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Coalfield School

Public, Alternative Grades PK, KG-12

816^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,009 Tennessee Alternative Schools

Better than 19% of Tennessee alternative schools

Summary

Coalfield School is an alternative public school serving grades PK-12 in Coalfield, Tennessee, with 509 students. It is part of the Morgan County school district, which is ranked 131 out of 139 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Coalfield School has some notable strengths, such as relatively high 4-year graduation rates ranging from 86.5% to 94.6% in recent years, which is higher than the state average of around 90%. However, the school also faces challenges, including higher-than-average dropout rates between 1-8.1% and chronic absenteeism rates ranging from 6.8% to 20.2%. Academically, Coalfield School's test scores on the TNReady assessments are generally lower than the state and county averages across most subjects and grade levels, with only 24.7% of students projected to be proficient or better in English Language Arts in 2024-2025, compared to 38.9% statewide.

Interestingly, nearby schools like Oakdale School and virtual schools like Knox County Virtual School and Roane County Virtual Academy have somewhat different performance profiles, with some strengths and weaknesses compared to Coalfield School. Analyzing the practices and strategies of these schools could provide insights to help improve Coalfield School's student engagement, academic achievement, and resource utilization.

505

Students ?

15.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,705

Per pupil spending ?

35.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1720 Coalhill RD
Coalfield, TN 37719

(865) 435-7332

District: Morgan County

Racial breakdown:

White:

95.8%

Hispanic:

2.2%

Two or more races:

1.4%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 29th percentile in 2022 → 20th in 2025

Strengths

✓97% graduate in 4 years — above the Tennessee average (90%)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Tennessee average (27% vs 43% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (19th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 9 percentile points since 2022

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school27%

District avg26%

Tennessee avg43%

Elementary school

816^th of 1,009

Tennessee public elementary schools ?

Bottom 19%▼ down 21 pts since 2015

From bottom 40% (2015) to bottom 19% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

438^th of 583

Tennessee public middle schools ?

Bottom 25%▲ up 10 pts since 2015

From bottom 15% (2015) to bottom 25% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

High school

311^th of 389

Tennessee public high schools ?

Bottom 20%▲ up 11 pts since 2015

From bottom 9% (2015) to bottom 20% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 3Alternative Schools in the Morgan County

131^st of 139Morgan 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)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	22.6	816 of 1009	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.1	734 of 1018	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.5	767 of 1020	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	35.4	641 of 1000	35.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	42.0	535 of 983	45.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	29.9	715 of 985	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.8	700 of 997	29.8%	★★☆☆☆
2017	52.3	281 of 646	56.5%	★★★☆☆
2015	47.3	516 of 855	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2014	39.1	585 of 853	31.4%	★★☆☆☆
2013	51.0	535 of 846	36.8%	★★☆☆☆
2012	63.2	314 of 820	61.7%	★★★☆☆
2011	27.8	657 of 818	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	39.9	518 of 809	36.0%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	19.5	827 of 986	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.4	837 of 990	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.0	777 of 989	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	32.8	659 of 975	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	38.5	556 of 945	41.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	28.5	710 of 926	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	23.7	718 of 843	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.8	676 of 853	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	53.6	350 of 865	59.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	31.0	638 of 858	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.9	691 of 821	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	38.3	569 of 877	35.1%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	27.2	752 of 984	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	48.1	495 of 991	50.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	33.2	670 of 987	32.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	42.6	529 of 980	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	41.9	501 of 941	46.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	28.4	678 of 916	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2023	24.6	449 of 528	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.8	416 of 447	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	11.7	814 of 840	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	17.8	763 of 847	9.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.7	788 of 852	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	23.0	705 of 844	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	33.6	577 of 844	31.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	22.1	695 of 812	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.3	734 of 841	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	27.7	438 of 583	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.6	442 of 587	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.8	472 of 594	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.8	379 of 569	33.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	25.1	428 of 576	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.6	487 of 574	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.5	413 of 563	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	27.5	419 of 492	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	21.0	428 of 485	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	38.7	372 of 475	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	6.5	456 of 466	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	23.0	394 of 462	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	33.1	328 of 435	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	17.6	459 of 546	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.5	415 of 554	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.0	436 of 560	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.0	398 of 552	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.8	451 of 538	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.1	451 of 529	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2024	21.6	430 of 510	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	34.6	308 of 495	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	34.4	307 of 483	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	21.0	422 of 490	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	39.4	339 of 550	38.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	31.6	391 of 560	30.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	22.7	438 of 557	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	34.6	344 of 540	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	37.7	304 of 529	42.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	20.8	435 of 523	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	17.7	440 of 492	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.4	462 of 504	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.1	475 of 503	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	21.3	422 of 500	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.0	432 of 496	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	11.8	464 of 484	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	21.0	430 of 481	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆

