Grassy Fork Elementary

Summary:

Grassy Fork Elementary is a public K-8 school in Hartford, Tennessee, serving 127 students and part of the Cocke County School District. This high-performing school consistently outperforms the district and state averages in academic proficiency, with particularly strong results in 7th and 8th grade Mathematics.

Grassy Fork Elementary has a history of strong statewide rankings, reaching as high as 35th out of 855 Tennessee elementary schools in 2014-2015. In the most recent year, the school ranked 325th out of 1,008 Tennessee elementary schools, with a 3-star rating. The school's success extends to supporting its low socioeconomic status students, who ranked 35th out of 858 Tennessee elementary schools in 2021-2022, earning a 5-star rating. This suggests Grassy Fork Elementary has effective strategies to ensure equitable educational opportunities.

Compared to other schools in the Cocke County district, such as Edgemont Elementary, Northwest Elementary, and Parrottsville Elementary, Grassy Fork Elementary maintains a significant academic performance advantage. While Newport Grammar School stands out as a high-performing outlier in the region, Grassy Fork Elementary's overall excellence is a testament to the dedication of its educators and the support of the local community.


Detail:

Public K-8

 4120 Big Creek RD
       Hartford, TN  37753


(423) 487-5835

District: Cocke County

SchoolDigger Rank:
326th of 1,018 Tennessee Elementary Schools


Students who attend Grassy Fork Elementary usually attend:

High:    Cocke County Adult High School
    Cosby High School

Student/teacher ratio:  10.8 Help
Number of students:  127

Racial breakdown:

White:
96.1%
Two or more races:
3.1%
Hispanic:
0.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients:  76.7% Help


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Compare Details Grassy Fork Elementary ranks better than 68% of elementary schools in Tennessee. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 61.65. (See more...)
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Compare Details Grassy Fork Elementary ranks better than 85.7% of middle schools in Tennessee. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 79.28. (See more...)
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Grassy Fork Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Grassy Fork Elementary 326th of 1018 Tennessee public elementary schools. (See Grassy Fork Elementary in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Grassy Fork Elementary 84th of 587 Tennessee public middle schools. (See Grassy Fork Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Cocke County:

SchoolDigger ranks Cocke County 79th of 140 Tennessee school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Grassy Fork Elementary

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Grassy Fork Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2010 82.67 122nd 809 84.9%
2012 83.74 118th 820 85.6%
2013 84.77 84th 846 90.1%
2014 76.37 135th 853 84.2%
2015 92.06 35th 855 95.9%
2018 85.08 110th 997 89.0%
2019 78.68 161st 985 83.7%
2021 58.02 328th 983 66.6%
2022 69.93 236th 1000 76.4%
2023 56.29 387th 1020 62.1%
2024 61.65 326th 1018 68.0%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Grassy Fork Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 87.34 35th 858 95.9%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Grassy Fork Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 75.06 186th 990 81.2%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Grassy Fork Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 53.48 388th 980 60.4%
2023 29.97 707th 987 28.4%
2024 57.05 366th 991 63.1%
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Rank History for elementary school White students at Grassy Fork Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.50 131st 841 84.4%
2019 70.80 183rd 812 77.5%
2021 48.48 381st 844 54.9%
2022 59.94 268th 844 68.2%
2023 40.41 503rd 852 41.0%
2024 51.99 351st 847 58.6%
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Data source: test scores: Tennessee Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Grassy Fork Elementary

