Summary:
The zip code 37643 in Tennessee is home to two middle schools: T A Dugger Junior High School and Happy Valley Middle School. Based on the available data, T A Dugger Junior High School stands out as the higher-performing institution, ranking in the top 20% of Tennessee middle schools and maintaining a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past three years.
T A Dugger Junior High School consistently outperforms the state and district averages across most subject areas and grade levels on the TNReady assessments. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, 49.1% of its students were proficient or better in Math, compared to 42.2% statewide, and 42.8% were proficient in ELA, compared to 38.9% statewide. In contrast, Happy Valley Middle School has more mixed results, performing above the district average in some areas but below the state average in others.
Both schools had similar chronic absenteeism rates of 18.9% in 2023-2024, which is higher than the state average. Additionally, the schools spent around $11,900 per student in 2023-2024 and had student-teacher ratios of 16:1 for T A Dugger Junior High School and 16.7:1 for Happy Valley Middle School. The data does not provide information on the free/reduced lunch rates for either school, which could offer insights into the socioeconomic demographics of the student populations.
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