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Mary Blount Elementary

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Mary Blount Elementary ranks 651 st of 1009 Tennessee elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

651^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,009 Tennessee Elementary Schools

Better than 35% of Tennessee elementary schools

Summary

Mary Blount Elementary is a public elementary school in Maryville, Tennessee, serving 557 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Blount County School District, which is ranked 59 out of 139 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

While Mary Blount Elementary has increased its spending per student from $11,798 in 2020-2021 to $13,617 in 2023-2024, the school's student performance on standardized tests (TNReady) is generally below the Blount County and Tennessee state averages across all grades and subjects. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 39.3% of students were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 39.7% for Blount County and 42.2% for the state. The school's performance is particularly low in English Language Arts, with only 33% of students proficient or better, compared to 38.1% for Blount County and 38.9% for Tennessee.

Interestingly, Mary Blount Elementary's performance is lower than nearby schools in the Blount County district, such as Friendsville Elementary, Carpenters Elementary, and Fairview Elementary, which tend to have higher student performance and lower chronic absenteeism rates. Additionally, the Maryville City School District, which includes schools like John Sevier Elementary and Sam Houston Elementary, significantly outperforms Mary Blount Elementary and the Blount County district as a whole.

590

Students ?

15.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,755

Per pupil spending ?

70.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

131 South Old Glory RD
Maryville, TN 37801

(865) 980-1430

District: Blount County

Students who attend Mary Blount Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Union Grove Middle School
High:	William Blount High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

73.6%

Hispanic:

18.1%

Two or more races:

5.3%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 50th percentile in 2014 → 35th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Tennessee average (36% vs 42% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped — down 15 percentile points since 2014

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school36%

District avg42%

Tennessee avg42%

651^st of 1,009

Tennessee public elementary schools ?

Bottom 35%▼ down 4 pts since 2015

From bottom 40% (2015) to bottom 35% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

9^th of 14Elementary Schools in the Blount County

59^th of 139Blount County among Tennessee districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	36.9	651 of 1009	35.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	42.3	581 of 1018	42.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	50.7	463 of 1020	54.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	54.2	404 of 1000	59.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	42.6	529 of 983	46.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	45.3	500 of 985	49.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	54.6	390 of 997	60.9%	★★★☆☆
2017	44.1	365 of 646	43.5%	★★☆☆☆
2015	47.4	514 of 855	39.9%	★★☆☆☆
2014	50.8	428 of 853	49.8%	★★★☆☆
2013	57.7	432 of 846	48.9%	★★☆☆☆
2012	65.2	303 of 820	63.0%	★★★☆☆
2011	70.4	233 of 818	71.5%	★★★★☆
2010	51.1	421 of 809	48.0%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	31.1	708 of 986	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	38.2	621 of 990	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	50.0	463 of 989	53.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	59.2	330 of 975	66.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	36.1	580 of 945	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	36.7	594 of 926	35.9%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	24.0	350 of 424	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	38.6	264 of 415	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.7	315 of 387	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	34.7	241 of 363	33.6%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	57.6	286 of 843	66.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	25.4	701 of 853	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	68.2	188 of 865	78.3%	★★★★☆
2022	62.8	230 of 858	73.2%	★★★★☆
2021	39.3	478 of 823	41.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	52.3	337 of 821	59.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	42.6	507 of 877	42.2%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	41.8	575 of 984	41.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	45.6	521 of 991	47.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	48.7	467 of 987	52.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	44.8	498 of 980	49.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	46.6	448 of 941	52.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	52.4	378 of 916	58.7%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	22.1	547 of 618	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.0	420 of 582	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	78.1	59 of 528	88.8%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	29.3	622 of 840	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.1	627 of 847	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	40.7	498 of 852	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	47.2	404 of 844	52.1%	★★★☆☆
2021	31.4	607 of 844	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.7	572 of 812	29.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	46.8	414 of 841	50.8%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)66th percentile+31 vs school

