Summary:
LaVergne Middle School is the only middle school in zip code 37086, serving grades 6 through 8 with roughly 1,117 students in La Vergne, Tennessee, part of the Rutherford County Schools district. This school-specific analysis means there are no nearby middle schools in this zip code to compare against, so the most meaningful comparisons are against the district and state. LaVergne Middle School is rated below average, ranking in the 33rd percentile of Tennessee middle schools with a two-star rating, though it has improved from the 28th percentile and one star in just one year.
Academically, LaVergne Middle School trails both its district and the state in every core subject. In the most recent TNReady testing, only 34.9% of students were proficient in math, 25.9% in English Language Arts, 31.1% in science, and 41.4% in social studies — all well below Rutherford County Schools averages of roughly 54%, 47%, 53%, and 61%, respectively. The weakest area is literacy, with 7th grade ELA proficiency at just 22.2%, the single lowest score in the dataset. The lone exception is Algebra I, where 80% of the select group of 8th graders taking the course scored proficient. However, that figure still trails the district's 8th grade Algebra I proficiency rate of 97.3%.
The school's own trajectory is encouraging: math, ELA, science, and social studies all improved by roughly 3.5 to 4.2 percentage points year over year. Chronic absenteeism, however, remains a concern, with 17.8% of students chronically absent — well above the 11.3% rate for Rutherford County Schools and roughly in line with the state's 18.3% average. With per-student spending at $12,063, LaVergne Middle School has resources available, but improving attendance and strengthening literacy would likely be the most effective strategies to accelerate academic growth.
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