High · Tennessee
Van Buren Co High School
Free meals for allVan Buren Co High School, a public high school in Spencer, Tennessee: grades 6–12, 384 students, — students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Van Buren County.
Size and class size
Compared with high 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
- 384
- Teachers (FTE)
- —
- Students per teacher
- —
- Grades
- 6–12
- High
The school reported no teacher count for this year.
Smaller than 71% of high schools in Tennessee
Median 611 · 396 schools compared
Smaller than 52% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 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%30%proficient
−2.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 61% of high schools in Tennessee
Median 25% · 56 high schools compared
171 students tested, grades 3–8 · TNReady; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Tennessee: 42%47%proficient
−7.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 75% of high schools in Tennessee
Median 33% · 55 high schools compared
171 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
- High · Grades 6–12
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Distant rural area
- Run by
- Van Buren County
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Van Buren County.
Location
- Address
- 337 Sparta Street, Spencer, TN 38585
- Phone
- (931)946-2442
- City or town
- Spencer
- County
- Van Buren County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
White County High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,014 | — |
Bledsoe County High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 457 | — |
Warren County High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,689 | — |
DeKalb County Schools Adult Education Virtual SchoolFully virtual | 9–12 | 784 | — |
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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