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Mary Blount Elementary School

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Mary Blount Elementary School ranks 665 th of 1019 Tennessee elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

665^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,019 Tennessee Elementary Schools

Better than 35% of Tennessee elementary schools

Summary

Mary Blount Elementary School serves 590 students in grades PK–5 in Maryville, Tennessee, under Blount County Schools, and has seen its statewide ranking slip from the 60th percentile in 2021–2022 to the 35th percentile for 2025–2026, placing it 665th out of 1,019 Tennessee elementary schools.

The school's test scores tell a mixed story. Math is the relative bright spot, with 41.3% of students proficient — slightly above the district average of 39.5% — but English Language Arts (35.0%) and Science (37.9%) trail both the district and state averages by meaningful margins. The youngest tested students show the biggest gaps: 3rd grade ELA proficiency sits at just 29.7%, compared to 44.9% statewide, and 3rd grade science is nearly 16 points behind the state. By contrast, 5th graders are closer to par, suggesting an early-grade challenge that may compound over time. Within the immediate area, Mary Blount ranks second-lowest among six nearby Blount County elementary schools, with Middlesettlements School posting 55.9% math and 53.1% ELA proficiency — roughly 15–18 points higher than Mary Blount in each subject. The gap with Maryville City Schools is even more dramatic: Foothills Elementary School sits in the 97th percentile statewide with 78.8% ELA proficiency, just a few miles away.

Chronic absenteeism is a likely lever for improvement: at 17.8%, Mary Blount's rate is well above the 8.5–11.2% range seen at higher-performing neighbors like Union Grove Elementary School and Carpenters Elementary School. The school also shows no consistent subgroup success story — results for Hispanic students, female students, and low-income students swing dramatically from year to year, and special education students rank near the 11th percentile. Notably, per-student spending of $13,755 is higher than both Carpenters and Middlesettlements, yet those schools achieve substantially better results, suggesting that resource allocation and instructional support—not funding levels—deserve a closer look.

590

Students ?

15.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,755

Per pupil spending ?

70.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

131 South Old Glory Road
Maryville, TN 37801

(865) 980-1430

District: Blount County Schools

Students who attend Mary Blount Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Union Grove Middle School
High:	William Blount High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

73.6%

Hispanic:

18.1%

Two or more races:

5.3%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 40th percentile in 2015 → 35th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Tennessee average (38% vs 43% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped — down 5 percentile points since 2015

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school38%

District avg42%

Tennessee avg43%

665^th of 1,019

Tennessee public elementary schools ?

Bottom 35%▼ down 9 pts since 2017

From bottom 43% (2017) to bottom 35% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

11^th of 14Elementary Schools in the Blount County Schools

67^th of 141Blount County Schools among Tennessee districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	37.8	665 of 1019	34.7%	★★☆☆☆
2025	36.9	651 of 1009	35.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	42.3	581 of 1018	42.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	50.7	463 of 1020	54.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	54.2	404 of 1000	59.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	42.6	529 of 983	46.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	45.3	500 of 985	49.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	54.6	390 of 997	60.9%	★★★☆☆
2017	44.1	365 of 646	43.5%	★★☆☆☆
2015	47.4	514 of 855	39.9%	★★☆☆☆
2014	50.8	428 of 853	49.8%	★★★☆☆
2013	57.7	432 of 846	48.9%	★★☆☆☆
2012	65.2	303 of 820	63.0%	★★★☆☆
2011	70.4	233 of 818	71.5%	★★★★☆
2010	51.1	421 of 809	48.0%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	31.1	708 of 986	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	38.2	621 of 990	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	50.0	463 of 989	53.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	59.2	330 of 975	66.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	36.1	580 of 945	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	36.7	594 of 926	35.9%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	27.4	368 of 458	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	24.0	350 of 424	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	38.6	264 of 415	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.7	315 of 387	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	34.7	241 of 363	33.6%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	57.6	286 of 843	66.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	25.4	701 of 853	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	68.2	188 of 865	78.3%	★★★★☆
2022	62.8	230 of 858	73.2%	★★★★☆
2021	39.3	478 of 823	41.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	52.3	337 of 821	59.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	42.6	507 of 877	42.2%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	41.8	575 of 984	41.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	45.6	521 of 991	47.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	48.7	467 of 987	52.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	44.8	498 of 980	49.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	46.6	448 of 941	52.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	52.4	378 of 916	58.7%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	30.5	458 of 641	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	22.1	547 of 618	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.0	420 of 582	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	78.1	59 of 528	88.8%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	29.9	635 of 849	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	29.3	622 of 840	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.1	627 of 847	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	40.7	498 of 852	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	47.2	404 of 844	52.1%	★★★☆☆
2021	31.4	607 of 844	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.7	572 of 812	29.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	46.8	414 of 841	50.8%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)66th percentile+31 vs school

