Summary:
Zip code 38450 serves the rural community of Collinwood, Tennessee, with three public schools—Collinwood Elementary School (PK–4), Collinwood Middle School (5–8), and Collinwood High School (9–12)—totaling 810 students and all belonging to Wayne County Schools, a district currently ranked 111th out of 141 in Tennessee.
Among the three, Collinwood Elementary is the clear academic standout. It is the only school in the zip code with a 3-star rating, and its state percentile jumped from 31st to 52nd in two years. It outperforms its district in every tested subject, especially ELA at 51.8% proficiency versus 29.9% district-wide, and it showed strong gains of roughly 8 to 9 points in math, ELA, and science over the past year. Collinwood High School earns high marks for graduation, posting a 96.2% rate well above the state’s 90.5%, and its English II proficiency of 60.8% tops both the district and state averages. Collinwood Middle School has the best attendance record in the area, with an 11.7% chronic absenteeism rate below the district’s 13.4% and the state’s 18.3%, and it performs relatively well in social studies at 45.1%.
The bigger concerns are in math, science, and upper middle school grades. Collinwood High School’s Algebra I proficiency is just 15.1% versus the state’s 32.3%, and Geometry and Algebra II are also far below state levels. Science proficiency drops sharply across the pipeline, from 45.6% at the elementary level to 36.5% in middle school and 26.5% in high school Biology I. At Collinwood Middle School, 8th grade scores in math, ELA, and social studies are noticeably weaker than 5th grade scores, pointing to a possible upper-grade transition challenge. Still, all three schools keep chronic absenteeism below the state rate, and the elementary school’s rapid improvement suggests that targeted attention in middle and high school math and science could lift the entire community.
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