Best Public Schools in Ridgetop, TN

Summary:

Ridgetop, Tennessee is home to a single elementary school, Watauga Elementary, which serves grades K-5 with a total enrollment of 341 students. While Watauga Elementary is the only school in the city, its performance can be compared to the broader Robertson County district and the state of Tennessee.

Academically, Watauga Elementary's proficiency rates on TNReady assessments in Mathematics, English Language Arts, and Science generally lag behind the Robertson County and Tennessee state averages, with proficiency ranging from 17.9% to 52.5% across different grade levels and subject areas. The school's statewide ranking has fluctuated between 440 out of 1,000 schools in 2021-2022 and 608 out of 1,020 schools in 2022-2023, and its SchoolDigger rating has ranged from 2 to 3 stars out of 5 over the past few years.

Watauga Elementary has a predominantly white student population, with 80.94% of students identifying as white, and relatively small percentages of African American (2.93%) and Hispanic (6.74%) students. The school's per-student spending for the 2020-2021 school year was $11,373, and it has a student-teacher ratio of 14.8 for the 2022-2023 school year, suggesting a relatively low student-to-teacher ratio that could be a positive factor in supporting student learning.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				TNReady Mathematics (2024)				TNReady English Language Arts (2024)				TNReady Science (2024)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	TNReady Mathematics 3rd Grade	TNReady Mathematics 4th Grade	TNReady Mathematics 5th Grade	TNReady Mathematics All Grades	TNReady English Language Arts 3rd Grade	TNReady English Language Arts 4th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts 5th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts All Grades	TNReady Science 3rd Grade	TNReady Science 4th Grade	TNReady Science 5th Grade	TNReady Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Watauga Elementary	Public	K-5	1755 Lake RD	Ridgetop	37152	Robertson County	Robertson County	No	No	No	No	(615) 859-5252	351	26	13.6		264 (75.2%)	19 (5.4%)	33 (9.4%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (9.4%)	49.3	478^th of 1018 public elementary schools	53.0%		40.5	608^th of 1020 public elementary schools	40.4%	130	33.9	38.3	51.8	41.1	40.7	52.5	17.9	37.4	39.0	51.7	39.3	43.4	$12,892	$909	$11,265

Cities Near Ridgetop

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Greenbrier	2.21 mi	3	204^th
Goodlettsville	3.9 mi	5	255^th
White House	5.28 mi	8	166^th
Springfield	7.54 mi	12	309^th
Joelton	8.03 mi	1	164^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Tennessee Department of Education.

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