Summary:
The city of Monteagle, Tennessee has only one public school, Monteagle Elementary, which serves grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 252 students. The school is part of the Marion County school district, which is ranked 99 out of 139 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Monteagle Elementary's performance has declined over the past three school years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 499 out of 1,018 schools in 2023-2024 to 611 out of 1,009 schools in 2024-2025. Its overall star rating from SchoolDigger has also decreased from 3 stars to 2 stars during this time. The school's students are performing significantly below the district and state averages in both mathematics and English language arts, with gaps of 10-25 percentage points in proficiency rates. Additionally, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 18.9% is higher than the state average.
Despite spending $12,403 per student, which is above the state average, and having a student-teacher ratio of 16.6, which is slightly higher than the state average, Monteagle Elementary's academic performance remains a concern. The school's strongest performance is in 6th grade social studies, where 52.6% of students scored proficient or better, compared to 52.9% in the district and 47.3% statewide. However, the school's weakest performance is in 3rd grade mathematics, where only 17.4% of students scored proficient or better, compared to 32% in the district and 43.3% statewide.
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