Summary:
Zip code 38347 is home to just one school: Jacks Creek Elementary School, a K–3 elementary school with 138 students serving the rural community of Jacks Creek within Chester County Schools in Tennessee. Because the zip code contains no middle or high schools, Jacks Creek represents the entire local educational landscape for this area. The school belongs to a highly regarded district, ranked 16th out of 141 districts in Tennessee (89th percentile) with a 4-star rating.
Jacks Creek's strongest subject is English Language Arts, with 54.1% of third-graders proficient — 13.5 points above the state average and 6.1 points above the district. In math, 51.4% were proficient, 8.4 points above the state but 3.3 points below the district. Science proficiency hit 51.4%, 4.5 points above the state but 1.8 points below the district. Since the school serves only kindergarten through third grade, all test scores reflect a single cohort of third-graders, making results highly sensitive to yearly changes in the student body. Chronic absenteeism is 18.0%, essentially matching the state average of 18.3% and slightly above the district's 17.8% — about 1 in 5 students is chronically absent.
The school has seen significant year-over-year swings: math proficiency plunged from 72.4% in 2024-2025 to 51.4% in 2025-2026, while ELA rose from 48.3% to 54.1%. This volatility, combined with small enrollment, likely stems from cohort differences rather than changes in instructional quality. State ranking has declined from 59th (94th percentile, 5 stars) in 2023-2024 to 244th (76th percentile, 4 stars) in 2025-2026, yet the school remains in the top quarter of Tennessee elementary schools. With per-student spending of $12,571, Jacks Creek remains a strong early-elementary option within a top-tier district, excelling in literacy while holding its own against strong district benchmarks in math and science.
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