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Swiss Memorial Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-8

765^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,019 Tennessee Elementary Schools

Better than 25% of Tennessee elementary schools

Summary

Swiss Memorial Elementary School is a PK-8 school in Gruetli Laager, Tennessee, serving 317 students as part of Grundy County Schools. The school currently holds a 1-star rating, ranking in the 25th percentile statewide for 2025–2026 — placing it in the lower quarter of Tennessee elementary and middle schools. This represents a notable decline from 2022–2023, when the school reached the 54th percentile with a 3-star rating. Despite the recent slide, Swiss Memorial is far above where it stood a decade ago, when it ranked in the bottom 10 percent statewide.

The school's academic profile shows a clear split between middle and elementary grades. Middle school students perform relatively well: 8th grade math proficiency (46.5%) and 7th grade social studies (58.6%) both exceed state averages, and social studies is the only subject where Swiss Memorial meets or beats its district average. Elementary grades, however, lag substantially — 3rd grade math proficiency is 23.3% versus 42.6% statewide, and 5th grade ELA is just 17.6% compared to 42.7% statewide. This suggests the middle school portion of the building may be more effective than the early grades, and that focusing on early-grade instruction could have a sizable payoff.

Parents should also be aware that chronic absenteeism has more than tripled since 2018–2019, reaching 20.9% in 2024–2025 — above both the district (16.8%) and state (18.3%) averages. Nearby schools like Irving College Elementary School (7.3%) and North Elementary School (14.1%) have far lower rates. Notably, Swiss Memorial spends more per student ($13,437) than several nearby schools that outperform it, including North Elementary ($13,149) and Monteagle Elementary School ($12,799). On a positive note, the school's low-income students ranked in the 57th percentile statewide in 2025–2026, an above-average result for that group. Compared with its neighbors, Swiss Memorial is similar overall to Tracy Elementary School but trails both North Elementary and Pelham Elementary School in most subjects.

317

Students ?

13.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,437

Per pupil spending ?

43.8%

Directly certified for free meals (2024-25) ?

477 55th Avenue North
Gruetli Laager, TN 37339

(931) 779-3129

District: Grundy County Schools

Students who attend Swiss Memorial Elementary School usually attend:

High:	Grundy Academy
	Grundy County High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

98.4%

Hispanic:

0.9%

Two or more races:

0.6%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 54th percentile in 2023 → 25th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Tennessee average (33% vs 45% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (25th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped from its 54th-percentile peak (2023) to 25th (2026)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school33%

District avg38%

Tennessee avg45%

Elementary school

765^th of 1,019

Tennessee public elementary schools ?

Bottom 25%▲ up 17 pts since 2018

From bottom 8% (2018) to bottom 25% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

343^rd of 594

Tennessee public middle schools ?

Bottom 42%▲ up 35 pts since 2018

From bottom 7% (2018) to bottom 42% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

