Summary:
Zip code 37091 in Lewisburg, Tennessee, is home to two middle-level schools within Marshall County Schools—Westhills Elementary School (grades 4–6, 561 students) and Lewisburg Middle School (grades 7–8, 428 students)—together serving 989 students in adjacent grade bands.
Westhills Elementary School is the stronger overall academic performer, beating Lewisburg Middle School in math (40.7% vs. 33.0%), English language arts (29.2% vs. 25.3%), and science (47.4% vs. 38.3%), while Lewisburg edges ahead in social studies (43.5% vs. 38.6%). Westhills' science proficiency actually exceeds the state average, and its 4th-grade math proficiency reaches 50.5%. Lewisburg's standout metric is Algebra I, where its 76.9% proficiency rate dramatically surpasses the district's 26.6% and the state's 29.4%, signaling a strong accelerated math program. However, Lewisburg's overall state ranking has hovered between the 34th and 41st percentile over the past three years, and both schools trail district and state averages in most tested subjects.
The feeder pattern reveals a striking math trend: proficiency declines steadily at Westhills from 50.5% in 4th grade to 31.9% in 6th grade, then rebounds at Lewisburg from 25.1% in 7th grade to 39.7% in 8th grade. English language arts is the most significant concern at both schools—Westhills sits 11.4 points below the state average and Lewisburg 15.3 points below—with Westhills' 4th-grade ELA proficiency especially low at 27.1%. Chronic absenteeism at Westhills (17.6%) and Lewisburg (16.7%) runs above the district rate of 15.3% but below the state's 18.3%. Per-student spending is comparable, with Westhills at $12,102 versus Lewisburg's $11,350. For parents, the key takeaway is that these two schools have distinct strengths—science and earlier-grade math at Westhills, advanced Algebra I acceleration at Lewisburg—yet both face shared challenges in literacy, social studies, and attendance that merit attention.
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