Tennessee Releases School District Specific Data On Third-Grade Proficiency

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The Tennessee Conservative [By Jason Vaughn] –

Just days after notifying school districts of their third graders’ results on the TCAP Reading test, the Tennessee Department of Education has released a complete list of school district results from across the state to the public.

Statewide numbers show that only about 40% of Tennessee students scored “proficient” on the test, meaning 60% of third graders in the state are at risk of having to retake the test, attend summer school, participate in tutoring, or potentially repeat the grade.

It is important to note that the data has not been adjusted to account for students with exceptions to the retention law. These would include students who have certain disabilities, have already been held back, or are English Language learners.

The top scoring districts show well over half to three-fourths of their students earning a proficient score on the test, with Germantown coming in as the district with the highest passing rate.

1. Germantown Municipal Schools – 79.7%

2. Arlington Community Schools – 77%

3. Alamo City Schools – 75%

4. Maryville City Schools – 74.68%

5. Collierville Schools – 73.55%

6. Williamson County Schools – 71.71%

7. Franklin Special School District – 69.44%

8. Lakeland Schools – 69.27%

9. Johnson City Schools – 64.22%

10. Oak Ridge Schools – 58.75% 

At the other end of the scale, however, the schools ranking in the bottom 10 out of the 141 public school districts in Tennessee find themselves with as little as 10% of their students scoring proficient.

132. Union County Schools – 22.48

133. Johnson County Schools – 21.98%

134. Jackson-Madison County Schools – 19.59%

135. Houston County Schools – 19.27%

136. Haywood County Schools – 18%

137. Perry County Schools – 17.28%

138. Fayette County Schools – 16.52%

139. Humboldt City Schools – 16.25%

140. Richard City Special School District – 13.33%

141. Achievement School District – 10.12%

See the entire listing HERE or below:

2023 TCAP District Averages for 3rd Grade ELA

District Name	%Below	%Approaching	%Meets	%Exceeds	Total Proficiency %
Achievement School District	63.99	25.89	9.23	0.89	10.12
Alamo City Schools	8.82	16.18	36.76	38.24	75
Alcoa City Schools	18.75	40.97	28.47	11.81	40.28
Anderson County Schools	12.97	42.7	30.81	13.51	44.32
Arlington Community Schools	1.95	20.52	42.02	35.5	77.52
Athens City Schools	23.68	33.16	34.21	8.95	43.16
Bartlett City Schools	12.8	38.55	31.93	16.72	48.65
Bedford County Schools	31.22	32.61	26.28	9.89	36.17
Bells City Schools	15.38	38.46	36.54	9.62	46.16
Benton County Schools	25.5	36.24	24.83	13.42	38.25
Bledsoe County Schools	29.41	32.35	27.45	10.78	38.23
Blount County Schools	22.38	40.58	27.31	9.73	37.04
Bradford Special School District	30.23	25.58	32.56	11.63	44.19
Bradley County Schools	15.37	36.87	33.06	14.69	47.75
Bristol City Schools	12.04	37.23	36.5	14.23	50.73
Campbell County Schools	28.3	40.43	24.26	7.01	31.27
Cannon County Schools	33.33	38.74	26.13	1.8	27.93
Carter County Schools	20.07	48.03	26.32	5.59	31.91
Cheatham County Schools	20.23	38.37	30.7	10.7	41.4
Chester County Schools	8.77	34.65	35.96	20.61	56.57
Claiborne County Schools	28.77	40.07	25.68	5.48	31.16
Clarksville-Montgomery County Schools	21.04	36.9	28.79	13.26	42.05
Clay County Schools	10.77	41.54	36.92	10.77	47.69

