Summary:
Lenoir City Schools in Tennessee contains one high school—Lenoir City High School—serving grades 9 through 12 with an enrollment of 1,259 students. The school has maintained a 4-star state ranking for three consecutive years and ranked 101st out of 400 Tennessee high schools in the 2025–2026 school year, placing it in the 75th percentile (down slightly from the 80th percentile the prior year).
Academically, the school's strongest subject areas are English and science. English I and English II proficiency rates sit at 44.4% and 65.1%, respectively—both above the state averages of 37.3% and 58.1%. Biology I proficiency also exceeds the statewide rate (54.8% vs. 49.8%), as does Algebra II (42.5% vs. 37.3%). However, Algebra I is a clear weak spot, with only 24.6% of students proficient versus 32.3% statewide, and both US History (39.4%) and Geometry (41.8%) trail their respective state averages. The school's graduation rate is an impressive 95.3%, far outpacing the state's 90.5%.
Several issues warrant attention. Chronic absenteeism stands at 20.5%, higher than both the district (16.1%) and state (18.3%) averages, even though most students do graduate. Grade-level test data reveal sharp gaps—10th graders taking Algebra II scored 80.4% proficient while 11th graders taking the same subject scored just 34.9%, and 11th-grade Biology I proficiency was only 10.0% compared with 56.7% for 10th graders—suggesting lower-performing or credit-recovery students take these exams later. Year-over-year, English I dropped 6.6 points and US History fell 3.6 points, while Algebra II improved by 7.1 points. Per-student spending is $12,326, though free/reduced lunch data and student-teacher ratios are unavailable.
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