Summary:
The city of Hampton, Tennessee is home to two schools - Hampton Elementary, which serves grades PK-8 with an enrollment of 622 students, and Hampton High School, which serves grades 9-12 with an enrollment of 395 students. Both schools are part of the Carter County school district, which is ranked 98 out of 139 districts in Tennessee and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Academically, Hampton Elementary has mixed performance, with math proficiency rates ranging from 25.8% to 49% and English Language Arts proficiency rates ranging from 14.1% to 43.7%, compared to the Carter County and Tennessee averages. In contrast, Hampton High School generally underperforms, with proficiency rates in Algebra I, Algebra II, Biology I, English I, and Geometry lower than the Carter County and Tennessee averages. The high school's 4-year graduation rate is 89.2%, with a 6.7% dropout rate.
Both schools face challenges, with high rates of chronic absenteeism at 18.9% for the 2023-2024 school year. Additionally, Hampton Elementary has seen a decline in its statewide ranking, dropping from 433 out of 1,018 Tennessee elementary schools in 2023-2024 to 586 out of 1,009 in 2024-2025, with a corresponding decrease in its SchoolDigger rating from 3 stars to 2 stars. The relatively low per-student spending and student-teacher ratios at both schools suggest that they may be operating with limited resources, which could be a contributing factor to their academic performance.
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