Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 37043

Zip code 37043 in Clarksville, TN is served by three middle schools — Kirkwood Middle School, Richview Middle School, and Rossview Middle School — all part of the Clarksville-Montgomery County Schools district, each serving grades 6–8 and enrolling a combined 3,413 students.

All three schools are rated 4 stars and consistently outperform district and state proficiency averages in every tested subject, placing them in the top 16% of Tennessee middle schools. Rossview Middle School holds the highest state ranking at 69th out of 594 schools and is the only one of the trio where 8th-grade proficiency exceeds 7th-grade proficiency, with standout results in math (54.2%) and science (63.3%), plus the strongest social studies score at 70.9%. Richview Middle School leads all schools in overall subject proficiency with a core average of 58.4%, tops in math (51.6%), ELA (47.7%), and science (64.7%), and posted an extraordinary 91.7% proficiency in Algebra I versus a 26.1% district average. Kirkwood Middle School ranks lowest of the three at 95th, but its chronic absenteeism rate of 9.6% is dramatically better than the district's 15.1% and the state's 18.3%.

Notable trends include Rossview's 8th-grade strength, contrasting with a sharp decline in ELA at Kirkwood, where proficiency falls from 58.7% in 6th grade to just 31.7% in 8th grade — a 27-point drop that hides behind Kirkwood's respectable overall average. Richview and Rossview are both improving in most subjects, with Richview's ELA jumping 6 points year-over-year and Rossview's social studies climbing 6.2 points. While Rossview spends about $667 more per student than Kirkwood, spending differences are modest and not clearly tied to outcomes. Attendance also does not predict test scores here: Kirkwood's excellent attendance does not translate to top rankings, while Rossview's higher absenteeism co-exists with its top rank. Social studies is a universal strength across all three schools, making this zip code a consistently high-performing academic cluster with distinct advantages at each school.