Male (2025)42nd percentile+6 vs school

Special Education (2026)29th percentile-6 vs school

Female (2025)28th percentile-7 vs school

White (2026)25th percentile-10 vs school

Hispanic (2026)20th percentile-15 vs school

By subject vs Tennessee (2025-2026) ?

Mathematics41%~ state avg

Science38%-9 vs state

English Language Arts35%-6 vs state

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by a parent
Monday, May 16, 2016

I wish I didn't have to give this school a star in order to submit a review. This is the worst school for children with special needs or "disabilities", nor are they comfortable with "unique" families. My children have two moms and two dads as their father and I are divorced and remarried. All for of us enrolled our children into school, three days later the assistant principal informed my husband that it was strange for all of us to show up. We are a unique family but we all have the children's best interest at heart and do alot of things all together as one family not two. Our youngest was having emotional and behavior issues due to him having autism. When we approached the principal with the idea that some of his behavior (not all) was due to autism, which he can't control, the principal became offensive and said we would have to have a medical diagnosis before they could do anything at the school to help him. The next week we had the medical diagnosis and it was faxed to the school as well as me walking a copy into the school an handed it to them personally . A month later we are being told they have no diagnosis on file and that they had done their own testing and found him to not be autistic but instead adhd and depressed. The secretary is truly one of the rudest people I have ever met. Everytime any of us four parents walked into the office she rolled her eyes and never looked up from her computer screen once while talking to us. The last straw came on field day, mind you my youngest child broke his leg while at school and thought he had missed field day due to having surgery for the second time. Due to rain, field day was rescheduled and he had returned to school in time for field day. The day before field day his stepmom was told of the wonderful week he was having. The day of she goes to the school to enjoy field day with him. Upon entering the school she saw our child sitting at the end of the hallway, alone, crying. She went straight to him and asked what was wrong, he informed her he had lost field day. When questioning the teacher she was informed that he has lost field day because at one point throughout the day he had cried and was "acting horrible", although no example of bad behavior was given other than crying. They took field day away from an autistic child because he had cried. Close Quote

