Cosby Elementary

Public K-8

 3320 Cosby HWY
       Cosby, TN  37722


(423) 487-3850

District: Cocke County

SchoolDigger Rank:
320th of 1,020 Tennessee Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,343 Help


Students who attend Cosby Elementary usually attend:

High:    Cocke County Adult High School
    Cosby High School

Student/teacher ratio:  17.0 Help
Number of students:  421

Racial breakdown:

White:
89.5%
Two or more races:
4.3%
Hispanic:
4.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  72.2% Help


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Compare Details Cosby Elementary ranks better than 68.6% of elementary schools in Tennessee. It also ranks 3rd among 9 ranked elementary schools in the Cocke County School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 62.6. (See more...)
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Compare Details Cosby Elementary ranks better than 69.7% of middle schools in Tennessee. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 64.64. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (89.5%), two or more races (4.3%), Hispanic (4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Cosby Elementary is 17, which is the highest among 9 elementary schools in the Cocke County School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Cosby Elementary is $11,343, which is the 3rd highest among 9 elementary schools in the Cocke County School District.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Cosby Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Cosby Elementary 320th of 1020 Tennessee public elementary schools. (See Cosby Elementary in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Cosby Elementary 180th of 594 Tennessee public middle schools. (See Cosby Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Cocke County:

SchoolDigger ranks Cocke County 69th of 140 Tennessee school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Cosby Elementary

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Cosby Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2010 82.56 124th 809 84.7%
2011 77.61 160th 818 80.4%
2012 84.50 112th 820 86.3%
2013 72.29 221st 846 73.9%
2014 66.52 233rd 853 72.7%
2015 76.08 165th 855 80.7%
2017 59.09 209th 646 67.6%
2018 66.96 244th 997 75.5%
2019 57.08 346th 985 64.9%
2021 59.73 314th 983 68.1%
2022 51.76 437th 1000 56.3%
2023 62.60 320th 1020 68.6%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Cosby Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.58 82nd 877 90.6%
2019 69.78 130th 821 84.2%
2021 59.62 237th 823 71.2%
2022 67.13 190th 858 77.9%
2023 72.83 128th 865 85.2%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Cosby Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 44.20 491st 926 47.0%
2021 54.21 364th 945 61.5%
2022 38.21 589th 975 39.6%
2023 58.21 353rd 989 64.3%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Cosby Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 64.09 248th 916 72.9%
2021 61.45 274th 941 70.9%
2022 61.00 291st 980 70.3%
2023 63.19 293rd 987 70.3%
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Rank History for elementary school White students at Cosby Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.19 282nd 841 66.5%
2019 47.39 389th 812 52.1%
2021 50.07 358th 844 57.6%
2022 39.58 501st 844 40.6%
2023 49.13 391st 852 54.1%
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Data source: test scores: Tennessee Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Cosby Elementary

