Summary:
The 37886 zip code is home to a single public elementary school, Walland Elementary School, which serves grades K-5 with 297 students. The school is part of the Blount County school district, which is ranked 59 out of 139 districts in Tennessee and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Walland Elementary School's academic performance, as measured by standardized test scores, is significantly lower than the Blount County district and the state of Tennessee across multiple subject areas and grade levels. The school's mathematics and English Language Arts proficiency rates are particularly concerning, with 5th-grade ELA proficiency at just 22.2%. Additionally, the school has a chronic absenteeism rate of 18.9%, which is higher than the state average.
Despite the lower academic performance, Walland Elementary has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 14:1 and higher spending per student of $12,706, compared to the state average. This suggests that the school may be allocating resources in a way that is not effectively improving student outcomes. Without information on the school's free/reduced lunch rate, it is difficult to determine the socioeconomic status of the student population and how that may be impacting the school's performance.
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