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Rank History for all middle school students at Grassy Fork Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2010 49.81 216th 435 50.3%
2011 40.78 299th 462 35.3%
2012 81.86 69th 466 85.2%
2013 80.21 57th 475 88.0%
2014 89.29 17th 485 96.5%
2015 94.27 4th 492 99.2%
2017 83.21 23rd 362 93.6%
2018 90.24 26th 563 95.4%
2019 93.70 24th 574 95.8%
2021 85.81 45th 576 92.2%
2022 91.73 34th 569 94.0%
2023 92.63 29th 594 95.1%
2024 79.28 84th 587 85.7%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Grassy Fork Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 99.13 4th 538 99.3%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Grassy Fork Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 96.21 12th 523 97.7%
2024 57.05 206th 560 63.2%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Grassy Fork Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 87.62 38th 481 92.1%
2019 89.30 38th 484 92.1%
2021 83.46 55th 496 88.9%
2022 88.42 41st 500 91.8%
2023 82.36 69th 503 86.3%
2024 68.20 121st 504 76.0%
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Data source: test scores: Tennessee Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Grassy Fork Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 81 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 81
1989 80 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 80
1990 84 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 84
1991 104 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 104
1992 106 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 106
1993 111 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 111
1994 103 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 103
1995 84 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 84
1996 84 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 84
1997 80 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 2 82
1998 98 2 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 101
1999 86 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 86
2000 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 148 148
2001 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 100 100
2002 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 101 101
2003 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 101 101
2004 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 116 116
2005 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 119 119
2006 114 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 114
2007 122 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 122
2008 107 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 107
2009 117 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 117
2010 124 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 124
2011 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 105
2012 111 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 113
2013 116 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 117
2014 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 96
2015 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 90
2016 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 86
2017 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 87
2018 107 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 110
2019 119 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 123
2020 126 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 130
2021 121 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 127
2022 121 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 126
2023 122 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 127

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Grassy Fork Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 81 4.0 20.2 n/a
1989 80 3.0 26.6 n/a
1990 84 3.0 28.0 n/a
1991 104 5.0 20.8 n/a
1992 106 5.0 21.2 n/a
1993 111 8.0 13.9 n/a
1994 103 8.0 12.9 n/a
1995 84 7.0 12.0 n/a
1996 84 7.0 12.0 n/a
1997 82 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 101 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 86 n/a 0.0 n/a
2000 148 n/a 0.0 n/a
2001 100 n/a 0.0 n/a
2002 101 n/a n/a n/a
2003 101 n/a n/a n/a
2004 116 n/a n/a n/a
2005 119 n/a n/a n/a
2006 114 9.0 12.7 n/a
2007 122 8.0 15.3 76.2
2008 107 7.0 15.3 86.9
2009 117 8.0 14.6 74.4
2010 124 8.0 15.5 74.2
2011 105 8.0 13.1 88.6
2012 113 8.0 14.1 80.5
2013 117 8.5 13.7 82.1
2014 96 7.0 13.7 81.3
2015 90 7.0 12.8 76.7
2016 86 8.0 10.7 76.7
2017 87 8.0 10.8 n/a
2018 110 7.0 15.7 n/a
2019 123 9.2 13.3 n/a
2020 130 8.0 16.2 n/a
2021 127 11.2 11.2 n/a
2022 126 9.5 13.1 n/a
2023 127 11.7 10.8 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Grassy Fork Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 81 4.0 20.2 n/a
1989 80 3.0 26.6 n/a
1990 84 3.0 28.0 n/a
1991 104 5.0 20.8 n/a
1992 106 5.0 21.2 n/a
1993 111 8.0 13.9 n/a
1994 103 8.0 12.9 n/a
1995 84 7.0 12.0 n/a
1996 84 7.0 12.0 n/a
1997 82 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 101 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 86 n/a 0.0 n/a
2000 148 n/a 0.0 n/a
2001 100 n/a 0.0 n/a
2002 101 n/a n/a n/a
2003 101 n/a n/a n/a
2004 116 n/a n/a n/a
2005 119 n/a n/a n/a
2006 114 9.0 12.7 n/a
2007 122 8.0 15.3 76.2
2008 107 7.0 15.3 86.9
2009 117 8.0 14.6 74.4
2010 124 8.0 15.5 74.2
2011 105 8.0 13.1 88.6
2012 113 8.0 14.1 80.5
2013 117 8.5 13.7 82.1
2014 96 7.0 13.7 81.3
2015 90 7.0 12.8 76.7
2016 86 8.0 10.7 76.7
2017 87 8.0 10.8 n/a
2018 110 7.0 15.7 n/a
2019 123 9.2 13.3 n/a
2020 130 8.0 16.2 n/a
2021 127 11.2 11.2 n/a
2022 126 9.5 13.1 n/a
2023 127 11.7 10.8 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Grassy Fork Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $514 (5.2%) $8,263 (83.0%) $9,956
2020 $559 (5.4%) $8,630 (83.0%) $10,398
2021 $1,503 (13.3%) $8,603 (76.1%) $11,310
2022 $1,383 (11.6%) $9,266 (77.5%) $11,959
2023 $1,826 (13.6%) $10,120 (75.5%) $13,403

