Summary:
Zip code 37801 contains a single elementary school, Mary Blount Elementary School, which serves grades PK–5 in the Blount County Schools district. For families in this area, this school is the sole public elementary option, so its performance defines the local educational experience.
Mary Blount Elementary is a mid-sized school with 590 students. Its strongest area is 5th grade mathematics, where 50.6% of students are proficient, slightly above the state average of 47.4%. The school also beat the district average in 3rd grade math (41.9% vs. 37.3%). However, overall proficiency is below state and district levels in most subjects. English Language Arts is a concern, with only 35.0% proficient compared to 40.6% statewide, and Science is the weakest subject at 37.9% versus 46.9% statewide. Particularly low are 3rd grade ELA and Science (both 29.7%) and 4th grade math (32.2%), which trails the state by about 17 percentage points. The school receives a 2-out-of-5 star rating and ranks in the 35th percentile of Tennessee elementary schools.
On a positive note, the school improved year-over-year in every subject: math rose from 39.3% to 41.3% proficiency, ELA from 33.0% to 35.0%, and science from 35.1% to 37.9%. The largest gain was in science, narrowing the gap with the district from 13.2 points to 9.4 points. Despite these gains, its statewide percentile remained flat at 35, suggesting other schools improved at a similar pace. Chronic absenteeism is 17.8%, nearly identical to the district (17.6%) and slightly better than the state (18.3%). Per-student spending is $13,755, but no comparison benchmarks are available. Families should also note that free/reduced lunch rates and student-teacher ratios are not reported, limiting context for the school's performance.
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