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Carter's Valley Elementary School

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Carter's Valley Elementary School ranks 703 rd of 1019 Tennessee elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-4

703^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,019 Tennessee Elementary Schools

Better than 31% of Tennessee elementary schools

Summary

Carter's Valley Elementary School is a K–4 public school in Church Hill, Tennessee, serving 303 students within the Hawkins County Schools district. The school currently ranks 703rd out of 1,019 Tennessee elementary schools, landing in the 31st percentile with a 2-star rating. That is a significant drop from 2023–2024, when Carter's Valley ranked 491st and earned a 3-star rating (52nd percentile), though the school's rankings have fluctuated considerably throughout the past decade.

English language arts is Carter's Valley's strongest subject, with 42.1% of students proficient — slightly better than the state average of 40.6% and well above the district's 37.0%. Attendance is also a bright spot: the chronic absenteeism rate of 14.1% is lower than both the district (19.8%) and state (18.3%). Special education support is a notable strength, with the school earning a 94th-percentile rating for this subgroup in 2023–2024. However, math and science are significant concerns. Only 28.6% of students are proficient in math, compared to 43.0% statewide, and 3rd grade math is especially alarming at just 12.9% proficiency — roughly 30 points below the state average. Science proficiency (37.6%) also trails both the district (43.1%) and state (46.9%).

Carter's Valley trails its nearby same-district peers. Mt Carmel Elementary School, about three miles away, ranks in the 69th percentile and posts dramatically higher scores — 54.3% math proficiency versus Carter's Valley's 28.6%. Church Hill Elementary School, roughly two miles away, also outperforms Carter's Valley in every subject. This gap is striking because Carter's Valley spends slightly more per student ($14,020) than either neighbor. The bottom line: Carter's Valley has real strengths in ELA, attendance, and special education, but needs urgent attention in early-grade math and science. The 2023–2024 improvement was not sustained, and subgroup results have declined since then.

303

Students ?

12.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$14,020

Per pupil spending ?

75.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1006 N Central Avenue
Church Hill, TN 37642

(423) 357-7450

District: Hawkins County Schools

Racial breakdown:

White:

92.1%

Hispanic:

5.0%

Two or more races:

2.0%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 52nd percentile in 2024 → 31st in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Tennessee average (36% vs 43% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped from its 52nd-percentile peak (2024) to 31st (2026)

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

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school36%

District avg38%

Tennessee avg43%

703^rd of 1,019

Tennessee public elementary schools ?

Bottom 31%▼ down 9 pts since 2017

From bottom 40% (2017) to bottom 31% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

7^th of 8Elementary Schools in the Hawkins County Schools

98^th of 141Hawkins 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	34.3	703 of 1019	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	33.2	702 of 1009	30.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	48.5	491 of 1018	51.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	43.1	569 of 1020	44.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	28.0	727 of 1000	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	29.9	681 of 983	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	27.8	737 of 985	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	45.6	510 of 997	48.8%	★★☆☆☆
2017	41.7	390 of 646	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2015	27.4	724 of 855	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	38.8	590 of 853	30.8%	★★☆☆☆
2013	41.9	644 of 846	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	35.3	592 of 820	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	69.5	243 of 818	70.3%	★★★★☆
2010	20.0	705 of 809	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	35.3	650 of 986	34.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	51.6	431 of 990	56.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	40.0	579 of 989	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	17.6	826 of 975	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	31.5	634 of 945	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	35.5	615 of 926	33.6%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	38.1	547 of 823	33.5%	★★☆☆☆
2025	32.9	635 of 843	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	55.0	323 of 853	62.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	44.0	476 of 865	45.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	39.7	510 of 858	40.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	35.9	531 of 823	35.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	29.6	642 of 821	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	60.9	251 of 877	71.4%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	30.7	714 of 984	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	44.0	546 of 991	44.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	44.2	534 of 987	45.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	43.5	513 of 980	47.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	39.6	532 of 941	43.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	17.3	817 of 916	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	51.8	208 of 618	66.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	88.0	33 of 582	94.3%	★★★★★
2023	52.2	180 of 528	65.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	33.9	292 of 447	34.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	48.3	164 of 395	58.5%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	17.6	766 of 849	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	13.2	796 of 840	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	24.8	689 of 847	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.1	693 of 852	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.5	787 of 844	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	20.5	731 of 844	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.0	715 of 812	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	37.7	531 of 841	36.9%	★★☆☆☆

