Summary:
Friendship, Tennessee is served by a single public school—Friendship Elementary School—a small PK-5 campus enrolling 117 students as part of Crockett County Schools, a district ranked 55th out of 141 Tennessee districts. As the only school in the city, Friendship Elementary is best understood in comparison with its district and state benchmarks rather than neighboring schools.
Friendship Elementary School has seen its statewide percentile ranking fall from the 26th percentile in 2023-24 to the 12th percentile in 2025-26, dropping from 749th to 901st in state rank. On the 2025-26 TNReady assessments, the school trails both district and state averages in every subject: math proficiency sits at 20.8% compared with 45.9% for Crockett County Schools and 43.0% statewide; ELA is 18.8% versus 34.2% district and 40.6% state; and science is 27.1% versus 47.5% and 46.9%, respectively. Grade-level results show particular weaknesses in 4th grade math (10.5% proficient) and 5th grade ELA (13.3%), while 3rd grade science is the relative high point at 35.7%. Year over year, math dropped 10.5 points and ELA dropped 12.5 points, though science improved slightly by 2.1 points—likely reflecting the small cohort's volatility.
The school's chronic absenteeism rate is 18.9%, nearly double the district's 9.8% and essentially equal to the statewide 18.3%, suggesting attendance is a meaningful concern. Per-student spending is $16,527, which may be elevated due to the school's small size and fixed operating costs. While science stands out as a relative strength, the combination of declining state rank, sharp drops in math and ELA, and high absenteeism relative to the district indicates Friendship Elementary School would benefit from targeted academic and attendance interventions. Parents should interpret proficiency percentages with some caution given the very small number of students tested per grade.
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