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.
Search Tennessee schools ›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.
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.
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.
| School | All | Black | Hispanic | White | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | — |
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