Best Public Schools in Reagan, TN

Scotts Hill High School and South Side Elementary School are the two public schools serving Reagan, Tennessee, within the Henderson County Schools district, which ranks 53rd out of 141 districts in the state. Scotts Hill High School serves grades 9–12 with 480 students, while South Side Elementary serves grades PK–8 with 293 students, so these schools cover different educational levels and are best understood as two distinct academic profiles.

Scotts Hill High School is the clear academic leader, ranking in the 86th percentile statewide with a 4-star rating in 2025–2026 after a jump from the 69th percentile just two years earlier. Its graduation rate is excellent at 97.2%, well above the district (91.5%) and state (90.5%). The school is a math and science powerhouse, beating state averages in Algebra I, Algebra II, Biology, and Geometry—Geometry proficiency is 17 points above the state average. However, English is a major weakness: proficiency in English I (31.9%) is below the state average, and English II trails the district by over 12 points. South Side Elementary has dipped from the 73rd to the 52nd percentile over three years, but it still shows exceptional strength in 7th and 8th grade math, where proficiency is roughly 25 points above state averages. Chronic absenteeism at South Side is just 10.5%, nearly 8 points below the state average, pointing to a positive school culture even as overall ranking slips.

South Side performs above the district in math, ELA, and social studies across all grades, but its science proficiency dropped by 9.5 points year-over-year, and its ELA scores are inconsistent in the lower grades. Scotts Hill, meanwhile, excels in STEM but clearly needs targeted support in English instruction. Spending per student is similar at both schools, and no free/reduced lunch or student-teacher ratio data was reported, limiting deeper comparisons. Together, these schools show that a small community can contain very different strengths: Scotts Hill is a high-performing high school that anchors the district's reputation, while South Side offers strong attendance and upper-grade math but is otherwise a more mid-range school working to stabilize its state ranking.