Summary:
Zip code 37643 serves approximately 5,072 students across 13 schools in the Elizabethton, Tennessee area, spanning six elementary schools, two middle schools, and five high schools divided between Elizabethton City Schools and Carter County Schools.
The area contains several genuine academic standouts. West Side Elementary School ranks #82 of 1,019 Tennessee elementary schools, with math proficiency of 67.7% and ELA proficiency of 71.0% — both dramatically above state averages. Elizabethton High School ranks in the top 13% of high schools statewide and has improved for three straight years to #53, outperforming the state in every subject. T A Dugger Junior High School posts exceptional 8th-grade Algebra I proficiency of 93.1%. In Carter County, Happy Valley High School leads the zip code with a 96.5% graduation rate, while Hampton High School jumped 69 spots in one year to #170 and has the lowest chronic absenteeism rate at 9.3%. Valley Forge Elementary School also beats state averages in math and ELA despite its district being ranked in the bottom quarter.
The zip code reveals two very different districts spending nearly the same amount per student (about $13,700) yet achieving very different results: Elizabethton City Schools ranks 20th of 141 districts while Carter County Schools ranks 108th. Algebra II is the biggest academic weakness, with only Elizabethton High School exceeding the state average. Chronic absenteeism varies widely, from 9.3% at Hampton High School to 31.8% at Valley Forge Elementary. On the positive side, every traditional high school graduates over 94% of students, well above the state rate of 90.5%. Some schools are declining though — T A Dugger Junior High has slipped from #103 to #136, Happy Valley Middle School fell from #125 to #212, and Unaka Elementary School ranks #806 of 1,019 with just 20.0% math proficiency, the lowest in the area.
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