Summary:
Zip code 38501 contains one high school, Cookeville High School, serving grades 9 through 12 in Cookeville, Tennessee, as part of Putnam County Schools.
Cookeville High School is a consistently 4-star school that generally outperforms its district and state averages. The graduation rate is 95.2%, well above Tennessee's 90.5%, and the dropout rate is just 2.3% compared to 6.7% statewide. However, chronic absenteeism is a significant concern, with 26.4% of students chronically absent versus 18.3% statewide. In academic proficiency, the school beats both the district and state in 5 of 6 subjects, including Biology I (62.5% proficient vs. 49.8% statewide), English II (67.3% vs. 58.1%), and Geometry (50.0% vs. 42.3%). The clear exception is Algebra I, where only 20.0% of students are proficient, compared to 32.3% statewide.
The school's advanced 10th-grade students perform exceptionally well, with 91.4% proficient in Algebra II and 88.5% proficient in Biology I, vastly exceeding state averages. Some upperclassmen test results are very low, likely reflecting retakes or remediation, such as 8.7% proficiency in 11th-grade English II. The school spends $11,130 per student, and its state ranking has ranged from 82nd to 113th over the past three years, placing it in the top quarter of Tennessee high schools. Overall, Cookeville High School is a strong performer with particular strengths in science and advanced math, but Algebra I proficiency and chronic absenteeism are areas that merit targeted attention.
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