Best High Schools in Zip Code 38011

Zip code 38011 covers Brighton, Tennessee, and contains just one high school — Brighton High School — which serves 1,031 students in grades 9–12 within Tipton County Schools. Since there is no other high school in the area for comparison, the most useful context comes from measuring Brighton against its district and the state of Tennessee. The school's strongest story is engagement: its graduation rate is 95.2% (versus 90.5% statewide), its dropout rate is just 3.3% (half the state's 6.7%), and chronic absenteeism is only 10.0% compared to 18.3% across Tennessee.

Academically, however, Brighton trails state averages in every subject tested at the all-grades level. The largest gaps are in mathematics: Algebra I proficiency is 21.0% (11.3 points below the state), Algebra II is 29.9% (7.4 points below), and Geometry is 36.7% (5.6 points below). English is closer to par, with English I at 33.9% and English II at 52.6%, but still below state benchmarks. Brighton did make strong year-over-year gains in Geometry (+14.7 points), Algebra I (+6.6), and English II (+4.9), while slipping in English I (-4.2) and Algebra II (-3.0).

Two patterns stand out for parents to understand. First, accelerated students at Brighton perform remarkably well — 10th-grade Algebra II proficiency is an extraordinary 86.7%, far above the state's 63.9% — while 11th-grade Algebra II proficiency is just 23.8%, indicating a two-track math pattern. Second, 11th-grade Geometry proficiency is only 8.3%, a staggering 46.2-point gap from the district's 54.5% and clearly the school's most urgent area for intervention. Despite these swings, Brighton's state ranking has held steady around the 39th–40th percentile with a 2-star rating for three consecutive years. Missing data on free/reduced lunch eligibility and student-teacher ratio limits deeper analysis, but the big picture is consistent: Brighton excels at keeping students in school and graduating them, while academic proficiency — especially in upper-level math and later-grade science — remains its main challenge.