Summary:
Zip code 38060 is served by two schools in the Fayette County Schools district: Oakland Elementary School (grades PK–5) and West Junior High School (grades 6–8), with no high school or alternative school in the immediate area.
Both schools are significantly below Tennessee averages in every core subject, reflecting a district that ranks in the bottom 1% statewide. Oakland Elementary School is the larger and higher-performing school, yet still ranks in the 13th percentile statewide with a 1-star rating. Its strongest grade is 4th, where ELA proficiency reaches 41.1% (near the state average) and math reaches 30.6% (above the district average). However, 5th grade scores collapse dramatically, with ELA falling to 10.3% and science to 8.6% — both far below district and state levels. Overall, Oakland’s all-grades proficiency is 16.3% in math, 25.7% in ELA, and 20.1% in science, leaving it 15–27 points behind state averages. Chronic absenteeism is a concern at 25.7%, higher than both the district (22.9%) and state (18.3%).
West Junior High School is lower-performing than Oakland in every comparable subject: math proficiency is 8.8% versus 16.3%, ELA is 17.7% versus 25.7%, and science is 16.4% versus 20.1%. Its state ranking has declined to the 12th percentile. The one bright spot is remarkably low chronic absenteeism at just 5.0% — far better than the district and state — which suggests academic struggles are not driven by students missing school. In Algebra I, West Junior High’s all-grades proficiency of 35.7% beats the district average (24.3%) and the state all-grades average (32.3%), but its 8th grade Algebra I students score far below the state’s 8th grade average of 88.3%, indicating the school may be placing more students into advanced math than typical. Both schools appear trapped in a district-wide pattern of low performance, though Oakland’s 4th grade results show that pockets of success can exist even in a challenging context.
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