Summary:
Zip code 37642 in Tennessee is home to one public high school, Volunteer High School, which serves grades 9 through 12 and enrolls approximately 953 students in the Church Hill area. Because there is only one high school in this zip code, all comparisons must be made against the Hawkins County Schools district or Tennessee state averages rather than neighboring local schools.
Volunteer High School’s academic performance is mixed, with English II historically its strongest subject. In 2024–25, the school’s English II proficiency rate reached 59.4%, exceeding both the district (54.8%) and state (54.3%) averages, though it dropped to 48.8% in 2025–26. English I and Biology I are relatively stronger than math, but math proficiency is a major concern. In 2025–26, proficiency gaps versus the state were large: Algebra II was 20.3 points below, Geometry 18.0 points below, and Algebra I 15.2 points below the state average. Year-over-year results were mixed, with improvements in Biology I (+3.9 points) and Geometry (+1.5 points), but declines in English II, Algebra I, and English I. The school’s overall state ranking has slipped from the 44th percentile in 2023–24 to the 29th percentile in 2025–26, causing its star rating to fall from 2 stars to 1 star.
On a positive note, the graduation rate is strong at 94.2%, above the state rate of 90.5%. However, the school has a dropout rate of 4.6%, far higher than the district’s 1.5%, and chronic absenteeism affects 25.0% of students—well above both the district (19.8%) and state (18.3%) levels. The district itself ranks 98th out of 141 districts in Tennessee, and per-student spending is $12,441. For parents, the key takeaway is that while Volunteer High School shows some relative strengths in English and Biology, significant attention is needed in math, and absenteeism and dropout rates deserve close monitoring.
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