Middle · Tennessee
Decatur County Middle School
Decatur County Middle School, a public middle school in Parsons, Tennessee: grades 5–8, 424 students, — students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Decatur County.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 424
- Teachers (FTE)
- —
- Students per teacher
- —
- Grades
- 5–8
- Middle
The school reported no teacher count for this year.
Smaller than 61% of middle schools in Tennessee
Median 502 · 345 schools compared
Smaller than 61% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Tennessee's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Tennessee: 39%33%proficient
Unchanged from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 57% of middle schools in Tennessee
Median 31% · 342 middle schools compared
410 students tested, grades 3–8 · TNReady; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Tennessee: 42%52%proficient
+2.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 80% of middle schools in Tennessee
Median 35% · 343 middle schools compared
409 students tested, grades 3–8 · TNReady; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 5–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Remote rural area
- Run by
- Decatur County
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Decatur County.
Location
- Address
- 2740 Hwy 641 South, Parsons, TN 38363
- Phone
- (731)847-6510
- County
- Decatur County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6–8 | 238 | — | 45% | 55% | |
Linden Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 5–8 | 217 | — | 35% | 35% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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