Clarksville-Montgomery schools overview
Clarksville-Montgomery County School System
A fast-growing district planning school capacity, a large annual budget, and new student rules.
How is the district handling growth?
CMCSS serves nearly 39,400 students across 44 schools. The board's recent work connects enrollment growth to rezoning, opening Freedom Elementary, and a ten-year facilities plan.
Governance
The elected Clarksville-Montgomery County Board of Education sets district policy and budget priorities.
Funding
State TISA funding, local property and sales taxes, and federal revenue support the operating budget.
Growth costs
The FY27 proposal adds operating and utility costs for Freedom Elementary.
The collected captions describe projects and budget choices but do not include every packet table or the final county appropriation.
What the public record shows
NCES district profile context; not directly reported in the collected meeting captions.
Context calculation: about $477 million divided by NCES enrollment of 39,385; it is not a district-reported per-pupil measure.
Major projects
Freedom Elementary opening
Planned for fall 2026The FY27 plan adds operating and utility costs to bring the new elementary school online.
- Costs presented in the proposed FY27 budget.
- District expected the school to come online for the fall term.
Funding
Proposed FY27 operating budget; about $1.7 million in operating costs plus $525,000 in utilities.
Ten-year facilities plan
Presented to the boardThe plan uses enrollment projections to map future construction and school-capacity needs.
- Staff presented the plan and growth projections.
Funding
Project-level funding was not stated in the collected captions.
Recent news
Reviewed all 12 collected official board-recording transcripts from March 24 through September 1, 2026.
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