Summary:
Mount Pleasant, Tennessee is served by a single school in the city's data set: Mt. Pleasant Middle Visual Perform. Arts School, which enrolls 394 students in grades 5 through 8 and is part of the Maury County Schools district. Since only one school is listed, there are no intra-city school comparisons to make; instead, the focus falls on how this middle school measures up against district and state benchmarks.
The school currently ranks 466th out of 594 Tennessee middle schools, placing it in the 22nd percentile with a 1-star rating. Over the past three years, its percentile has slipped from 30th to 22nd. In every core subject, proficiency trails both the district and state: math stands at 26.8% (compared to 38.1% district and 43.0% state), English language arts at 27.0% (35.1% district, 40.6% state), science at 30.4% (39.2% district, 46.9% state), and social studies at 33.7% (43.3% district, 51.4% state). On a more positive note, the school improved in all four subjects year over year, with social studies jumping 6.7 points and science gaining 4.5 points. The school also spends a notable $14,389 per student.
There are clear bright spots within the building. The 5th grade cohort is the strongest overall, with 41% proficiency in ELA — beating the district by 6.5 points and nearly matching the state — and 38% in science. The standout result, however, is 8th grade social studies, where 47.3% of students are proficient, well above the district's 37.7% and essentially tied with the state's 47.6%. By contrast, ELA proficiency declines sharply from 41% in 5th grade to roughly 20–24% in the upper grades. Chronic absenteeism is the most urgent concern: 24.5% of students are chronically absent, compared to 17.8% in the district and 18.3% statewide. Addressing attendance may be the highest-leverage strategy for lifting achievement.
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