Male (2025)42nd percentile+6 vs school

Female (2025)28th percentile-7 vs school

White (2025)26th percentile-10 vs school

Hispanic (2025)17th percentile-18 vs school

Special Education (2025)11th percentile-24 vs school

By subject vs Tennessee (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics39%-3 vs state

Science35%-11 vs state

English Language Arts33%-6 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Monday, May 16, 2016

I wish I didn't have to give this school a star in order to submit a review. This is the worst school for children with special needs or "disabilities", nor are they comfortable with "unique" families. My children have two moms and two dads as their father and I are divorced and remarried. All for of us enrolled our children into school, three days later the assistant principal informed my husband that it was strange for all of us to show up. We are a unique family but we all have the children's best interest at heart and do alot of things all together as one family not two. Our youngest was having emotional and behavior issues due to him having autism. When we approached the principal with the idea that some of his behavior (not all) was due to autism, which he can't control, the principal became offensive and said we would have to have a medical diagnosis before they could do anything at the school to help him. The next week we had the medical diagnosis and it was faxed to the school as well as me walking a copy into the school an handed it to them personally . A month later we are being told they have no diagnosis on file and that they had done their own testing and found him to not be autistic but instead adhd and depressed. The secretary is truly one of the rudest people I have ever met. Everytime any of us four parents walked into the office she rolled her eyes and never looked up from her computer screen once while talking to us. The last straw came on field day, mind you my youngest child broke his leg while at school and thought he had missed field day due to having surgery for the second time. Due to rain, field day was rescheduled and he had returned to school in time for field day. The day before field day his stepmom was told of the wonderful week he was having. The day of she goes to the school to enjoy field day with him. Upon entering the school she saw our child sitting at the end of the hallway, alone, crying. She went straight to him and asked what was wrong, he informed her he had lost field day. When questioning the teacher she was informed that he has lost field day because at one point throughout the day he had cried and was "acting horrible", although no example of bad behavior was given other than crying. They took field day away from an autistic child because he had cried. Close Quote