4^th of 4Elementary Schools in the Grundy County Schools

106^th of 141Grundy 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)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	28.9	765 of 1019	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	34.1	691 of 1009	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.2	663 of 1018	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	49.9	471 of 1020	53.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	44.0	537 of 1000	46.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	27.7	709 of 983	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	34.4	653 of 985	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	13.1	916 of 997	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	13.0	812 of 855	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	14.3	778 of 853	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	24.9	763 of 846	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	21.9	709 of 820	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	13.7	770 of 818	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	2.9	807 of 809	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	38.9	613 of 986	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	44.2	542 of 990	45.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	46.9	501 of 989	49.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	45.7	497 of 975	49.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	30.5	645 of 945	31.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	39.8	554 of 926	40.2%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	53.1	351 of 823	57.4%	★★★☆☆
2025	31.1	652 of 843	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	37.3	551 of 853	35.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	53.6	351 of 865	59.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	34.5	591 of 858	31.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	52.3	323 of 823	60.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	50.0	372 of 821	54.7%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	19.4	837 of 984	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.8	705 of 991	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	51.0	445 of 987	54.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	35.6	623 of 980	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	36.8	574 of 941	39.0%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2023	19.1	487 of 528	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	17.2	771 of 849	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	22.1	723 of 840	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.4	704 of 847	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	34.7	576 of 852	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	32.6	597 of 844	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.7	754 of 844	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.1	688 of 812	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	8.2	828 of 841	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	42.6	343 of 594	42.3%	★★☆☆☆
2025	46.7	300 of 583	48.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	46.8	300 of 587	48.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	45.5	306 of 594	48.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	34.1	365 of 569	35.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	40.5	316 of 576	45.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	44.9	296 of 574	48.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	10.9	524 of 563	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	7.0	482 of 492	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	11.2	462 of 485	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	16.1	448 of 475	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	13.2	432 of 466	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	34.7	335 of 462	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	23.2	369 of 435	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	51.8	257 of 546	52.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	46.6	286 of 554	48.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	52.7	241 of 560	57.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	50.5	241 of 552	56.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	55.5	196 of 538	63.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	60.6	157 of 529	70.3%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	51.7	205 of 478	57.1%	★★★☆☆
2025	67.7	106 of 490	78.4%	★★★★☆
2024	65.8	118 of 510	76.9%	★★★★☆
2023	46.5	244 of 514	52.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	26.3	390 of 495	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	38.9	271 of 483	43.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	29.9	374 of 490	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	40.0	338 of 550	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	46.5	278 of 560	50.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	38.3	333 of 557	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	26.8	392 of 540	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	48.7	235 of 523	55.1%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	28.6	380 of 494	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	33.2	340 of 492	30.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.7	329 of 504	34.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	34.7	327 of 503	35.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	25.4	391 of 500	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	34.4	325 of 496	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	35.7	315 of 484	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	7.3	476 of 481	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Elementary school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)57th percentile+32 vs school

Female (2025)38th percentile+6 vs school

Male (2025)15th percentile-17 vs school

White (2026)9th percentile-16 vs school

Special Education (2023)8th percentile-46 vs school

Middle school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)57th percentile+15 vs school

Female (2025)53rd percentile+4 vs school

Male (2025)39th percentile-10 vs school

White (2026)23rd percentile-19 vs school

By subject vs Tennessee (2025-2026) ?

