Best Public Schools in Zip Code 37714

Zip code 37714 contains just 1 school — Caryville Elementary School — a rural public elementary school serving 634 students in grades PK through 5, with no middle or high schools located within the zip code itself. Because it is the only school in the area, the most useful comparisons are against its district, Campbell County Schools, which ranks 131st out of 141 Tennessee districts, and the state of Tennessee.

Caryville Elementary School is a mixed performer. It ranks 739th out of 1,019 Tennessee elementary schools (27th percentile) with a 1-star rating, yet it outperforms its district in every subject: math proficiency is 32.9% vs. 32.7% for the district, ELA is 34.6% vs. 32.8%, and science is 37.0% vs. 33.5%. However, the school still trails the state significantly — by 10.1 points in math (32.9% vs. 43.0%), 6.0 points in ELA (34.6% vs. 40.6%), and 9.9 points in science (37.0% vs. 46.9%). The most striking weakness is 3rd-grade math, where only 19.3% of students are proficient, compared to 40.9% in 4th grade and 40.0% in 5th grade — a dramatic 23.3-point swing that appears to be an outlier rather than a systemic upper-elementary problem.

There is encouraging news on the trend front: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, ELA proficiency jumped 5.4 points and science surged 7.6 points, while math remained essentially flat (-0.7 points). Chronic absenteeism stands at 21.7%, which is higher than the state average of 18.3% but meaningfully better than the district's 28.6%. The school spends $11,252 per student, yet outcomes remain below state averages, suggesting a need for more targeted instructional investments, particularly in early-grade math. Ranking history has been volatile, moving from the 35th percentile (2 stars) in 2023–2024, to the 23rd percentile in 2024–2025, and back up to the 27th percentile in 2025–2026. In short, Caryville Elementary is a relative bright spot within a struggling district, but it still has meaningful ground to cover to reach statewide proficiency, especially in 3rd-grade math.