Schools in Zip Code 38012

Zip code 38012 in Brownsville, Tennessee, is served by five public schools in the Haywood County Schools district, enrolling roughly 2,052 students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. These schools are all part of a district ranked 140 out of 141 Tennessee districts, placing it in the 1st percentile with a 0-star rating — a clear signal that academic struggles are district-wide rather than isolated to one campus. Almost every subject proficiency rate runs 20 to 35 points below the state average, so parents should expect that the entire pipeline faces significant challenges.

Within this difficult context, East Side Elementary School stands out as the strongest performer. It exceeds district averages in math, ELA, and science, posts the lowest chronic absenteeism in the zip code at 10.1%, and has improved its state ranking for three straight years — from the 11th to the 19th percentile. This shows meaningful variation exists even within a low-ranked district. At the other end of the spectrum, Haywood High School serves the largest enrollment (733 students) but has the most concerning attendance profile: 31.2% chronic absenteeism, nearly double the state rate. Its proficiency rates are extremely low, especially in Geometry (6.7%) and Algebra II (9.8%). Counterintuitively, the school's dropout rate of 3.7% is better than the state's 6.7%, and its graduation rate is 83.3%.

The data reveal several other notable patterns. At Sunny Hill Intermediate School, 6th-grade math proficiency drops to 10.3% from 20.8% in 5th grade — a much steeper decline than the state average, pointing to a difficult transition that could benefit from targeted intervention. The zip code's school lineup also skips grades 7–8 entirely, leaving a visible gap in the public school pipeline. Finally, Anderson Early Childhood School spends the most per student at $24,874 but offers no test scores to evaluate its effectiveness, while East Side Elementary — the academic standout — spends the least at $15,402, suggesting that spending levels do not directly correlate with outcomes in this area.