Summary:
The two high schools located in Cocke County, Tennessee, Cocke County High School and Cosby High School, serve grades 9-12 and have similar performance profiles, with neither school standing out as significantly better or worse than the other.
Both schools have a 89.2% four-year graduation rate and a 6.7% dropout rate for the 2023-2024 school year. However, they consistently perform below the state average on TNReady assessments, with Cocke County High School slightly outperforming Cosby High School. For example, in Algebra I, Cocke County High School had 23.2% proficiency compared to 19.6% for Cosby High School, while the state average was 29.4%.
Additionally, both schools have a high chronic absenteeism rate of 18.9% for the 2023-2024 school year, which may be contributing to their lower academic performance. The per-student spending also varies, with Cocke County High School spending $11,859 per student and Cosby High School spending $13,904 per student, but this difference does not seem to translate into significantly better outcomes for the latter school.
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