Summary:
Zip code 37178 contains exactly one public school: Tennessee Ridge Elementary School, a PK–5 elementary school with 217 students serving the Tennessee Ridge area as part of Houston County Schools. The district is ranked 133 out of 141 Tennessee districts, placing it in the bottom 6% with a 0-star rating. With no middle or high schools in the zip code, students must continue their education outside 37178 after 5th grade.
Despite sitting inside a low-ranked district, Tennessee Ridge Elementary outperforms the district in most core subjects. The school's all-grades math proficiency is 37.5% versus 28.5% for the district, and ELA proficiency is 33.0% versus 29.6%. Science is essentially even at 31.8% for the school compared to 32.0% for the district. However, the school trails Tennessee statewide averages in every subject, with the largest gap in science at 15.1 percentage points. The school's state ranking has slipped from the 35th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 26th percentile in 2025–2026. Year-over-year, the school improved slightly in all three subjects, with ELA proficiency rising 4.1 points to 33.0%.
The most concerning single data point is 3rd grade ELA, where only 29.6% of students are proficient compared to 43.7% for the district and 44.9% statewide. Science is consistently weak across all tested grade levels, while 5th grade stands out as the strongest relative grade, with ELA proficiency at 40.9%, just 1.8 points below the state average. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 18.0% is slightly better than both the district (21.8%) and the state (18.3%). Per-pupil spending is $14,088. With only 217 students, grade-level proficiency rates can fluctuate significantly from year to year, and the school's declining state ranking is worth monitoring even as test scores show modest improvement.
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