Summary:
Zip code 37828 is home to a single middle school, Norris Middle School, which serves grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 448 students in the Norris, Tennessee area. As the only middle school in the zip code, Norris Middle automatically stands out, but it also earns recognition on its own merits. The school has maintained a 4-star rating for three consecutive years and ranks in the 85th percentile statewide, a remarkable feat given that its district, Anderson County Schools, ranks only in the 47th percentile among Tennessee districts.
Norris Middle outperforms both its district and the state in every tested subject. The strongest results are in mathematics and science, where the school posts proficiency rates of 57.4% and 58.3% respectively — roughly 14 points above the state average in both subjects. Seventh-grade math is especially impressive, with 66.7% of students proficient compared to just 39.2% statewide. Social studies proficiency is also strong at 64.8%. The one relative weakness is English language arts, where 41.1% of students are proficient, only slightly above the state rate of 40.6%. Eighth-grade ELA is the lowest-performing area, at 32.5% proficiency, just 0.2 points above the state.
Norris Middle also excels in student attendance, with a chronic absenteeism rate of just 9.6% — roughly half the district rate of 17.1% and the state rate of 18.3%. The school has shown positive momentum, improving its state ranking from the 73rd percentile in 2023-2024 to the 85th percentile in 2025-2026. However, there is a notable grade-level pattern: proficiency tends to decline from 6th to 8th grade in most subjects, with science dropping from 69.5% in 6th grade to 47.8% in 8th grade. Per-student spending is $13,370, though socioeconomic data is not reported.
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