School spending briefs for Hamilton County, Tennessee
The Metro Ideas Project spent the past four months researching how much it costs to educate students at every school in Hamilton County, Tennessee.
The Hamilton County Department of Education spent around $400 million in the 2014–15 school year on more than 42,000 students. Our research shows how approximately 75 percent of the school system budget, or $300 million, is divided among schools.
We organized the results by the county's nine legislative districts.
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About the project
The Metro Ideas Project examined more than a dozen local, state and federal datasets to answer a simple question: How much does it cost to educate a student in Hamilton County, Tennessee?
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David Morton
David Morton is a former reporter living in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He has contributed to several nonprofit and journalism projects aimed at improving citizens' access to local government and public affairs.