Summary:
ZIP code 38080 contains just one middle-level school: Lara Kendall Elementary School, located in Ridgely, Tennessee. Despite its elementary-style name, the school serves grades 3 through 8 and enrolls 326 students, making it the sole provider of middle-grades education for the community. The school is part of Lake County Schools, a district that ranks 138th out of 141 districts in Tennessee with a 0-star rating.
Lara Kendall Elementary School carries a 1-star state rating and ranks 486th out of 594 Tennessee schools, placing it in the 18th percentile. Academic proficiency is below state averages in every tested subject: math proficiency is 17.6% versus the state's 43.0%, ELA is 19.3% versus 40.6%, science is 15.3% versus 46.9%, and social studies is 37.3% versus 51.4%. The school's strongest subject is social studies, and its weakest relative to the state is science. Per-pupil spending is $12,367.
There are some encouraging signs. Math proficiency nearly doubled from 9.8% to 17.6% in one year, and 3rd grade shows relative strength with 30.5% math proficiency and 28.8% ELA proficiency. Chronic absenteeism is a notable positive at 10.8%, far better than the district's 15.6% and the state's 18.3%. However, 7th grade ELA is critically low at just 6.3% proficiency, and 4th through 6th grade math ranges from 12.2% to 13.2%. Eighth grade math rebounds to 30.4%, suggesting stronger performance by the end of middle school.
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