Social Studies44%-7 vs state

Mathematics35%-8 vs state

Science33%-14 vs state

English Language Arts26%-15 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				TNReady Mathematics (2026)							TNReady English Language Arts (2026)							TNReady Science (2026)							TNReady Social Studies (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	Directly certified (2024-25)	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 6th Grade	TNReady Mathematics 7th Grade	TNReady Mathematics 8th 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 6th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts 7th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts 8th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts All Grades	TNReady Science 3rd Grade	TNReady Science 4th Grade	TNReady Science 5th Grade	TNReady Science 6th Grade	TNReady Science 7th Grade	TNReady Science 8th Grade	TNReady Science All Grades	TNReady Social Studies 6th Grade	TNReady Social Studies 7th Grade	TNReady Social Studies 8th Grade	TNReady Social Studies All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Swiss Memorial Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	477 55th Avenue North	Gruetli Laager	37339	Grundy County	Grundy County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 779-3129	314	23	13.9	43.8%	309 (98.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	28.9	765^th of 1019 public elementary schools	24.9%		34.1	691^st of 1009 public elementary schools	31.5%	74	23.3	28.6	23.5	42.1	37.9	46.5	34.7	26.7	28.6	17.6	26.3	34.5	23.3	25.7	46.7	35.7	26.5	23.7	41.4	27.9	32.7	52.6	58.6	27.9	44.5	$13,437	$1,713	$10,604
North Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	309 Main Street	Altamont	37301	Grundy County	Grundy County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 692-3710	376	25	15.3	33.8%	365 (97.1%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	55.2	436^th of 1019 public elementary schools	57.2%		62.2	334^th of 1009 public elementary schools	66.9%	102	35.3	31.8	65.9	42.9	41.7	38.2	42.9	38.2	34.1	41.5	42.9	27.8	29.4	35.5	47.1	47.7	56.1	71.4	61.1	50.0	54.8	57.1	61.1	29.4	49.0	$13,149	$1,531	$10,497
Tracy Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	276 3rd Street	Tracy City	37387	Grundy County	Grundy County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 259-4752	329	27	12.4	39.9%	318 (96.7%)	2 (0.6%)	4 (1.2%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	29	762^nd of 1019 public elementary schools	25.2%		25.6	782^nd of 1009 public elementary schools	22.5%	20	45.7	40.6	34.3	20.8	22.9	19.2	31.6	40.0	25.0	22.9	20.8	20.0	11.5	24.1	37.1	34.4	34.3	20.8	34.3	23.1	31.6	29.2	28.6	19.2	25.9	$13,608	$1,345	$11,163
Griffith Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	173 Jones Drive	Dunlap	37327	Sequatchie County	Sequatchie County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 949-2105	777	59	13.1	38.8%	700 (90.1%)	4 (0.5%)	59 (7.6%)	4 (0.5%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	6 (0.8%)	45.6	554^th of 1019 public elementary schools	45.6%		45.7	532^nd of 1009 public elementary schools	47.3%	22	39.0	54.9					47.0	36.6	50.4					43.5	32.6	43.3					37.9					$13,076	$1,246	$11,022
Whitwell Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	150 Tiger Trail	Whitwell	37397	Sequatchie County	Marion County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 658-5313	511	30	16.8	43.6%	464 (90.8%)	6 (1.2%)	28 (5.5%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	8 (1.6%)	45.9	550^th of 1019 public elementary schools	46.0%		39.9	609^th of 1009 public elementary schools	39.6%	59	40.4	35.6					38.3	51.7	39.7					46.3	40.4	45.2					42.6					$12,740	$667	$10,937
Irving College Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	115 Dry Creek Road	McMinnville	37110	Warren County	Warren County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 668-8693	288	22	13.0	32.2%	239 (83.0%)	6 (2.1%)	32 (11.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.8%)	43.7	586^th of 1019 public elementary schools	42.5%		54.4	425^th of 1009 public elementary schools	57.9%	161	40.0	50.0	27.6	11.1	30.0	23.5	31.1	48.6	61.9	34.5	13.9	36.7	26.5	37.9	51.4	61.9	32.1	27.8	53.3	41.2	45.4	36.1	56.7	44.1	45.0	$13,533	$1,096	$11,261
Monteagle Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	120 East Main Street	Monteagle	37356	Grundy County	Marion County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 924-2136	252	15	16.6	34.8%	232 (92.1%)	1 (0.4%)	5 (2.0%)	10 (4.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	44.1	580^th of 1019 public elementary schools	43.1%		39.7	611^th of 1009 public elementary schools	39.4%	31	40.7	42.9	46.7	48.0	50.0	44.4	45.0	37.0	47.6	53.3	40.0	57.1	38.9	44.2	37.0	33.3	40.0	28.0	50.0	55.6	39.2	32.0	71.4	55.6	49.1	$12,799	$992	$10,668
Pelham Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	2402 Sr 50	Pelham	37366	Grundy County	Grundy County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 467-3276	180	14	12.7	24.8%	177 (98.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.7%)	56.9	414^th of 1019 public elementary schools	59.4%		42.9	561^st of 1009 public elementary schools	44.4%	147	38.9	52.6	62.5	21.4	35.0	26.7	40.2	38.9	52.6	56.3	42.9	35.0	33.3	43.1	50.0	57.9	81.3	21.4	55.0	46.7	52.9	28.6	70.0	66.7	57.1	$14,659	$2,314	$11,122

Frequently Asked Questions about Swiss Memorial Elementary School

What schools do graduates of Swiss Memorial Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Swiss Memorial Elementary School usually go on to attend:

High : Grundy Academy
High : Grundy County High School

What is the racial makeup of Swiss Memorial Elementary School?

Students at Swiss Memorial Elementary School are 98% White.

How many students attend Swiss Memorial Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 317 students attended Swiss Memorial Elementary School.

What district is Swiss Memorial Elementary School in?

Grundy County Schools

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Swiss Memorial Elementary School ranks in the bottom 24.9% of Tennessee elementary schools.

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