High school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	23.4	311 of 389	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.8	310 of 392	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.1	286 of 384	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.5	254 of 358	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.2	289 of 347	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.9	297 of 342	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	13.2	313 of 341	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	26.0	276 of 351	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	25.9	273 of 300	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	24.8	264 of 296	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	26.4	268 of 285	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	31.0	225 of 269	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	32.2	220 of 273	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	31.7	222 of 267	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	21.3	308 of 365	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.8	324 of 365	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.3	278 of 366	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.0	289 of 350	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	31.2	245 of 340	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.1	274 of 337	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	47.8	141 of 324	56.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	32.6	234 of 330	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	50.2	129 of 322	59.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	11.6	301 of 317	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	37.6	192 of 302	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	31.6	228 of 308	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	34.0	236 of 368	35.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	28.5	262 of 366	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	36.9	215 of 359	40.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	39.1	198 of 349	43.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	21.1	282 of 332	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.9	287 of 329	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	15.4	299 of 323	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	15.4	305 of 326	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	22.0	280 of 325	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.0	274 of 312	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	14.1	294 of 306	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	11.9	294 of 301	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.8	303 of 307	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Elementary school

Male (2025)24th percentile+4 vs school

Female (2025)16th percentile-3 vs school

Special Education (2023)15th percentile-10 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)15th percentile-4 vs school

White (2025)3rd percentile-16 vs school

Middle school

Male (2025)38th percentile+13 vs school

Female (2025)16th percentile-9 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2024)16th percentile-9 vs school

White (2025)11th percentile-14 vs school

High school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)56th percentile+36 vs school

Male (2025)36th percentile+16 vs school

Female (2025)16th percentile-4 vs school

White (2025)7th percentile-13 vs school

By subject vs Tennessee (2024-2025) ?