by a parent
Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Mary Blount Elementary is a great school. The faculty and all staff members genuinely care about the students and are very parent/family friendly. I would not send my children to any other school in the Blount County School system. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				TNReady Mathematics (2025)				TNReady English Language Arts (2025)				TNReady Science (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	TNReady Mathematics 3rd Grade	TNReady Mathematics 4th Grade	TNReady Mathematics 5th Grade	TNReady Mathematics All Grades	TNReady English Language Arts 3rd Grade	TNReady English Language Arts 4th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts 5th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts All Grades	TNReady Science 3rd Grade	TNReady Science 4th Grade	TNReady Science 5th Grade	TNReady Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Mary Blount Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	131 South Old Glory RD	Maryville	37801	Blount County	Blount County	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 980-1430	557	36	15.4		424 (76.1%)	9 (1.6%)	79 (14.2%)	7 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (6.6%)	36.9	651^st of 1009 public elementary schools	35.5%		42.3	581^st of 1018 public elementary schools	42.9%	70	39.5	41.4	37.0	39.3	21.8	38.6	41.1	33.0	19.5	53.5	35.6	35.1	$13,755	$1,058	$11,984
Union Grove Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	330 South Old Grey Ridge RD	Friendsville	37737	Blount County	Blount County	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 980-1515	236	13	18.1		207 (87.7%)	3 (1.3%)	13 (5.5%)	3 (1.3%)	4 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.5%)	39.1	617^th of 1009 public elementary schools	38.9%		43.4	564^th of 1018 public elementary schools	44.6%	53	48.5	28.2	27.9	33.9	33.3	38.5	40.5	37.7	45.5	44.7	32.6	40.4	$18,126	$799	$16,442
Fairview Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2130 Old Niles Ferry	Maryville	37803	Blount County	Blount County	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 982-0630	305	21	14.5		272 (89.2%)	5 (1.6%)	16 (5.2%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.0%)	67.6	261^st of 1009 public elementary schools	74.1%		64.2	297^th of 1018 public elementary schools	70.8%	36	48.8	39.5	66.7	54.5	51.2	37.2	43.1	43.6	51.2	60.5	63.9	59.6	$13,568	$820	$11,922
Foothills Elementary	Public	PK, KG-3	520 Sandy Springs RD	Maryville	37803	Blount County	Maryville	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 681-0364	656	44	15.0		517 (78.8%)	13 (2.0%)	62 (9.5%)	29 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	33 (5.0%)	96.7	34^th of 1009 public elementary schools	96.6%		95.4	47^th of 1018 public elementary schools	95.4%	13	78.8			78.8	72.5			72.5	75.0			75.0	$14,654	$805	$12,698
Middlesettlements	Public	PK, KG-5	3105 Miser Station RD	Louisville	37777	Blount County	Blount County	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 983-6644	372	20	18.8		332 (89.2%)	4 (1.1%)	21 (5.6%)	3 (0.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.7%)	75.8	185^th of 1009 public elementary schools	81.7%		78.3	163^rd of 1018 public elementary schools	84.0%	22	40.0	62.7	51.7	51.4	58.3	61.0	47.5	55.6	61.7	74.6	56.7	64.2	$12,504	$700	$11,106
Sam Houston Elementary	Public	PK, KG-3	330 Melrose ST	Maryville	37803	Blount County	Maryville	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 983-3241	502	33	15.4		414 (82.5%)	19 (3.8%)	39 (7.8%)	6 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.6%)	92.1	72^nd of 1009 public elementary schools	92.9%		91.2	83^rd of 1018 public elementary schools	91.8%	11	68.5			68.5	66.7			66.7	67.6			67.6	$15,106	$783	$13,742
Alcoa Intermediate School	Public	3-5	1325 Springbrook RD	Alcoa	37701	Blount County	Alcoa	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 982-4767	456	31	14.7		288 (63.2%)	51 (11.2%)	70 (15.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (9.9%)	74.3	200^th of 1009 public elementary schools	80.2%		59	361^st of 1018 public elementary schools	64.5%	161	57.3	60.0	61.7	59.6	47.0	57.7	49.0	51.2	49.4	60.0	59.1	56.0	$13,966	$607	$12,703
Alcoa Elementary	Public	PK, KG-2	1200 Springbrook RD	Alcoa	37701	Blount County	Alcoa	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 982-3120	559	35	15.9		332 (59.4%)	73 (13.1%)	78 (14.0%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	72 (12.9%)								(n/a)													$13,768	$836	$12,300
Friendsville Elementary	Public	K-5	210 E 4th AVE	Friendsville	37777	Blount County	Blount County	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 980-1252	208	14	14.8		186 (89.4%)	6 (2.9%)	6 (2.9%)	5 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.4%)	55.2	417^th of 1009 public elementary schools	58.7%		38.6	629^th of 1018 public elementary schools	38.2%	212	33.3	62.2	41.2	47.3	33.3	50.0	29.4	38.7	36.4	66.7	52.9	53.6	$14,432	$839	$12,756
Carpenters Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	915 Huffstetler RD	Maryville	37803	Blount County	Blount County	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 980-1490	556	36	15.3		481 (86.5%)	14 (2.5%)	36 (6.5%)	5 (0.9%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.1%)	64.7	306^th of 1009 public elementary schools	69.7%		76.8	178^th of 1018 public elementary schools	82.5%	128	43.5	46.1	49.4	46.3	30.4	55.3	44.3	42.6	66.3	65.8	60.7	64.2	$12,353	$837	$10,889

Frequently Asked Questions about Mary Blount Elementary

Is Mary Blount Elementary a good school?

Mary Blount Elementary ranks 651^st of 1009 Tennessee elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What district is Mary Blount Elementary in?

Blount County

What is the racial makeup of Mary Blount Elementary?

Students at Mary Blount Elementary are 74% White, 18% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 2% Asian, 1% African American.

What schools do graduates of Mary Blount Elementary attend?

Students who attend Mary Blount Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Union Grove Middle School
High : William Blount High School

How many students attend Mary Blount Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 590 students attended Mary Blount Elementary.

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