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Whiteville Elementary School

Q: Is Whiteville Elementary School a good school?

Whiteville Elementary School ranks in the bottom 4.4% of Tennessee elementary schools.

Q: How many students attend Whiteville Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 217 students attended Whiteville Elementary School.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Whiteville Elementary School?

Students at Whiteville Elementary School are 76% African American, 20% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% American Indian.

Q: What schools do graduates of Whiteville Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Whiteville Elementary School usually go on to attend: High : Central High School

Public Grades PK, KG-8

974^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,019 Tennessee Elementary Schools

Better than 4% of Tennessee elementary schools

Summary

Whiteville Elementary School serves 217 students in grades PK–8 in the rural community of Whiteville, Tennessee, as part of Hardeman County Schools. The school currently ranks 974th out of 1,019 Tennessee schools — the 4th percentile — earning zero stars for the 2025–2026 school year. This places it among the very lowest-performing schools in the state and the lowest among all nearby comparison schools. Its ranking has hovered in the bottom 4–6% in recent years, after a somewhat better stretch around the 14th–15th percentile in 2020–2021 and 2021–2022.

Academic proficiency at Whiteville is far below district and state levels. In 2024–2025, math proficiency was 9.6%, English language arts 11.7%, science 10.9%, and social studies 6.6% — compared with state averages of 42.2%, 38.9%, 46.1%, and 49.0%, respectively. The pattern worsens in upper grades: 3rd-grade ELA proficiency was 24%, but by 6th grade it dropped to 5.6%. Math and science follow a similar slide, with 6th- and 7th-grade proficiency in the single digits. Male students at Whiteville rank at the 1st percentile statewide, revealing a severe and concerning gender gap in achievement.

Chronic absenteeism is among the highest in the region at 24.4% in 2024–2025, compared with the state average of 18.3%, and the rate has been persistently high for several years. Whiteville spends more per student ($14,910) than several schools that dramatically outperform it. Toone Elementary School, which also enrolls 217 students, ranks in the 52nd percentile with ELA proficiency of 42.7% — more than three times Whiteville's rate. Hornsby Elementary School, in the same district, ranks in the 56th percentile with ELA proficiency of 50.5%. These comparisons suggest that school-level factors such as attendance and instructional support, rather than funding or enrollment size, are driving Whiteville's challenges.

217

Students ?

13.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$14,910

Per pupil spending ?

97.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2510 Highway 64 East
Whiteville, TN 38075

(731) 254-8013

District: Hardeman County Schools

Students who attend Whiteville Elementary School usually attend:

High:

Central High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

76.0%

White:

19.8%

Hispanic:

1.4%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 11th percentile in 2014 → 4th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Tennessee average (11% vs 45% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (4th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 7 percentile points since 2014

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school11%

District avg29%

Tennessee avg45%

Elementary school

974^th of 1,019

Tennessee public elementary schools ?

Bottom 4%▼ down 3 pts since 2018

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★★★★★

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Middle school

592^nd of 594

Tennessee public middle schools ?

Bottom 1%▼ down 12 pts since 2018

From bottom 12% (2018) to bottom 1% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

6^th of 6Elementary Schools in the Hardeman County Schools

129^th of 141Hardeman 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	7.2	974 of 1019	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	7.6	969 of 1009	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.1	953 of 1018	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.1	981 of 1020	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	16.2	860 of 1000	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.0	835 of 983	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	13.2	898 of 985	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.0	928 of 997	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	15.3	797 of 855	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	18.1	758 of 853	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	15.3	812 of 846	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	12.1	773 of 820	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	18.6	727 of 818	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	19.0	711 of 809	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	16.0	443 of 498	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	17.5	444 of 498	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.0	411 of 498	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.5	434 of 500	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.3	352 of 483	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.9	321 of 411	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.9	302 of 404	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.3	405 of 450	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	13.3	891 of 986	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	18.0	842 of 990	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.3	876 of 989	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.2	777 of 975	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	22.0	742 of 945	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	5.8	919 of 926	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	25.6	668 of 823	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	21.1	740 of 843	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.6	612 of 853	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.5	725 of 865	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	35.7	569 of 858	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	38.8	485 of 823	41.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	21.6	728 of 821	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	34.7	610 of 877	30.4%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	4.3	978 of 984	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.7	938 of 991	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	6.6	969 of 980	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	12.3	854 of 941	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	26.8	695 of 916	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	3.0	592 of 594	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	5.5	572 of 583	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	16.4	494 of 587	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	14.2	516 of 594	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.0	490 of 569	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	6.7	563 of 576	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.8	544 of 574	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	15.8	496 of 563	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	16.5	457 of 492	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	17.4	440 of 485	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	9.2	464 of 475	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	8.5	449 of 466	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	2.8	462 of 462	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	8.5	326 of 328	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	13.0	296 of 312	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	23.3	248 of 318	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.1	253 of 316	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.2	215 of 299	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	14.8	268 of 277	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	20.9	246 of 293	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.4	216 of 284	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	9.3	510 of 546	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	18.1	461 of 554	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.3	497 of 560	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.9	448 of 552	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	9.6	501 of 529	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	25.8	385 of 490	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	37.1	310 of 514	39.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	29.1	360 of 495	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	13.1	459 of 483	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	13.8	462 of 490	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	32.9	344 of 481	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	4.0	548 of 550	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.9	488 of 540	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	13.4	466 of 529	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	11.5	486 of 523	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)19th percentile+14 vs school