US History44%+6 vs state

English II43%-11 vs state

Science35%-11 vs state

Algebra II28%-6 vs state

Social Studies27%-22 vs state

Mathematics27%-15 vs state

English Language Arts25%-14 vs state

Biology I20%-26 vs state

English I18%-22 vs state

Geometry12%-25 vs state

Algebra I8%-22 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				TNReady Mathematics (2025)							TNReady English Language Arts (2025)							TNReady Algebra I (2025)		TNReady Algebra II (2025)			TNReady Biology I (2025)				TNReady US History (2025)		TNReady English I (2025)		TNReady English II (2025)		TNReady Geometry (2025)			TNReady Science (2025)							TNReady Social Studies (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 ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	TNReady Mathematics 3rd Grade	TNReady Mathematics 4th Grade	TNReady Mathematics 5th Grade	TNReady Mathematics 6th Grade	TNReady Mathematics 7th Grade	TNReady Mathematics 8th 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 6th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts 7th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts 8th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts All Grades	TNReady Algebra I 9th Grade	TNReady Algebra I All Grades	TNReady Algebra II 10th Grade	TNReady Algebra II 11th Grade	TNReady Algebra II All Grades	TNReady Biology I 9th Grade	TNReady Biology I 10th Grade	TNReady Biology I 11th Grade	TNReady Biology I All Grades	TNReady US History 11th Grade	TNReady US History All Grades	TNReady English I 9th Grade	TNReady English I All Grades	TNReady English II 10th Grade	TNReady English II All Grades	TNReady Geometry 10th Grade	TNReady Geometry 11th Grade	TNReady Geometry All Grades	TNReady Science 3rd Grade	TNReady Science 4th Grade	TNReady Science 5th Grade	TNReady Science 6th Grade	TNReady Science 7th Grade	TNReady Science 8th Grade	TNReady Science All Grades	TNReady Social Studies 6th Grade	TNReady Social Studies 7th Grade	TNReady Social Studies 8th Grade	TNReady Social Studies All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Coalfield School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1720 Coalhill RD	Coalfield	37719	Morgan County	Morgan County	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 435-7332	509	34	15.1		490 (96.3%)	2 (0.4%)	8 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.6%)								(n/a)	25.0	18.9	28.6	13.9	41.7	33.3	26.9	31.8	35.1	22.9	19.4	25.0	12.8	24.7	8.0	7.7	30.8		28.3		23.3		20.0	43.3	44.1	18.0	17.6	42.9	42.9		9.1	12.0	29.5	48.6	37.1	25.0	41.7	30.8	35.2	13.9	36.1	30.8	27.0	$12,705	$728	$10,800
Oakdale School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	225 Clifty Creek RD	Oakdale	37829	Morgan County	Morgan County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 369-3885	444	32	14.0		407 (91.7%)	3 (0.7%)	26 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.4%)								(n/a)	27.0	8.0	31.0	28.1	22.6	21.6	23.6	32.4	40.0	34.5	42.4	22.6	23.7	32.1	22.6	23.5				57.9	16.7		34.9	41.7	41.7	22.2	21.6	42.1	41.0	27.3	34.6	30.5	29.7	32.0	44.8	28.1	25.8	28.9	31.3	34.4	38.7	28.9	33.7	$13,276	$734	$11,100
Roane County Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	3096 Roane State HWY	Harriman	37748	Roane County	Roane County	No	No	Yes	No	(865) 717-5443	62	15	4.1		55 (88.7%)	4 (6.5%)	2 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.6%)								(n/a)					10.0		16.2					40.0		24.3				7.7	7.1				10.0		36.4			50.0	50.0								50.0		37.8		30.0		27.3	$3,374	$270	$3,093
Knox County Virtual School	Public, Virtual, Alternative	1-12	2925 Gray Hendrix RD	Knoxville	37931	Knox County	Knox County	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(865) 622-3902	404	45	8.9		273 (67.6%)	61 (15.1%)	30 (7.4%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (8.9%)								(n/a)		23.1	16.7	45.8	22.2	7.7	21.5		46.2	41.7	50.0	32.6	22.2	33.8	5.4	10.7	36.4	15.2	17.3		84.6	45.5	51.2	34.1	35.6	50.0	42.9	58.5	56.1			15.5		61.5	66.7	66.7	42.2	33.3	48.1	58.3	47.8	43.2	48.2	$18,281	$1,038	$17,232
The iLearn Institute at Lenoir City Schools	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	200 East Broadway ST	Lenoir City	37771	Loudon County	Lenoir City	No	No	Yes	No	(865) 988-1934	90	21	4.3		72 (80.0%)	1 (1.1%)	13 (14.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.4%)								(n/a)							54.2							52.0				6.7	12.5		61.5		60.0	7.1	15.8			80.0	80.0			60.0							76.0				47.1	$10,198	$253	$9,945

Frequently Asked Questions about Coalfield School

What is the racial makeup of Coalfield School?

Students at Coalfield School are 96% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Two or more races.

How many students attend Coalfield School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 505 students attended Coalfield School.

What district is Coalfield School in?

Morgan County

Is Coalfield School a good school?

Coalfield School ranks in the bottom 19.1% of Tennessee alternative schools.

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