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)

Special Education (2025)66th percentile+36 vs school

Female (2025)34th percentile+4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)34th percentile+3 vs school

Male (2025)27th percentile-3 vs school

White (2026)10th percentile-21 vs school

By subject vs Tennessee (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts42%~ state avg

Science38%-9 vs state

Mathematics29%-14 vs state

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by a parent
Tuesday, January 5, 2010

All three of my children have attended at least one year in this school, and are the fourth generation of my family there. When I was there, it was an average to good school, with the possibility of excellence, if it had been better funded. Over the years, it has slipped terribly, with the focus on teacher retention and test scores over student learning and development. The school has been forced by the county to outgrow its location, with two wings added on, pushing the building out into surrounding wetlands and leaving two temporary buildings that were placed when my now-18-year-old was a student in constant standing water. The gym was built when I was in 3d grade, and is too small for the current student body, as well as being in poor repair. With the depth of focus on teacher retention, students are blamed for every fault, with no options for changing classrooms or adjusting the class environment if there is a poor personality fit, as happened with my youngest child. She entered as a reading kindergartener in August, excited to go to school and ready to learn. After dealing with days in which she spent as much as 2 1/2 HOURS in the "Time Out Room" where she was sent to do busywork when her class was learning, and was left out of activities regularly because she was too lively for her teacher to handle, I pulled her out of school and am homeschooling her -- as a single parent. I had her examined for ADHD by a child psychologist, who told me that my child was within perfectly normal behavior and activity levels. She also told me that she had a LOT of kids from Carters Valley, that the problem was the school, and that if she had elementary age kids in Hawkins County, she would send them to Mount Carmel. Carters Valley Elementary seems to have a tendency to leave its kids behind. 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 (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 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
Carter's Valley Elementary School	Public	K-4	1006 N Central Avenue	Church Hill	37642	Hawkins County	Hawkins County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 357-7450	318	26	12.4	75.4%	286 (89.9%)	3 (0.9%)	16 (5.0%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.1%)	34.3	703^rd of 1019 public elementary schools	31.0%		33.2	702^nd of 1009 public elementary schools	30.4%	1	12.9	42.3		28.6	32.3	50.7		42.1	37.1	38.0		37.6	$14,020	$1,391	$11,648
Church Hill Elementary School	Public	K-4	400 Old Stage Road	Church Hill	37642	Hawkins County	Hawkins County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 357-5621	346	23	14.9	62.9%	318 (91.9%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (2.9%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.8%)	49.6	497^th of 1019 public elementary schools	51.2%		21.2	832^nd of 1009 public elementary schools	17.5%	335	32.8	51.5		42.4	34.4	54.4		44.7	37.5	55.9		47.0	$13,193	$969	$11,297
Mt Carmel Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	127 Cherry Street	Mt Carmel	37645	Hawkins County	Hawkins County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 357-7221	304	22	13.8	58.3%	269 (88.5%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.9%)	63.9	320^th of 1019 public elementary schools	68.6%		69.7	241^st of 1009 public elementary schools	76.1%	79	45.0	63.4		54.3	42.5	56.1		49.4	41.5	63.4		52.4	$13,898	$830	$12,033
