Developing Community Understanding 

Franklin County, Tennessee

City of Winchester and Decherd
Community Samples of Types of Data Collected
Understanding Action

Community  Population: 41,397 (+0.8% increase since 2010), Median

Characteristics Income: 42,633, Median Age: 41.5. Unemployment Rate:
3.4%. Median Home Price: $135.300.
 Tim’s Ford State Park, Tim’s Ford Lake, Dinah Shore Blvd,
and Phillip Fulmer Parkway.
 Bass club, Tim’s Ford State Park, Tim’s Ford Lake,
Basketball courts, Tennis courts, Disc Golf, Fishing.
 The voting turns out for the current election year (2020) were
for the Presidential candidates both Republican and
Democrat. Total turnout was 27.09%

Youth Health Status  11.5% of people under 65 years of age are without insurance.
 No known youth risk factors, but some of the basic risk
factors would be substance abuse and underage drinking.
 Free and reduced lunches are given to all of the students that
need it. The health inspection given to all of the school within
the county were 100% rate as of Spring 2019.

School District  Graduation Rate: 93% (2020) Drop-out rate would be

Characteristics & approximately 7%.
Performance Data  87.2% graduate with high school diploma. 20.7% graduate
with bachelor’s degree.
 The school report card for the county school district is high in
every category including proficiency, honors, ready for
college, and ready for graduation. Absentees were higher at a
level of 13.8%. That is a decrease of 9.3% from last year.

Summary Findings
In my county that I am residing in, I was surprised by a lot of things associated with the
education area of my findings. First off, the population was higher than I expected in the
county itself. I thought it would be much smaller. The unemployment rate is smaller than
I thought. It might be skewed a little bit due to the circumstances that arise over the past
few months. The voting turnout was lower than I expected, because we vote for different
elected officials that help run the city and county, and as stated above that the turnout
was low. The graduation rate was pretty impressive, but the college degree stat was
lower than I expected. Mainly that would play into people going straight to the work
force right after high school. The school report card was impressive minus that students
were absent a lot of the time. 13.8% is pretty high, but it was a decrease of 9.3% from
last year. The state absentee percentage was 12.5%. Inside the district it is 9.6%

References:

https://www.franklincotn.us/uploads/election_results_30_1389110330.pdf
https://www.bestplaces.net/county/tennessee/franklin

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/franklincountytennessee

https://www.publicschoolreview.com/franklin-county-high-school-profile/37398

https://reportcard.tnk12.gov/