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Black student results in Rutherford County

Across 49 schools in Rutherford County, 42.5% of Black students meet met or exceeded expectations. That is 11.7 points above the Tennessee average for Black students.

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50.4%
All students
42.5%
Black
40.8%
Hispanic
56.4%
White
61.6%
Asian

Average across the 49 schools in Rutherford County with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

The distance inside one district

Among the 49 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Central Magnet School reports 95% of Black students meeting the standard. American Classical Academy Rutherford, in the same district, reports 9.5%. That is a 85.5-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Rutherford County

Ranked by the share of Black students meeting met or exceeded expectations. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Central Magnet School Magnet 95% 95% 95% 95% 95%
McFadden School Of Excellence Magnet 95% 95% 95% 95%
Thurman Francis Arts Academy/Magnet School for the Arts Magnet 95% 95% 95% 95% 95%
Stewarts Creek Elementary School 72.4% 67.9% 59% 74.5% 81.3%
Christiana Elementary 61.9% 60.2% 47.4% 63.7% 83.4%
Buchanan Elementary 58.6% 57.3% 42.1% 61.8% 76.9%
Stewarts Creek Middle School 64.1% 54.8% 50.2% 68.8% 73.8%
Rockvale Elementary 60.6% 53.5% 53.6% 62.1% 66.7%
Stewartsboro Elementary 54% 52.3% 42.2% 62.6% 43.3%
Wilson Elementary School 63.7% 49% 71.4% 65.2%
Cedar Grove Elementary 43.2% 48.6% 36.4% 49.3% 55.6%
Homer Pittard Campus School 73.8% 48.5% 77%
Siegel Middle School 57.6% 45.8% 43.7% 62.9% 58%
Rockvale Middle School 57.2% 45.5% 46.7% 63.9% 71.6%
Rock Springs Middle School 44.1% 44.1% 31.4% 52.3% 66.2%
Barfield Elementary 55.4% 44% 44.4% 63.1% 61.2%
Lascassas Elementary 63.1% 43.2% 41% 67.4%
Smyrna Elementary 39.4% 42.7% 36.5% 45% 33.3%
Eagleville School 68.9% 42.6% 57.4% 70.9%
Blackman Middle School 52.7% 42.1% 41.1% 59.2% 67%
Blackman Elementary School 47.2% 41.9% 45.5% 47.5% 63.9%
Rock Springs Elementary 45.9% 41.5% 33.9% 52.6% 56.1%
Christiana Middle School 55.4% 41.4% 47.3% 62.1% 68.7%
Stewarts Creek High School 49.3% 40.7% 32.3% 57.8% 57%
Rockvale High School 49.7% 39.8% 33.9% 58.2% 67.1%
Siegel High School 49.9% 39.7% 36.8% 56.2% 52.8%
Walter Hill Elementary 51.1% 39.3% 44% 54.8%
Rocky Fork Middle School 46.6% 38.9% 39.5% 52.7% 61.9%
Blackman High School 47.1% 38.6% 36.6% 54.3% 60.2%
Whitworth-Buchanan Middle School 48.3% 38.1% 38.9% 60.2% 59.1%
Plainview Elementary School 61.1% 37.7% 54.2% 67%
Oakland High School Magnet 49.3% 37% 40.4% 58.3% 77.4%
Brown's Chapel Elementary School 47.9% 35.8% 33.7% 56.4% 61.8%
John Colemon Elementary 36.4% 34.3% 29.8% 49.8%
Oakland Middle School 50.9% 33.8% 41% 63.1% 59.5%
Kittrell Elementary 41.4% 33.3% 34.5% 46.4%
Rocky Fork Elementary School 43.5% 33.1% 40.9% 49.2% 51.9%
Smyrna Primary 36.3% 30.3% 31.7% 43.4% 41.2%
Smyrna Middle School 36.3% 30.2% 30.3% 44.7% 53.4%
Riverdale High School 42.3% 29.2% 35% 51% 52.1%
Roy L Waldron Elementary 26.5% 29.2% 23.5% 31.5%
Smyrna High School 34.2% 28.8% 24.3% 45.4% 46.6%
LaVergne Middle School 29.9% 28.7% 25.9% 38.6% 46.6%
Springs Public Schools Tennessee Empower Academy Charter 29.5% 28.2% 20% 31.4%
Holloway High School 32% 25.7% 40% 36.2%
LaVergne Lake Elementary School 25.6% 24.1% 21.2% 33.3% 51.3%
Lavergne High School 26.7% 23.9% 24.9% 30.9% 46.5%
David Youree Elementary 25.7% 20.9% 24.4% 35.6% 22.2%
American Classical Academy Rutherford Charter 26.7% 9.5% 19.7% 41.9%

Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.

How to read this. Tennessee suppresses results for groups under 10 students, and for rates below 5% or above 95%. Those schools appear at the boundary value and are excluded from headline statistics. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Tennessee figures should not be compared against another state's.

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