District Name	%Below	%Approaching	%Meets	%Exceeds	Total Proficiency %
Cleveland City Schools	31.67	35.71	23.33	9.29	32.62
Clinton City Schools	10.85	34.11	37.98	17.05	55.03
Cocke County Schools	28.16	44.34	21.68	5.83	27.51
Coffee County Schools	23.99	36.53	28.41	11.07	39.48
Collierville Schools	6.38	20.06	37.23	36.32	73.55
Crockett County Schools	23.44	34.38	29.69	12.5	42.19
Cumberland County Schools	29.45	36.14	23.33	11.09	34.42
Dayton City Schools	26.76	23.94	32.39	16.9	49.29
Decatur County Schools	17.39	40	33.91	8.7	42.61
DeKalb County Schools	24.88	32.86	28.64	13.62	42.26
Dickson County Schools	19.61	38.16	28.45	13.78	42.23
Dyer County Schools	17.31	38.08	30.77	13.85	44.62
Dyersburg City Schools	30.17	38.55	22.35	8.94	31.29
Elizabethton City Schools	16.2	34.08	32.4	17.32	49.72
Etowah City Schools	16.28	39.53	39.53	4.65	44.18
Fayette County Schools	43.75	39.73	12.95	3.57	16.52
Fayetteville City Schools	19.75	35.8	33.33	11.11	44.44
Fentress County Schools	28.64	40.38	26.29	4.69	30.98
Franklin County Schools	29.47	35.53	26.05	8.95	35
Franklin Special School District	11.11	19.44	36.42	33.02	69.44
Germantown Municpial Schools	4.1	16.2	39.74	39.96	79.7
Gibson County Special School District	10.76	33.68	35.07	20.49	55.56
Giles County Schools	16.42	41.61	31.75	10.22	41.97
Grainger County Schools	13.57	40.2	34.67	11.56	46.23
Greene County Schools	20.14	45.31	27.69	6.86	34.55
Greeneville City Schools	13.21	41.04	31.13	14.62	45.75
Grundy County Schools	29.09	31.82	31.82	7.27	39.09
Hamblen County Schools	24.97	34.12	27.88	13.04	40.92
Hamilton County Schools	28.86	31.08	26.64	13.42	40.06
Hancock County Schools	22.06	45.59	23.53	8.82	32.35
Hardeman County Schools	34.53	41.26	21.52	2.69	24.21
Hardin County Schools	28.88	42.67	21.55	6.9	28.45
Hawkins County Schools	25.93	41.82	26.17	6.07	32.24
Haywood County Schools	43.5	38.5	15	3	18
Henderson County Schools	14.94	40.61	31.8	12.64	44.44
Henry County Schools	25	32.43	30.41	12.16	42.57
Hickman County Schools	15.64	40.74	30.86	12.76	43.62
Hollow Rock – Bruceton Special School District	10.81	56.76	21.62	10.81	32.43
Houston County Schools	43.37	37.35	15.66	3.61	19.27
Humboldt City Schools	50	33.75	15	1.25	16.25

District Name	%Below	%Approaching	%Meets	%Exceeds	Total Proficiency %
Humphreys County Schools	23.81	40.48	29.76	5.95	35.71
Huntingdon Special School District	16.67	38.46	28.21	16.67	44.88
Jackson County Schools	24.51	43.14	25.49	6.86	32.35
Jackson-Madison County Schools	40.88	39.52	15.97	3.62	19.59
Jefferson County Schools	28.83	32.6	26.24	12.33	38.57
Johnson City Schools	13.89	21.9	33.01	31.21	64.22
Johnson County Schools	43.22	34.8	18.68	3.3	21.98
Kingsport City Schools	19.07	35.56	26.67	18.7	45.37
Knox County Schools	23.98	33.12	27.74	15.16	42.9
Lake County Schools	33.33	35.29	25.49	5.88	31.37
Lakeland Schools	4.88	25.85	40.49	28.78	69.27
Lauderdale County Schools	33.47	33.06	25.21	8.26	33.47
Lawrence County Schools	13.33	40.38	30.86	15.43	46.29
Lebanon Special School District	21.66	32.82	31.29	14.22	45.51
Lenoir City Schools	31.78	36.43	27.91	3.88	31.79
Lewis County Schools	7.69	41.88	35.04	15.38	50.42
Lexington City Schools	11.22	42.86	33.67	12.24	45.91
Lincoln County Schools	17.95	38.46	30.77	12.82	43.59
Loudon County Schools	15.72	37.34	32.53	14.41	46.94
Macon County Schools	20.71	39.35	29.59	10.36	39.95
Manchester City Schools	19.55	41.34	27.93	11.17	39.1
Marion County Schools	22.53	43.08	27.67	6.72	34.39
Marshall County Schools	19.84	46.48	27.42	6.27	33.69
Maryville City Schools	4.39	20.93	35.4	39.28	74.68
Maury County Schools	25.95	37.54	27.38	9.13	36.51
McKenzie Special School District	27.37	38.95	28.42	5.26	33.68
McMinn County Schools	29.6	37.69	28.04	4.67	32.71
McNairy County Schools	22.39	39.77	29.34	8.49	37.83
Meigs County Schools	17.12	41.44	30.63	10.81	41.44
Memphis-Shelby County Schools	41.98	34.4	17.67	5.95	23.62
Metro-Nashville Public Schools	37.89	32.43	18.6	11.08	29.68
Milan Special School District	18	46	27.33	8.67	36
Millington Municipal Schools	31.71	33.54	25.61	9.15	34.76
Monroe County Schools	30.14	43.19	23.48	3.19	26.67
Moore County Schools	17.95	32.05	34.62	15.38	50
Morgan County Schools	16.85	42.13	29.78	11.24	41.02
Murfreesboro City Schools	24.59	31.88	29.45	14.08	43.53
Newport City Schools	12.5	32.81	46.88	7.81	54.69
Oak Ridge Schools	14.33	26.93	39.26	19.48	58.74
Obion County Schools	15.62	44.27	31.77	8.33	40.1