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Rank History for all middle school students at Cosby Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2010 65.32 139th 435 68.0%
2011 77.98 91st 462 80.3%
2012 88.64 34th 466 92.7%
2013 64.51 173rd 475 63.6%
2014 55.87 215th 485 55.7%
2015 76.12 83rd 492 83.1%
2017 36.06 275th 362 24.0%
2018 64.22 151st 563 73.2%
2019 61.79 162nd 574 71.8%
2021 47.59 269th 576 53.3%
2022 51.36 260th 569 54.3%
2023 64.64 180th 594 69.7%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Cosby Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.01 72nd 481 85.0%
2019 77.53 41st 490 91.6%
2021 51.30 175th 483 63.8%
2022 38.53 287th 495 42.0%
2023 59.57 145th 514 71.8%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Cosby Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 57.03 193rd 529 63.5%
2021 46.69 266th 538 50.6%
2022 44.74 296th 552 46.4%
2023 61.93 181st 560 67.7%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Cosby Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 64.09 131st 523 75.0%
2021 47.16 244th 529 53.9%
2022 54.05 224th 540 58.5%
2023 63.71 159th 557 71.5%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Cosby Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.14 167th 481 65.3%
2019 53.90 182nd 484 62.4%
2021 39.38 299th 496 39.7%
2022 42.69 278th 500 44.4%
2023 55.21 202nd 503 59.8%
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Data source: test scores: Tennessee Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Cosby Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 912 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 912
1989 915 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 915
1990 890 0 0 3 0 n/a n/a 0 893
1991 856 0 0 2 1 n/a n/a 0 859
1992 867 0 0 2 1 n/a n/a 0 870
1993 861 0 4 0 0 n/a n/a 0 865
1994 877 0 0 0 1 n/a n/a 0 878
1995 883 0 3 0 1 n/a n/a 0 887
1996 883 0 3 0 1 n/a n/a 0 887
1997 895 0 2 2 2 n/a n/a -17 884
1998 872 19 2 11 1 n/a n/a 0 905
1999 917 1 1 3 1 n/a n/a 1 924
2000 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 868 868
2001 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 950 950
2002 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 588 588
2003 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 588 588
2004 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 612 612
2005 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 620 620
2006 632 4 4 2 1 n/a n/a 0 643
2007 542 3 5 5 0 n/a n/a 0 555
2008 549 3 3 7 0 n/a n/a 0 562
2009 520 2 5 10 0 n/a n/a 0 537
2010 552 3 6 13 0 n/a n/a 0 574
2011 568 7 2 13 0 0 7 0 597
2012 560 7 2 14 0 0 8 0 591
2013 565 4 3 14 0 0 8 0 594
2014 557 5 1 13 0 0 8 0 584
2015 527 5 1 15 0 0 9 0 557
2016 503 8 1 14 0 0 7 0 533
2017 501 8 1 15 1 0 12 0 538
2018 436 10 0 13 2 0 11 0 472
2019 415 10 0 19 2 0 15 0 461
2020 388 9 0 15 1 2 18 0 433
2021 360 7 0 12 1 3 16 0 399
2022 350 4 0 11 1 2 16 0 384
2023 377 5 0 17 1 3 18 0 421

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Cosby Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 912 32.0 28.5 n/a
1989 915 39.0 23.4 n/a
1990 893 39.0 22.8 n/a
1991 859 43.0 19.9 n/a
1992 870 43.0 20.2 n/a
1993 865 44.0 19.7 n/a
1994 878 44.0 20.0 n/a
1995 887 48.0 18.5 n/a
1996 887 48.0 18.5 n/a
1997 884 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 905 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 924 n/a 0.0 n/a
2000 868 n/a 0.0 n/a
2001 950 n/a 0.0 n/a
2002 588 n/a n/a n/a
2003 588 n/a n/a n/a
2004 612 n/a n/a n/a
2005 620 n/a n/a n/a
2006 643 36.0 17.9 n/a
2007 555 39.0 14.2 99.5
2008 562 41.0 13.7 99.5
2009 537 39.9 13.5 76.4
2010 574 38.0 15.1 80.8
2011 597 39.0 15.3 78.9
2012 591 40.3 14.6 80.9
2013 594 38.0 15.6 80.3
2014 584 39.0 14.9 82.2
2015 557 41.0 13.5 81.1
2016 533 41.0 13.0 72.2
2017 538 38.3 14.0 n/a
2018 472 33.0 14.3 n/a
2019 461 27.6 16.7 n/a
2020 433 27.9 15.5 n/a
2021 399 27.8 14.3 n/a
2022 384 26.0 14.7 n/a
2023 421 24.7 17.0 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Cosby Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 912 32.0 28.5 n/a
1989 915 39.0 23.4 n/a
1990 893 39.0 22.8 n/a
1991 859 43.0 19.9 n/a
1992 870 43.0 20.2 n/a
1993 865 44.0 19.7 n/a
1994 878 44.0 20.0 n/a
1995 887 48.0 18.5 n/a
1996 887 48.0 18.5 n/a
1997 884 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 905 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 924 n/a 0.0 n/a
2000 868 n/a 0.0 n/a
2001 950 n/a 0.0 n/a
2002 588 n/a n/a n/a
2003 588 n/a n/a n/a
2004 612 n/a n/a n/a
2005 620 n/a n/a n/a
2006 643 36.0 17.9 n/a
2007 555 39.0 14.2 99.5
2008 562 41.0 13.7 99.5
2009 537 39.9 13.5 76.4
2010 574 38.0 15.1 80.8
2011 597 39.0 15.3 78.9
2012 591 40.3 14.6 80.9
2013 594 38.0 15.6 80.3
2014 584 39.0 14.9 82.2
2015 557 41.0 13.5 81.1
2016 533 41.0 13.0 72.2
2017 538 38.3 14.0 n/a
2018 472 33.0 14.3 n/a
2019 461 27.6 16.7 n/a
2020 433 27.9 15.5 n/a
2021 399 27.8 14.3 n/a
2022 384 26.0 14.7 n/a
2023 421 24.7 17.0 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Cosby Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,146 (11.7%) $8,047 (81.9%) $9,826
2020 $1,022 (10.4%) $7,994 (81.5%) $9,812
2021 $1,829 (16.1%) $8,776 (77.4%) $11,343