George Washington Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1100 Bellingham Drive	Kingsport	37660	Sullivan County	Kingsport City Schools	No	No	No	No	(423) 378-2480	526	34	15.3	48.8%	430 (81.7%)	25 (4.8%)	32 (6.1%)	10 (1.9%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.8%)	81.3	142^nd of 1019 public elementary schools	86.1%		78.1	168^th of 1009 public elementary schools	83.3%	26	63.9	61.6	74.4	66.9	59.7	52.9	66.7	59.9	61.1	52.9	66.7	60.3	$13,905	$824	$12,266
Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School	Public	K-5	1051 Lake Street	Kingsport	37660	Sullivan County	Kingsport City Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 857-2600	275	26	10.5	89.0%	218 (79.3%)	9 (3.3%)	28 (10.2%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.2%)	59.4	371^st of 1019 public elementary schools	63.6%		52.2	461^st of 1009 public elementary schools	54.3%	90	32.6	71.4	50.0	49.6	39.1	60.0	41.2	46.1	39.1	77.1	50.0	53.9	$18,053	$2,019	$14,916
John F. Kennedy Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1500 Woodland Avenue	Kingsport	37660	Sullivan County	Kingsport City Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 857-2700	272	24	11.1	83.4%	224 (82.4%)	3 (1.1%)	17 (6.3%)	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (8.8%)	57.3	410^th of 1019 public elementary schools	59.8%		53.9	434^th of 1009 public elementary schools	57.0%	24	27.0	46.8	48.8	41.7	59.5	40.4	34.9	44.1	54.1	72.3	48.8	59.1	$16,259	$1,542	$13,746
Andrew Jackson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	600 Jackson Street	Kingsport	37660	Sullivan County	Kingsport City Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 378-2250	432	34	12.8	84.3%	284 (65.7%)	42 (9.7%)	43 (10.0%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (13.2%)	23.5	819^th of 1019 public elementary schools	19.6%		34.1	690^th of 1009 public elementary schools	31.6%	129	13.6	46.4	26.7	29.6	28.8	36.2	20.5	28.4	39.0	31.9	21.3	30.0	$15,344	$1,724	$12,642
Sullivan Gardens Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	209 Rosemont Avenue	Kingsport	37660	Sullivan County	Sullivan County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 354-1770	217	16	13.5	65.7%	205 (94.5%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.8%)	50.6	485^th of 1019 public elementary schools	52.4%		60.2	350^th of 1009 public elementary schools	65.3%	135	29.7	52.0	63.0	46.1	37.8	60.0	51.9	48.3	24.3	52.0	44.4	38.2	$18,125	$1,636	$15,364
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1000 Summer Street	Kingsport	37664	Sullivan County	Kingsport City Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 378-2360	417	30	13.9	77.0%	280 (67.1%)	33 (7.9%)	37 (8.9%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (14.9%)	68.8	267^th of 1019 public elementary schools	73.8%		57.9	381^st of 1009 public elementary schools	62.2%	114	49.3	46.3	73.8	55.7	54.8	58.2	51.6	55.0	46.6	50.7	59.0	51.7	$15,585	$1,495	$13,193
Andrew Johnson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1001 Ormond Drive	Kingsport	37664	Sullivan County	Kingsport City Schools	No	No	No	No	(423) 378-2300	545	38	14.5	51.2%	436 (80.0%)	10 (1.8%)	33 (6.1%)	9 (1.7%)	12 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (8.3%)	88.1	102^nd of 1019 public elementary schools	90.0%		86.8	110^th of 1009 public elementary schools	89.1%	8	53.2	79.7	65.3	66.0	63.3	73.4	77.5	71.9	54.4	72.2	71.3	66.4	$13,314	$915	$11,745

Frequently Asked Questions about Carter's Valley Elementary School

How many students attend Carter's Valley Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 303 students attended Carter's Valley Elementary School.

What schools do graduates of Carter's Valley Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Carter's Valley Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Church Hill Middle School
High : Volunteer High School

Is Carter's Valley Elementary School a good school?

Carter's Valley Elementary School ranks 703^rd of 1019 Tennessee elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What district is Carter's Valley Elementary School in?

Hawkins County Schools

What is the racial makeup of Carter's Valley Elementary School?

Students at Carter's Valley Elementary School are 92% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races.

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