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Dobyns Bennett High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
1 Tribe Way
Kingsport, TN 37664
Phone
(423) 378-8400
District
Kingsport
County
SULLIVAN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
2514
Classroom Teachers
161

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Tennessee

9

(10 is best)

Better than 82.5% of all TN schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Dobyns Bennett High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
52%
39%
58%
49%
45%
29%
52%
39%
58%
49%
45%
29%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
16
15
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 659 26.2%
Grade 10 618 24.6%
Grade 11 619 24.6%
Grade 12 618 24.6%
Total 2514 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 83.5% 84.6% 61.4%
Black 5.9% 5.2% 21.6%
Hispanic 7.8% 7.7% 14.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.4% 1.7% 2.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.5% 0.7% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 55,427 7,051,339
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,053.2 170
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.7% 5.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.2% 18.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.8% 33.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.1% 25.7%
65 OR OLDER 24.2% 16.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 24,813 2,713,635
Single Parent Households With Children 9.7% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 89.4% 89.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 29.5% 29.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 12.1% 14.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 11.8% 15.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 9.9% 13.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.7% 17.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 20.0% 17.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 17.5% 12.6%
$15,000 or less 14.0% 9.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,649 $51,758,000 58.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $694 $5,400,000 6.1%
Staff $691 $5,379,000 6.1%
General Administration $283 $2,206,000 2.5%
School Administration $493 $3,834,000 4.3%
Operation $892 $6,943,000 7.8%
Transportation $279 $2,172,000 2.4%
Other $362 $2,815,000 3.2%
Total Support $3,693 $28,749,000 32.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,059 $8,242,000 9.3%
Total Expenditures $11,401 $88,749,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,239 $6,281,389,000 54.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $566 $569,482,000 4.9%
Staff $647 $651,842,000 5.6%
General Administration $220 $221,150,000 1.9%
School Administration $648 $652,278,000 5.6%
Operation $805 $810,908,000 7.0%
Transportation $354 $355,941,000 3.1%
Other $305 $307,059,000 2.7%
Total Support $3,545 $3,568,660,000 30.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,723 $1,734,683,000 15.0%
Total Expenditures $11,507 $11,584,732,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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