Summary:
ZIP code 37616 in Afton, Tennessee is served by two schools in the Greene County Schools district: Chuckey Doak High School, serving grades 9–12 with 555 students, and Chuckey Doak Middle School, serving grades 6–8 with 360 students. The district is ranked 42nd out of 141 districts in Tennessee, placing it in the 70th percentile with a 4-star rating, and no elementary schools are located within this ZIP code.
Chuckey Doak Middle School is the consistently top-ranked school, currently sitting in the 89th percentile statewide after earning 5-star ratings and a 93rd-percentile ranking in 2024–2025. Its mathematics program is a standout: 72.8% of students are proficient compared to just 43.0% statewide, with 7th-grade math proficiency at 76.9% versus 39.2% statewide. Chuckey Doak High School is the area's most improved school, climbing from 153rd to 54th in the state rankings over two years, a jump from the 61st to the 86th percentile. Biology I proficiency more than doubled from 34.0% to 68.4%, and U.S. History proficiency rose from 36.4% to 71.4%.
Both schools beat their district and state averages in nearly every subject. The high school's graduation rate is excellent at 98.6%, with a dropout rate of just 1.4%. Chronic absenteeism is similar for both schools (16.6% and 16.9%), slightly below the state average of 18.3%. Spending per student differs notably: $10,722 at the high school versus $15,771 at the middle school. Areas worth monitoring include the middle school's recent test-score declines in science and social studies, 6th-grade science proficiency falling below district and state averages, and 10th-grade Algebra II results, which lag significantly behind the state average despite strong overall performance.
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