Schools in Zip Code 37332

Zip code 37332 in Evensville, Tennessee, is served by two schools — Rhea County High School (grades 9–12, 1,332 students) and Rhea Middle School (grades 6–8, 543 students) — with no elementary schools in the zip code itself. Both schools belong to Rhea County Schools, which ranks 35th out of 141 Tennessee districts (75th percentile, 4-star rating). Combined enrollment is 1,875 students, and younger students in the area feed into these schools from surrounding communities.

The two schools present contrasting academic profiles. Rhea Middle School stands out as a mathematics powerhouse: 55.4% of its students are proficient in math versus 43.0% statewide, with 8th graders achieving a remarkable 63.3% proficiency compared to 38.3% statewide. However, the middle school trails the state in English Language Arts (35.8% vs. 40.6%), creating a 19.6-point math-ELA gap that far exceeds the statewide 2.4-point gap. Rhea County High School shows a different pattern: most all-grades subject scores sit at or slightly below state averages, with a notable exception in 10th-grade Algebra II, where 86.4% of students are proficient versus 63.9% statewide — a sign that an accelerated cohort is performing exceptionally well, even though overall math (Algebra I at 26.9% vs. 32.3% statewide) remains below average.

Both schools saw their ratings drop from 4 stars to 3 stars in the most recent rankings, even though test scores did not uniformly decline, suggesting increased competition or statewide improvement. At the high school, the graduation rate of 86.4% trails the state's 90.5%, and the dropout rate of 8.1% exceeds the state's 6.7%, making graduation support a key concern. Chronic absenteeism is slightly better than the state average at both schools (17.7% at the high school, 16.8% at the middle school, vs. 18.3% statewide). Notably, Rhea Middle School spends about $2,000 more per student ($14,007) than the high school ($11,975), and its strongest results — particularly in 8th-grade math — make it the standout academic performer in this small cluster.