African American (2026)11th percentile+7 vs school

Female (2025)10th percentile+6 vs school

Male (2025)1st percentile-3 vs school

Middle school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)21st percentile+20 vs school

Female (2025)7th percentile+5 vs school

African American (2026)1st percentile~ school

Male (2025)<1st percentile~ school

By subject vs Tennessee (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts13%-28 vs state

Science10%-37 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	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2016)	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
Whiteville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	2510 Highway 64 East	Whiteville	38075	Hardeman County	Hardeman County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(731) 254-8013	211	16	13.6	97.4%	35 (16.6%)	162 (76.8%)	6 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.4%)	7.2	974^th of 1019 public elementary schools	4.4%		7.6	969^th of 1009 public elementary schools	4.0%	5	< 5%	13.0	< 5%	5.6	6.3	< 5%	< 5%	24.0	20.8	10.7	5.6	6.3	< 5%	12.6	11.5	29.2	< 5%	5.6	6.3	< 5%	10.2	< 5%	6.3	6.3	< 5%	$14,910	$1,125	$12,705
Bolivar Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	445 Nuckolls Road	Bolivar	38008	Hardeman County	Hardeman County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(731) 658-3981	705	53	13.3	92.4%	138 (19.6%)	492 (69.8%)	17 (2.4%)	9 (1.3%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	43 (6.1%)	25.9	795^th of 1019 public elementary schools	22.0%		15.4	881^st of 1009 public elementary schools	12.7%	86	27.2	26.7	34.4				29.5	34.8	23.3	36.7				31.7	28.3	31.4	36.7				32.1					$14,241	$1,334	$11,825
Toone Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	160 Neely Street	Toone	38381	Hardeman County	Hardeman County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(731) 658-5606	211	17	12.7	66.4%	160 (75.8%)	31 (14.7%)	7 (3.3%)	7 (3.3%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.4%)	50.2	492^nd of 1019 public elementary schools	51.7%		37.2	641^st of 1009 public elementary schools	36.5%	149	46.2	31.6	34.8	36.8	13.3	27.3	33.1	38.5	36.8	34.8	63.2	40.0	45.5	42.7	46.2	42.1	39.1	68.4	46.7	40.9	46.8	52.6	33.3	45.5	44.6	$13,218	$1,362	$10,834
Buckley-Carpenter Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	12580 S Main Street	Somerville	38068	Fayette County	Fayette County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 465-5260	531	31	16.9	91.2%	182 (34.3%)	317 (59.7%)	16 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.0%)	21.8	835^th of 1019 public elementary schools	18.1%		17.3	867^th of 1009 public elementary schools	14.1%	32	17.5	35.4	20.7				24.7	29.7	39.4	24.1				31.4	34.9	34.3	17.2				29.3					$13,701	$1,389	$11,381
Denmark Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1945 Denmark Road	Denmark	38391	Madison County	Jackson-Madison County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(731) 427-5986	430	27	15.9	85.7%	170 (39.5%)	161 (37.4%)	53 (12.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (10.5%)	50.8	483^rd of 1019 public elementary schools	52.6%		44.7	543^rd of 1009 public elementary schools	46.2%	60	43.1	44.6	62.5				49.7	46.2	35.7	32.1				38.4	41.5	51.8	44.6				45.8					$14,009	$1,480	$11,530
Hornsby Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	50 Church Street	Hornsby	38044	Hardeman County	Hardeman County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(731) 658-5707	171	12	14.2	53.9%	142 (83.0%)	24 (14.0%)	3 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	54.1	449^th of 1019 public elementary schools	55.9%		40.5	603^rd of 1009 public elementary schools	40.2%	154	28.6	47.6	50.0	31.3	46.2	66.7	45.4	42.9	61.9	50.0	50.0	53.8	40.0	50.5	28.6	42.9	55.6	43.8	61.5	66.7	49.5	43.8	61.5	66.7	56.8	$13,888	$1,093	$11,817
Grand Junction Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	750 Pledge Street	Grand Junction	38039	Hardeman County	Hardeman County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(731) 764-2841	159	14	11.7	97.6%	2 (1.3%)	151 (95.0%)	3 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.9%)	38.8	646^th of 1019 public elementary schools	36.6%		31.7	716^th of 1009 public elementary schools	29.0%	70	56.3	47.8	34.8	25.0			39.5	37.5	34.8	47.8	33.3			38.4	43.8	26.1	30.4	37.5			33.7	37.5			37.5	$15,241	$1,605	$12,345
East Side Elementary School	Public	3-4	1315 East Jefferson	Brownsville	38012	Haywood County	Haywood County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(731) 772-1233	361	25	14.4	89.4%	81 (22.4%)	247 (68.4%)	26 (7.2%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	22.3	830^th of 1019 public elementary schools	18.5%		18.6	852^nd of 1009 public elementary schools	15.6%	22	25.7	23.2					24.4	32.0	34.3					33.2	35.7	28.0					31.7					$15,402	$1,270	$12,962

Frequently Asked Questions about Whiteville Elementary School

Is Whiteville Elementary School a good school?

Whiteville Elementary School ranks in the bottom 4.4% of Tennessee elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Whiteville Elementary School?

Students at Whiteville Elementary School are 76% African American, 20% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% American Indian.

What district is Whiteville Elementary School in?

Hardeman County Schools

How many students attend Whiteville Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 217 students attended Whiteville Elementary School.

What schools do graduates of Whiteville Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Whiteville Elementary School usually go on to attend:

High : Central High School

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