by a parent
Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Mary Blount Elementary is a great school. The faculty and all staff members genuinely care about the students and are very parent/family friendly. I would not send my children to any other school in the Blount County School system. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				TNReady Mathematics (2026)				TNReady English Language Arts (2026)				TNReady Science (2026)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	TNReady Mathematics 3rd Grade	TNReady Mathematics 4th Grade	TNReady Mathematics 5th Grade	TNReady Mathematics All Grades	TNReady English Language Arts 3rd Grade	TNReady English Language Arts 4th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts 5th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts All Grades	TNReady Science 3rd Grade	TNReady Science 4th Grade	TNReady Science 5th Grade	TNReady Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Mary Blount Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	131 South Old Glory Road	Maryville	37801	Blount County	Blount County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 980-1430	557	36	15.4		424 (76.1%)	9 (1.6%)	79 (14.2%)	7 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (6.6%)	37.8	665^th of 1019 public elementary schools	34.7%		36.9	651^st of 1009 public elementary schools	35.5%	14	41.9	32.2	50.6	41.3	29.7	34.5	40.5	35.0	29.7	44.3	38.5	37.9	$13,755	$1,058	$11,984
Union Grove Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	330 South Old Grey Ridge Road	Friendsville	37737	Blount County	Blount County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 980-1515	236	13	18.1		207 (87.7%)	3 (1.3%)	13 (5.5%)	3 (1.3%)	4 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.5%)	44	582^nd of 1019 public elementary schools	42.9%		39.1	617^th of 1009 public elementary schools	38.9%	35	26.7	25.0	53.3	34.4	43.3	38.9	43.3	41.7	43.3	47.2	46.7	45.8	$18,126	$799	$16,442
Fairview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2130 Old Niles Ferry	Maryville	37803	Blount County	Blount County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 982-0630	305	21	14.5		272 (89.2%)	5 (1.6%)	16 (5.2%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.0%)	41.6	624^th of 1019 public elementary schools	38.8%		67.6	261^st of 1009 public elementary schools	74.1%	363	34.1	44.9	54.5	44.8	45.0	36.7	25.0	35.3	39.0	42.9	38.6	40.3	$13,568	$820	$11,922
Foothills Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	520 Sandy Springs Road	Maryville	37803	Blount County	Maryville City Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 681-0364	656	44	15.0		517 (78.8%)	13 (2.0%)	62 (9.5%)	29 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	33 (5.0%)	96.8	32^nd of 1019 public elementary schools	96.9%		96.7	34^th of 1009 public elementary schools	96.6%	2	77.5			77.5	78.8			78.8	73.5			73.5	$14,654	$805	$12,698
Middlesettlements School	Public	PK, KG-5	3105 Miser Station Road	Louisville	37777	Blount County	Blount County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 983-6644	372	20	18.8		332 (89.2%)	4 (1.1%)	21 (5.6%)	3 (0.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.7%)	72	229^th of 1019 public elementary schools	77.5%		75.8	185^th of 1009 public elementary schools	81.7%	44	45.8	69.8	50.9	55.9	59.3	55.6	43.9	53.1	52.5	68.3	52.6	58.1	$12,504	$700	$11,106
Sam Houston Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	330 Melrose Street	Maryville	37803	Blount County	Maryville City Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 983-3241	502	33	15.4		414 (82.5%)	19 (3.8%)	39 (7.8%)	6 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.6%)	93.6	59^th of 1019 public elementary schools	94.2%		92.1	72^nd of 1009 public elementary schools	92.9%	13	75.2			75.2	71.6			71.6	65.8			65.8	$15,106	$783	$13,742
Alcoa Intermediate School	Public	3-5	1325 Springbrook Road	Alcoa	37701	Blount County	Alcoa City Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 982-4767	456	31	14.7		288 (63.2%)	51 (11.2%)	70 (15.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (9.9%)	77.5	174^th of 1019 public elementary schools	82.9%		74.3	200^th of 1009 public elementary schools	80.2%	26	54.1	67.5	66.3	62.3	51.7	60.3	57.5	56.3	54.7	57.9	58.1	56.8	$13,966	$607	$12,703
Alcoa Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	1200 Springbrook Road	Alcoa	37701	Blount County	Alcoa City Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 982-3120	559	35	15.9		332 (59.4%)	73 (13.1%)	78 (14.0%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	72 (12.9%)								(n/a)													$13,768	$836	$12,300
Friendsville Elementary School	Public	K-5	210 E 4th Avenue	Friendsville	37777	Blount County	Blount County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 980-1252	208	14	14.8		186 (89.4%)	6 (2.9%)	6 (2.9%)	5 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.4%)	70.1	253^rd of 1019 public elementary schools	75.2%		55.2	417^th of 1009 public elementary schools	58.7%	164	43.3	62.5	72.1	61.0	43.3	34.4	61.4	48.1	51.7	53.1	65.9	58.1	$14,432	$839	$12,756
Carpenters Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	915 Huffstetler Road	Maryville	37803	Blount County	Blount County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 980-1490	556	36	15.3		481 (86.5%)	14 (2.5%)	36 (6.5%)	5 (0.9%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.1%)	67.4	284^th of 1019 public elementary schools	72.1%		64.7	306^th of 1009 public elementary schools	69.7%	22	44.3	64.2	50.6	53.1	37.1	50.0	48.2	45.0	55.7	69.5	60.0	61.7	$12,353	$837	$10,889

Frequently Asked Questions about Mary Blount Elementary School

How many students attend Mary Blount Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 590 students attended Mary Blount Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Mary Blount Elementary School?

Students at Mary Blount Elementary School are 74% White, 18% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 2% Asian, 1% African American.

What district is Mary Blount Elementary School in?

Blount County Schools

What schools do graduates of Mary Blount Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Mary Blount Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Union Grove Middle School
High : William Blount High School

Is Mary Blount Elementary School a good school?

Mary Blount Elementary School ranks 665^th of 1019 Tennessee elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

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