Summary:
Zip code 37040 in Clarksville, Tennessee, is served by a single middle school: Northeast Middle School, which enrolls 1,074 students across grades 6–8 and operates within the Clarksville-Montgomery County Schools district—a 4-star district ranked 43rd out of 141 in Tennessee.
Northeast Middle School sits in the lower half of Tennessee middle schools, ranking at the 43rd percentile with a 2-star rating for three consecutive years, slightly down from the 49th percentile in 2023–2024. Its core academic results lag notably behind both district and state averages: only 28.7% of students are proficient in math (vs. 42.1% district, 43.0% state) and just 25.9% are proficient in English Language Arts (vs. 42.3% district, 40.6% state). The school's signature headline number—85.7% proficiency in Algebra I—is misleading, as it reflects a small, select group of 8th graders taking advanced coursework; even this group trails the district's 8th-grade Algebra I rate of 93.8% and the state's 88.3%. Meanwhile, regular 8th-grade math proficiency sits at only 25.8%.
Performance declines steadily as students progress, with the ELA gap versus the state widening from 8.7 points in 6th grade to 13.9 points in 8th grade, and the math gap growing from 6.5 to 12.5 points over the same span—a possible sign of cumulative learning loss. Brighter spots include social studies (51.2%, essentially tied with the state's 51.4%), 7th-grade science (50.6% vs. 47.8% statewide), and a chronic absenteeism rate of 15.0% that beats the state average of 18.3%. Per-student spending is $12,646, though missing data on free/reduced lunch and student–teacher ratio limits deeper analysis. Overall, Northeast Middle School is a large school underperforming its strong district, with core math and reading gaps that demand attention.
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