Data source: Tennessee Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Cosby Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 346th of 985 Elementary schoolsRanks 320th of 1020 Elementary schools
 3.8%
Ranks 162nd of 574 Middle schoolsRanks 180th of 594 Middle schools
 2.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Mathematics (Cosby Elementary)46.343.8
 2.5%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Cocke County)36.136.5
 0.4%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Tennessee)43.840.5
 3.3%
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Cosby Elementary)46.318.8
 27.5%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Cocke County)35.527.5
 8%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Tennessee)36.940.5
 3.6%
4th Grade Mathematics (Cosby Elementary)49.148.8
 0.3%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Cocke County)33.743.8
 10.1%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Tennessee)4643.6
 2.4%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Cosby Elementary)45.341.5
 3.8%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Cocke County)31.939.6
 7.7%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Tennessee)34.343.5
 9.2%
5th Grade Mathematics (Cosby Elementary)30.241.3
 11.1%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Cocke County)34.528.7
 5.8%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Tennessee)46.241.3
 4.9%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Cosby Elementary)37.739.1
 1.4%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Cocke County)2829.8
 1.8%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Tennessee)35.237
 1.8%
6th Grade Mathematics (Cosby Elementary)4648.6
 2.6%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Cocke County)37.335
 2.3%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Tennessee)3933.8
 5.2%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Cosby Elementary)29.440.5
 11.1%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Cocke County)25.135
 9.9%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Tennessee)33.435.9
 2.5%
6th Grade Social Studies (Cosby Elementary)32.764.9
 32.2%
   6th Grade Social Studies (Cocke County)23.935.7
 11.8%
   6th Grade Social Studies (Tennessee)3843.4
 5.4%
7th Grade Mathematics (Cosby Elementary)52.937
 15.9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Cocke County)32.338.6
 6.3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Tennessee)33.635
 1.4%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Cosby Elementary)52.928.3
 24.6%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Cocke County)33.230.5
 2.7%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Tennessee)35.436.1
 0.7%
7th Grade Social Studies (Cosby Elementary)57.139.1
 18%
   7th Grade Social Studies (Cocke County)33.843.4
 9.6%
   7th Grade Social Studies (Tennessee)43.246.9
 3.7%
8th Grade Mathematics (Cosby Elementary)35.645.8
 10.2%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Cocke County)32.833.6
 0.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Tennessee)35.134
 1.1%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Cosby Elementary)20.329.2
 8.9%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Cocke County)21.725.8
 4.1%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Tennessee)27.126.3
 0.8%
8th Grade Social Studies (Cosby Elementary)32.243.8
 11.6%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Cocke County)32.436.1
 3.7%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Tennessee)41.541.6
 0.1%
All Grades Mathematics (Cosby Elementary)43.644
 0.4%
   All Grades Mathematics (Cocke County)34.536.1
 1.6%
   All Grades Mathematics (Tennessee)40.838.1
 2.7%
All Grades English Language Arts (Cosby Elementary)38.832.3
 6.5%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Cocke County)29.231.3
 2.1%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Tennessee)33.736.6
 2.9%
All Grades Social Studies (Cosby Elementary)4248.1
 6.1%
   All Grades Social Studies (Cocke County)29.938.6
 8.7%
   All Grades Social Studies (Tennessee)40.943.9
 3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students461421
 8.7%
African American105
 50%
American Indian21
 50%
Asian00
Hispanic1917
 10.5%
Pacific Islander03
White415377
 9.2%
Two or More Races1518
 20%


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Students who attend Cosby Elementary usually go on to attend:

High : Cocke County Adult High School
High : Cosby High School

Cosby Elementary ranks 320th of 1020 Tennessee elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 421 students attended Cosby Elementary.

Students at Cosby Elementary are 90% White, 4% Two or more races, 4% Hispanic, 1% African American.


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