Summary:
Zip code 37821 in Newport, Tennessee is served by a single high school, Cocke County High School, which enrolls about 1,074 students in grades 9–12 within the Cocke County Schools district. Because this is the only high school in the area, there is no within-zip comparison, but the school can be evaluated against its district and the state of Tennessee.
Cocke County High School shows a striking mix of strengths and challenges. Its graduation rate is a strong 95.5%, well above the state average of 90.5%, and its dropout rate of 4.2% is lower than the state’s 6.7%. However, chronic absenteeism is a major concern: 37.2% of students are chronically absent, nearly double the state average of 18.3% and 11 points higher than the district rate. Academically, the school slightly outperforms its district across most subjects but trails the state by about 5.8 points overall. The most notable academic outlier is 10th-grade Algebra II, where 92.1% of students are proficient versus 63.9% statewide—though this likely reflects a small, advanced cohort rather than the entire grade. By contrast, U.S. History proficiency is just 23.1%, far below the state’s 42.4%, and this subject declined sharply from the prior year.
Encouragingly, the school showed broad year-over-year improvement in six of seven tested subjects. Geometry jumped from 22.2% to 37.2% proficiency, and English II rose from 48.3% to 57.1%. The school’s state rank improved from 231st to 213rd over the past year, though it has consistently earned a 2-star rating and remains below the state median. With per-student spending of $13,218, the school is positioned to continue building on its momentum, but addressing chronic absenteeism and boosting U.S. History scores will be critical for further progress.
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