to 50.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsStudents
1Shelby CountyTN270154,209154,209
2Davidson CountyTN17386,00586,005
3Knox CountyTN9863,01463,014
4Rutherford CountyTN6761,90461,904
5Hamilton CountyTN8245,98145,981
6Williamson CountyTN6044,75444,754
7Montgomery CountyTN4640,24340,243
8Sumner CountyTN5330,71930,719
9Wilson CountyTN3225,33125,331
10Sullivan CountyTN3519,06619,066
11Blount CountyTN3318,25718,257
12Bradley CountyTN2516,09216,092
13Washington CountyTN2515,78715,787
14Sevier CountyTN3114,40814,408
15Robertson CountyTN2514,28114,281
16Maury CountyTN2413,09813,098
17Madison CountyTN2613,05013,050
18Anderson CountyTN2812,05912,059
19Putnam CountyTN2211,77611,776
20Hamblen CountyTN1810,30010,300
21Tipton CountyTN149,9759,975
22Coffee CountyTN209,1909,190
23Greene CountyTN259,0659,065
24Bedford CountyTN159,0429,042
25Gibson CountyTN228,9008,900
26Dickson CountyTN177,7777,777
27Loudon CountyTN137,7237,723
28Hawkins CountyTN197,5727,572
29Carter CountyTN207,2177,217
30McMinn CountyTN137,1317,131
31Cumberland CountyTN126,9706,970
32Jefferson CountyTN136,9376,937
33Lawrence CountyTN146,8676,867
34Monroe CountyTN176,5386,538
35Warren CountyTN126,2416,241
36Dyer CountyTN126,1856,185
37Roane CountyTN186,1786,178
38Cheatham CountyTN145,4515,451
39Franklin CountyTN125,3555,355
40Marshall CountyTN105,3225,322
41Campbell CountyTN125,1185,118
42Lincoln CountyTN114,9794,979
43Cocke CountyTN134,9324,932
44Henderson CountyTN124,7934,793
45Rhea CountyTN84,7814,781
46Obion CountyTN104,6064,606
47Henry CountyTN94,4624,462
48Carroll CountyTN144,3644,364
49Macon CountyTN84,2164,216
50Marion CountyTN124,0274,027

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