District Name	%Below	%Approaching	%Meets	%Exceeds	Total Proficiency %
Oneida Special School District	18.1	49.14	27.59	5.17	32.76
Overton County Schools	20.17	40.77	33.05	6.01	39.06
Paris Special School District	21.43	36.31	27.98	14.29	42.27
Perry County Schools	24.69	58.02	13.58	3.7	17.28
Pickett County Schools	30	32.5	27.5	10	37.5
Polk County Schools	23.03	40.13	23.68	13.16	36.84
Putnam County Schools	20.9	36.61	27.94	14.55	42.49
Rhea County Schools	19.84	40.48	28.17	11.51	39.68
Richard City Special School District	20	66.67	13.33	0	13.33
Roane County Schools	22.44	36.6	30.72	10.24	40.96
Roberston County Schools	31.34	38.81	21.77	8.08	29.85
Rogersville City Schools	29.03	35.48	22.58	12.9	35.48
Rutherford County Schools	22.08	33.83	29.04	15.05	44.09
Scott County Schools	18.89	40.56	27.22	13.33	40.55
Sequatchie County Schools	26.47	31.62	33.82	8.09	41.91
Sevier County Schools	24.39	40.33	26.72	8.55	35.27
Smith County Schools	15.23	40.74	34.57	9.47	44.04
South Carroll Special School District	15	15	30	40	70
Stewart County Schools	21.85	47.02	26.49	4.64	31.13
Sullivan County Schools	19.37	42.57	27.88	10.18	38.06
Sumner County Schools	18.39	32.71	30.8	18.09	48.89
Sweetwater City Schools	24.24	33.33	28.03	14.39	42.42
Tennessee Public Charter School Commission	33.69	38.54	18.06	9.7	27.76
Tipton County Schools	20.83	38.99	29.91	10.28	40.19
Trenton Special School District	22.47	42.7	28.09	6.74	34.83
Trousdale County Schools	22.73	28.18	30	19.09	49.09
Tullahoma City Schools	21.48	36.72	33.2	8.59	41.79
Unicoi County Schools	17.93	52.41	20.69	8.97	29.66
Union City Schools	22.55	48.04	22.55	6.86	29.41
Union County Schools	41.97	35.55	19.04	3.44	22.48
Van Buren County Schools	25	39.58	29.17	6.25	35.42
Warren County Schools	31.59	34.61	25.55	8.25	33.8
Washington County Schools	13.17	37.26	35.7	13.86	49.56
Wayne County Schools	18.84	50.72	23.91	6.52	30.43
Weakley County Schools	16.3	31.88	32.61	19.2	51.81
West Carroll Special School District	13.24	50	22.06	14.71	36.77
White County Schools	14.13	42.75	29.71	13.41	43.12
Williamson County Schools	5.92	22.36	37.7	34.01	71.71
Wilson County Schools	15.19	34.63	33.85	16.33	50.18

About the Author: Jason Vaughn, Media Coordinator for The Tennessee Conservative  ~ Jason previously worked for a legacy publishing company based in Crossville, TN in a variety of roles through his career.  Most recently, he served as Deputy Director for their flagship publication. Prior, he was a freelance journalist writing articles that appeared in the Herald Citizen, the Crossville Chronicle and The Oracle among others.  He graduated from Tennessee Technological University with a Bachelor’s in English-Journalism, with minors in Broadcast Journalism and History.  Contact Jason at news@TennesseeConservativeNews.com