Summary:
ZIP code 38139 is home to 3 highly rated public schools serving grades PK through 12 in the Germantown area of Tennessee, all part of the 5-star Germantown Municipal Schools district, which ranks 5th out of 141 districts statewide. Together, Dogwood Elementary School, Houston Middle School, and Houston High School serve roughly 3,441 students, with the high school enrolling just over half of the total student population.
Dogwood Elementary School is the clear academic standout, ranked #16 in Tennessee in the 98th percentile with proficiency rates roughly double the state average in math, ELA, and science. Its 4th-grade scores are exceptional, with math at 95% proficient, ELA at 94.1%, and science at 92.1%. Houston Middle School is a rising star, improving to #16 statewide in the 97th percentile, and shines brightest in math acceleration: 91.8% of its students are proficient in Algebra I, compared to 29.4% statewide. This suggests a strong pipeline pushing students into advanced coursework early, though the middle school's 8th-grade ELA proficiency of 61.3% is a relative weak spot compared to its 6th- and 7th-grade results.
Houston High School posts a 97.3% graduation rate and a 1.2% dropout rate, both far better than state averages, but its state ranking has slipped from #28 to #73 over three years, dropping from the 93rd to the 82nd percentile. Its strongest subject is English II at 76.2% proficient, while Biology I proficiency lags at 34.8%. Chronic absenteeism at the middle and high schools is roughly 8%, well below the 18.3% state average. Overall, this ZIP code offers an exceptional K-12 pipeline, though Dogwood stands out as the top performer, Houston Middle excels in advanced math, and Houston High remains solid but is worth watching as its relative rank declines.
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