Summary:
The 38456 zip code is home to a single standout public elementary school, Ethridge Elementary, which serves grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 500 students. Ethridge Elementary is part of the Lawrence County School District, which is ranked 53 out of 139 districts in Tennessee and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Ethridge Elementary has shown consistent improvement in its statewide ranking, moving from 352nd out of 1,020 Tennessee elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 216th out of 1,009 in 2024-2025, with a corresponding increase in its SchoolDigger rating from 3 to 4 stars. The school outperforms the Lawrence County and Tennessee averages in most subject areas and grade levels, with particularly strong performance in Mathematics and Science. In 2024-2025, the school's proficiency rates in Mathematics ranged from 41.5% to 63.8% across grade levels, compared to 36.2% to 52.7% for the state, and in Science, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 31.6% to 64.2%, compared to 42.6% to 51.2% for the state.
However, the school's higher-than-average chronic absenteeism rate of 18.9% in 2023-2024 is a potential area of concern that the school and district may need to address. The school's above-average per-student spending of $12,299 in 2023-2024 and lower student-teacher ratio of 14.2 suggest that it is well-resourced and able to provide a more personalized learning environment for its students.
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