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Public School Report Card: Systems Ranked by Tennessee Ready Graduate Rates, Then Graduation Rates1

Rank '22	'21	District	Contact	TN Ready Graduate rate2 Graduation rate3	ACT average score4	Students % Economically disadvantaged5 Per-pupil expenditures	Schools Administrators Teachers	Funding: % local % state % federal6	Director of schools
Area Schools PK-12
1	3	Alcoa City Schools 524 Faraday St. Alcoa,TN 37701	865-984-0531 alcoaschools.net	76.3% 98.1%	20.1	2,078 28.7% $11,943	4 10 139	51.5% 39.1% 9.4%	Rebecca Stone
2	1	Maryville City Schools 833 Lawrence Ave. Maryville,TN 37803	865-982-7121 maryville-schools.org	69.5% 96.1%	22.9	5,366 15.9% $11,166	7 20 366	54.3% 40.6% 5.2%	Mike Winstead
3	2	Oak Ridge City Schools 304 New York Ave. Oak Ridge,TN 37830	865-425-9001 ortn.edu	61.5% 90.9%	21.6	4,500 26% $13,975	8 23 348	54.8% 36.8% 8.5%	Bruce Borchers
4	6	Roane County Schools 105 Bluff Road Kingston,TN 37763	865-376-5592 roaneschools.com	50.9% 90.3%	18.4	6,168 32.3% $10,730	18 34 424	40.6% 49.4% 10%	Russell K. Jenkins
5	4	Jefferson County Schools 1221 Gay St. Dandridge,TN 37725	865-397-3194 jc-schools.net	49.8% 96%	18.7	6,669 33.2% $9,719	13 31 476	29.3% 60% 10.7%	Shane Johnston
6	5	Knox County 912 S. Gay St. Knoxville,TN 37902	865-594-1620 knoxschools.org	46.4% 90%	20.4	57,991 26.4% $10,056	91 345 4,448	48.8% 40.4% 10.8%	Jon Rysewyk
7	7	Lenoir City Schools 200 E. Broadway St. Lenoir City,TN 37771	865-986-8058 lenoircityschools.com	44.3% 89.9%	18.8	2,464 26.7% $9,940	3 11 148	45.3% 42.7% 12%	Jeanne Barker
8	8	Anderson County Schools 101 S. Main St., Ste. 500 Clinton,TN 37716	865-463-2800 acs.ac	41.3% 94.9%	18.7	5,953 34% $11,176	18 36 475	39% 46.7% 14.4%	Tim Parrott
9	10	Loudon County Schools 100 River Road Loudon,TN 37774	865-458-5411 loudoncounty.org	39.7% 93.4%	18.9	4,468 23.1% $10,525	9 20 341	62.8% 31.3% 5.9%	Michael Garren
10	11	Blount County Schools 831 Grandview Drive Maryville,TN 37803	865-984-1212 blountk12.org	38.6% 93.8%	18.8	10,239 24.8% $10,409	22 46 724	46.6% 44.9% 8.5%	Robert Britt
11	9	Sevier County Schools 226 Cedar St. Sevierville,TN 37862	865-453-4671 sevier.org	37.8% 91.7%	19.2	13,943 25.8% $11,572	32 97 1,086	65.6% 26.3% 8.2%	Jack A. Parton
12	12	Union County Schools 3006 Maynardville Highway Maynardville,TN 37807	865-992-5466 ucps.org	21.1% 85.8%	16.2	4,994 38.8% $9,063	10 16 356	11.8% 76.8% 11.4%	James E. Carter
Statewide Schools
1	1	State of Tennessee Schools 710 James Robertson Parkway Nashville,TN 37243	615-741-2731 tn.gov/education	40.5% 89.6%	19.9	957,423 33.5% $9,9987	1,867 4,342 68,838	43.1% 46.8% 10.1%	Penny Schwinn

1 Information based on the Tennessee Department of Education 2021 Report Card Data; 2 The Tennessee Ready Graduate rate represents the percentage of students who demonstrate readiness for postsecondary and career, as well as other factors evaluated by the Tennessee Department of Education. A Tennessee Ready Graduate is a student who graduated on time and earned a composite ACT score of a 21 or higher; 3 The graduation rate measures the percentage of students that are graduating in four years and whether this percentage is increasing from one year to the next; 4 ACT is a national college admissions exam that all Tennessee students are required to take in the 11th grade. The highest score possible on the ACT is 36; 5 Includes students who are directly certified to receive free lunch based on their receipt of support from federal assistance programs like SNAP,TANF and Head Start, or based on their status as migrant, homeless, runaway or foster student; 6 Primary responsibility for school funding rests with the state, but federal funds are available for programs/resources for low-income students, supplemental educational services, professional development for teachers, education research, etc. The funding figures are based on the Tennessee Department of Education 2020 Report Card Data; 7 Based on Tennessee Department of Education 2020 Report Card Data
Source: Tennessee Department of Education 2021 Report Card Data. NA=not available or not applicable. This list and other Knoxville-area market data are available as Excel spreadsheets at www.knoxvillebookoflists.com. If you notice an error or omission, please contact Hayley Choy at 865-342-6494 or lists@knoxvillebiz.com.

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