Summary:
ZIP code 38019 contains just one high school: Covington High School, a grades 9–12 campus enrolling 643 students within Tipton County Schools.
Covington High School's most notable strength is its graduation rate. In 2024–2025, 98.1% of students graduated, well above the district's 95.1% and the state's 90.5%, while the dropout rate of just 1.9% is far better than the state average of 6.7%. Chronic absenteeism, however, stands at 18.0%, essentially equal to the state's 18.3% and 4 points higher than the district's 14.0%. The school's state ranking has also been volatile: it improved to 234th in 2024–2025 but fell to 330th out of 400 schools in 2025–2026, placing it in the bottom 20% of Tennessee high schools. Per-student spending is $12,242.
Academically, Covington High School trails both its district and the state in nearly every TNReady subject. The most urgent concern is Algebra I, where only 5.6% of students are proficient versus 32.3% statewide; Algebra II (20.0%), Geometry (27.9%), and English I (22.8%) also show large gaps. English II is the school's strongest subject at 44.9% proficiency, though still below the state's 58.1%. One bright spot is 10th-grade Algebra II at 63.6% proficiency, nearly matching the state average. Grade-level results reveal course-taking effects, with 9th-grade Geometry at 66.7% versus 23.6% for 10th-grade Geometry, and 9th-grade Biology I at 37.8% versus 21.7% for 10th-grade Biology I. Overall, Covington excels at graduating students but faces serious challenges in math achievement and chronic absenteeism.
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