Middle Schools in Lenoir City

Lenoir City, Tennessee has one middle school serving students in grades 5-8 - the Lenoir City Intermediate/Middle School. This school has consistently underperformed compared to other middle schools across the state, ranking in the bottom half of Tennessee middle schools in recent years. The school's academic proficiency rates lag behind state averages in core subjects, and it has a higher-than-average chronic absenteeism rate.

The Lenoir City Intermediate/Middle School is rated 2 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger, indicating below-average performance. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school ranked 314th out of 583 middle schools in the state, and in 2023-2024, it ranked 324th out of 587. Proficiency rates in Math, English Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies all fall short of the state averages. Additionally, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 18.9% in 2023-2024 is higher than the Tennessee average.

Despite the school's underperformance, it has a relatively higher per-student spending of $13,416 and a smaller student-teacher ratio of 15.4, both of which are above the state averages. This suggests the school may need to re-evaluate the effectiveness of its resource allocation and explore ways to optimize the use of available funds and personnel to drive better student outcomes and address the challenges it faces.