Jackson County schools overview

Jackson County

A four-school rural district managing building repairs, budgets, and school-day changes.

How does the district fund and govern its schools?

A small county district funded through Tennessee's school formula

Jackson County runs four public schools from pre-K through grade 12. Tennessee's TISA formula and local county revenue support the system, while a six-member elected board approves budgets, policy, contracts, and major school projects.

Governance

Six board members represent numbered districts, and the board hires the Director of Schools.

School system

The district has two elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school.

Budget cycle

The July agenda placed the general, federal, and school nutrition budgets and the employee pay scale before the board.

Collected records do not give a full current budget total or confirm the result of the July budget proposals.

What the public record shows

Public schoolscontext

4 schools

NCES 2024-25 district directory; context, not a collected meeting record.

District revenue per studentcontext

13,941 dollars

NCES district profile using 2021-22 fiscal data; context and not a current-year budget figure.

Approved minutes collectedverified

8 meetings

Major projects

Roof and bleacher repairs

Emergency work approved; replacement bids authorized

The board approved emergency roof repairs at Dodson Branch and Jackson County Middle and authorized bids for roof replacements and middle- and high-school bleacher repairs.

Next: Award of construction bids or a district update on completed emergency repairs.

Dec 11, 2025Board approved emergency roof repairs and authorized replacement and bleacher bids.

Funding

Not stated in the collected minutes.

High school CTE building

Construction changes approved

The board approved King Construction change-order requests for the high school's career and technical education building.

Next: A district update on construction completion and final cost.

Apr 21, 2026Board approved change-order requests for the CTE building.

Funding

Not stated in the collected minutes.

Reviewed every one of the 16 canonical official documents collected from the board's minutes and agenda archives, chronologically across 11 meetings.

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