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District directory · Tennessee · 2026–27

School districts in Tennessee by county

Tennessee has 141 regular public school districts across 94 counties, enrolling 993,178 students in 2024–25. Tennessee children must turn 5 by August 15 to start kindergarten, in every district — see the Tennessee kindergarten cutoff.

The largest is Memphis-Shelby County Schools in Shelby County (111,124 students). Shelby County has the most districts, 8. In 66 of the 94 counties, only one district has its office. Every district is listed by name in the table below.

Tennessee counties and their districts

School districts in Tennessee by county, 2026–27
CountyDistrictsEnrollment (2024–25)School districts
Anderson County312,059Anderson County Schools, Oak Ridge Schools, Clinton City Schools
Bedford County19,042Bedford County Schools
Benton County12,150Benton County Schools
Bledsoe County11,570Bledsoe County Schools
Blount County318,257Blount County Schools, Maryville City Schools, Alcoa City Schools
Bradley County216,092Bradley County Schools, Cleveland City Schools
Campbell County15,118Campbell County Schools
Cannon County11,813Cannon County Schools
Carroll County54,363Huntingdon Special School District, McKenzie Special School District, West Carroll Special School District, Hollow Rock - Bruceton Special School District, South Carroll Special School District
Carter County27,128Carter County Schools, Elizabethton City Schools
Cheatham County15,451Cheatham County Schools
Chester County12,801Chester County Schools
Claiborne County13,967Claiborne County Schools
Clay County11,054Clay County Schools
Cocke County24,932Cocke County Schools, Newport City Schools
Coffee County490,594Metro Nashville Public Schools, Coffee County Schools, Tullahoma City Schools, Manchester City Schools
Crockett County32,976Crockett County Schools, Alamo City School, Bells City Schools
Cumberland County16,970Cumberland County Schools
Decatur County11,492Decatur County Schools
DeKalb County13,644DeKalb County Schools
Dickson County17,777Dickson County Schools
Dyer County26,185Dyer County Schools, Dyersburg City Schools
Fayette County12,908Fayette County Schools
Fentress County12,229Fentress County Schools
Franklin County14,972Franklin County Schools
Gibson County58,900Gibson County Special School District, Milan Special School District, Trenton Special School District, Humboldt City Schools, Bradford Special School District
Giles County13,595Giles County Schools
Grainger County12,975Grainger County Schools
Greene County29,065Greene County Schools, Greeneville City Schools
Grundy County11,711Grundy County Schools
Hamblen County110,300Hamblen County Schools
Hamilton County145,981Hamilton County Schools
Hancock County1903Hancock County Schools
Hardeman County13,157Hardeman County Schools
Hardin County13,294Hardin County Schools
Hawkins County26,681Hawkins County Schools, Rogersville City Schools
Haywood County12,422Haywood County Schools
Henderson County24,793Henderson County Schools, Lexington City Schools
Henry County24,462Henry County Schools, Paris Special School District
Hickman County13,001Hickman County Schools
Houston County11,265Houston County Schools
Humphreys County12,641Humphreys County Schools
Jackson County11,389Jackson County Schools
Jefferson County16,937Jefferson County Schools
Johnson County14,952Johnson County Schools
Knox County160,185Knox County Schools
Lake County1743Lake County Schools
Lauderdale County13,277Lauderdale County Schools
Lawrence County16,867Lawrence County Schools
Lewis County13,731Lewis County Schools
Lincoln County24,979Lincoln County Schools, Fayetteville City Schools
Loudon County27,723Loudon County Schools, Lenoir City Schools
Macon County14,216Macon County Schools
Madison County113,017Jackson-Madison County Schools
Marion County24,027Marion County Schools, Richard City Special School District
Marshall County15,322Marshall County Schools
Maury County113,098Maury County Schools
McMinn County37,131McMinn County Schools, Athens City Schools, Etowah City Schools
McNairy County13,733McNairy County Schools
Meigs County11,797Meigs County Schools
Monroe County26,538Monroe County Schools, Sweetwater City Schools
Montgomery County139,385Clarksville-Montgomery County Schools
Moore County1882Moore County Schools
Morgan County12,800Morgan County Schools
Obion County24,606Obion County Schools, Union City Schools
Overton County12,924Overton County Schools
Perry County11,100Perry County Schools
Pickett County1605Pickett County Schools
Polk County12,160Polk County Schools
Putnam County111,776Putnam County Schools
Rhea County24,781Rhea County Schools, Dayton City School
Roane County16,178Roane County Schools
Robertson County111,267Robertson County Schools
Rutherford County261,469Rutherford County Schools, Murfreesboro City Schools
Scott County23,824Scott County Schools, Oneida Special School District
Sequatchie County11,924Sequatchie County Schools
Sevier County114,408Sevier County Schools
Shelby County8145,759Memphis-Shelby County Schools, Collierville Schools, Bartlett City Schools, Germantown Municipal Schools, Arlington Community Schools, Millington Municipal Schools, Lakeland School System, University Schools - Memphis
Smith County13,056Smith County Schools
Stewart County11,972Stewart County Schools
Sullivan County319,580Sullivan County Schools, Kingsport City Schools, Bristol City Schools
Sumner County130,719Sumner County Schools
Tipton County19,975Tipton County Schools
Trousdale County11,411Trousdale County Schools
Unicoi County12,074Unicoi County Schools
Union County15,514Union County Schools
Van Buren County1756Van Buren County Schools
Warren County16,241Warren County Schools
Washington County215,787Washington County Schools, Johnson City Schools
Wayne County12,079Wayne County Schools
Weakley County13,993Weakley County Schools
White County13,736White County Schools
Williamson County244,754Williamson County Schools, Franklin Special School District
Wilson County225,331Wilson County Schools, Lebanon Special School District

Which district am I in?

Each district draws its own attendance boundaries, and a district can cross county lines, so the county your home is in narrows it down but does not settle it. The district office or its website can confirm which school serves your address. Kindergarten registration is also handled by the district, not the state.

Sources

District list, grades, school counts and websites: NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) LEA Universe Directory, SY 2025-26 (preliminary, v0a), published July 1, 2026. Regular public districts only (NCES LEA types 1 and 2); charter-only, state-run and regional service agencies are not listed.
Enrollment: NCES CCD LEA Membership, SY 2024-25 (v1a), published December 29, 2025 — the newest year NCES has released.
Counties: NCES EDGE Public LEA Geocodes, SY 2024-25 (district office location) and NCES EDGE Geographic Relationship Files 2025 (grf25_lea_county) (counties each district boundary covers).
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