Summary:
Zip code 38563 is home to a single high school, Gordonsville High School, which serves grades 7 through 12 in Smith County Schools with an enrollment of 541 students.
As the only high school in the area, Gordonsville High School is automatically the standout institution for the zip code. It is a mid-to-upper-tier Tennessee high school, ranked 151st out of 400 schools (62nd percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026. The school shows clear academic strengths in science and social studies, outperforming the state by 14.6 points in Science and 12.1 points in Social Studies. Biology I proficiency (58.1%) also exceeds the state average by 8.3 points, and the school's chronic absenteeism rate (11.8%) is well below the state's 18.3%. Math proficiency is close to the state average, while English Language Arts trails by 4.8 points.
The school's most striking weakness is English I, where only 25.8% of students scored proficient in 2025–2026, compared to the state's 37.3% — a dramatic decline from 48.9% the previous year. Geometry and Algebra I also lag the state by notable margins. On a positive note, Algebra II climbed 10.1 points year-over-year and Geometry improved by 9.0 points. The state ranking has slipped from the 72nd percentile (4 stars) in 2023–2024 to the 62nd percentile this year. Still, Gordonsville High School boasts an excellent 97% graduation rate, well above the 90.5% state average, and a low 1.3% dropout rate. Because this school serves both middle and high school students, its combined test scores include strong 8th-grade results in science, math, and social studies. Parents should view GHS as a solid choice with exceptional outcomes for graduating seniors, strong science and social studies programs, but with room for improvement in foundational courses like English I and Geometry.
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