Schools in Zip Code 37664

ZIP code 37664 in Kingsport, TN is served by 9 public schools, including 6 elementary schools, 2 middle schools, and 1 high school, with a total enrollment of 6,558 students across the Kingsport City Schools and Sullivan County Schools districts.

Families in this area have access to several standout schools. John Adams Elementary School is the top-ranked school in the ZIP, placing in the 94th percentile statewide with the highest math and ELA proficiency among all local elementaries, along with the lowest chronic absenteeism at just 6.5%. Andrew Johnson Elementary School and Thomas Jefferson Elementary School also rank in the top 90th and 89th percentiles respectively. Ross N. Robinson Middle School is the top middle school in the area, earning a 5-star rating and posting the strongest middle-school scores across every subject, with especially strong 7th-grade social studies at 71%. At the high school level, Dobyns-Bennett High School is the only high school in the ZIP, and it graduates 94.4% of students with a dropout rate of just 2.4%, while scoring well above state averages in Algebra II, English II, Biology, and U.S. History. However, its chronic absenteeism of 30.1% is the highest in the ZIP and more than 4.5 times the rate at John Adams.

There are clear differences between the two districts. Every top-tier school in the ZIP belongs to Kingsport City Schools, while the strongest Sullivan County school is Rock Springs Elementary School, which ranks in the 80th percentile with low absenteeism of 11.0%. By contrast, Sullivan Heights Middle School is the lowest-ranked school in the ZIP, with proficiency rates well below state averages. Notably, spending does not predict success: Abraham Lincoln Elementary School spends the most per student at $15,585 but ranks in the lower half of the ZIP, while John Adams spends the least and performs the best. A concerning pattern in the area is that 5th-grade ELA proficiency drops sharply at several elementary schools—for example, Indian Springs Elementary School falls from 62.3% to 43.5%—which may signal a transition challenge for older elementary students.