Summary:
Zip code 37763 in Kingston, Tennessee is served by two public high schools within the Roane County Schools district: Roane County High School (625 students) and Midway High School (217 students), both serving grades 9–12.
Families choosing between these two schools will find very different academic strengths. Midway High School is the higher-ranked school overall, placing 47th out of 400 schools in Tennessee (88th percentile) and leading the zip code in mathematics and English II, with particularly strong Algebra II proficiency of 58.6% and English II at 73.5% in the most recent year. However, Midway's small enrollment makes its scores volatile from year to year. Roane County High School excels instead in science and social studies, posting 66.5% proficiency in Biology I and 52.9% in U.S. History, both well above state averages. Roane also showed the larger improvement trajectory, climbing from a state rank of 114th to 86th in one year, and posted a lower dropout rate (2.5%) than the district (3.0%) or state (6.7%).
The two schools share some important similarities. Both have graduation rates near 88%, slightly below the state's 90.5%, yet both keep chronic absenteeism and dropout rates below state averages. Midway spends about $2,700 more per student ($16,296 vs. $13,596), but that higher spending does not translate into consistent advantages across every subject, as Roane outperforms it in biology, U.S. History, and English I. Parents should also note that Roane struggles with Algebra I proficiency (25.0% vs. state's 32.3%), which stands in contrast to its strong Algebra II results, and that school-wide averages at both schools can obscure meaningful grade-level differences in course-taking patterns. Overall, Midway High School is the standout for math and English, while Roane County High School offers the strongest science and history outcomes, so the best choice depends on a student's individual academic strengths.
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