Summary:
Schools in zip code 38468 serve the Leoma, Tennessee area and include exactly one school: Leoma Elementary School, a public PK-8 school in the Lawrence County Schools district with 538 students. Since this is the only school in the zip code, the data tells the complete story of education in this area.
Leoma Elementary School has shown steady improvement in its state ranking, rising from 574th (44th percentile) in 2023–2024 to 398th (61st percentile) in 2025–2026, and earning a 3-star rating for the past two years. The school's greatest strength is in the early grades, where students perform well above state averages in 3rd grade math (58.8% vs. 42.6% statewide), 4th grade math (70.4% vs. 49.4%), 3rd grade ELA (60.8% vs. 44.9%), and 4th grade science (63.0% vs. 50.1%). However, there is a dramatic proficiency cliff between 4th and 5th grade, with math proficiency dropping from 70.4% to 25.0% and ELA dropping from 51.9% to 22.9%. Middle-grade performance remains well below state averages in both subjects through 8th grade.
The school spends $12,296 per student, a substantial investment that is not clearly translating into middle-grade success. Chronic absenteeism stands at 18.8%, higher than the Lawrence County Schools district rate of 14.5% but nearly identical to the state average of 18.3%. On a positive note, the school made a remarkable 10.5-point gain in social studies proficiency in one year, rising from 33.5% to 44.0%. For parents, the key takeaway is that Leoma Elementary School excels in early elementary grades but struggles in grades 5–8, suggesting that families with students approaching middle school should pay close attention to the school's upper-grade support and intervention programs.
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