Sevierville Intermediate School

Sevierville Intermediate School serves 674 students in grades 4–6 in Sevierville, Tennessee, as part of Sevier County Schools.

Academic proficiency at Sevierville Intermediate is among the lowest in the local group of intermediate schools. On the most recent TNReady assessments, only 29.1% of students were proficient in math and 28.3% in English Language Arts — the lowest of the four comparable Sevier County intermediate schools. By contrast, Seymour Intermediate School achieved 49.2% math and 48.0% ELA proficiency with nearly the same chronic absenteeism rate and lower per-pupil spending. A particularly concerning red flag is 6th-grade math: only 22.9% of Sevierville 6th graders are proficient, compared with roughly 40% across the district and state. Math proficiency also declines steadily from 4th grade (32.5%) to 5th grade (31.3%) to 6th grade (22.9%). ELA is similarly fragile, with 4th-grade scores at just 26.4% versus 47.4% statewide. On the positive side, science proficiency has improved to 35.3%, but gains have been uneven across subjects.

Chronic absenteeism affects about one in four students (24.3%), above the state rate of 18.3%. However, Pigeon Forge Intermediate School proves lower absenteeism is achievable in the same district at just 16.8%. The school spends $15,628 per student — up 40% since 2021–2022 — yet outcomes lag behind schools spending less, including Maury Middle School in Jefferson County Schools, which spends $10,567 per student and posts far higher proficiency rates. Students leaving Sevierville Intermediate feed into Sevier County Junior High School, which also struggles academically. The most urgent priorities for this school should be accelerating math proficiency before junior high, stabilizing ELA outcomes, and reducing chronic absenteeism.