Data source: Tennessee Department of Education
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Impact of COVID-19 on Grassy Fork Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 161st of 985 Elementary schoolsRanks 387th of 1020 Elementary schools
 21.6%
Ranks 24th of 574 Middle schoolsRanks 29th of 594 Middle schools
 0.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
4th Grade Mathematics (Grassy Fork Elementary)4033.3
 6.7%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Cocke County)33.743.8
 10.1%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Tennessee)4643.6
 2.4%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Grassy Fork Elementary)5026.7
 23.3%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Cocke County)31.939.6
 7.7%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Tennessee)34.343.5
 9.2%
5th Grade Mathematics (Grassy Fork Elementary)46.238.9
 7.3%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Cocke County)34.528.7
 5.8%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Tennessee)46.241.3
 4.9%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Grassy Fork Elementary)76.922.2
 54.7%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Cocke County)2829.8
 1.8%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Tennessee)35.237
 1.8%
6th Grade Mathematics (Grassy Fork Elementary)57.164.3
 7.2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Cocke County)37.335
 2.3%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Tennessee)3933.8
 5.2%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Grassy Fork Elementary)42.957.1
 14.2%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Cocke County)25.135
 9.9%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Tennessee)33.435.9
 2.5%
6th Grade Social Studies (Grassy Fork Elementary)64.364.3
   6th Grade Social Studies (Cocke County)23.935.7
 11.8%
   6th Grade Social Studies (Tennessee)3843.4
 5.4%
7th Grade Mathematics (Grassy Fork Elementary)64.769.2
 4.5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Cocke County)32.338.6
 6.3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Tennessee)33.635
 1.4%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Grassy Fork Elementary)70.646.2
 24.4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Cocke County)33.230.5
 2.7%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Tennessee)35.436.1
 0.7%
7th Grade Social Studies (Grassy Fork Elementary)76.584.6
 8.1%
   7th Grade Social Studies (Cocke County)33.843.4
 9.6%
   7th Grade Social Studies (Tennessee)43.246.9
 3.7%
8th Grade Mathematics (Grassy Fork Elementary)72.764.3
 8.4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Cocke County)32.833.6
 0.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Tennessee)35.134
 1.1%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Grassy Fork Elementary)45.542.9
 2.6%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Cocke County)21.725.8
 4.1%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Tennessee)27.126.3
 0.8%
8th Grade Social Studies (Grassy Fork Elementary)81.878.6
 3.2%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Cocke County)32.436.1
 3.7%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Tennessee)41.541.6
 0.1%
All Grades Mathematics (Grassy Fork Elementary)60.351.1
 9.2%
   All Grades Mathematics (Cocke County)34.536.1
 1.6%
   All Grades Mathematics (Tennessee)40.838.1
 2.7%
All Grades English Language Arts (Grassy Fork Elementary)60.338.9
 21.4%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Cocke County)29.231.3
 2.1%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Tennessee)33.736.6
 2.9%
All Grades Social Studies (Grassy Fork Elementary)73.875.6
 1.8%
   All Grades Social Studies (Cocke County)29.938.6
 8.7%
   All Grades Social Studies (Tennessee)40.943.9
 3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students123127
 3.3%
African American20
 100%
American Indian00
Asian00
Hispanic01
Pacific Islander00
White119122
 2.5%
Two or More Races24
 100%


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Grassy Fork Elementary ranks 326th of 1018 Tennessee elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Grassy Fork Elementary usually go on to attend:

High : Cocke County Adult High School
High : Cosby High School

In the 2022-23 school year, 127 students attended Grassy Fork Elementary.

Students at Grassy Fork Elementary are 96% White, 3% Two or more races.


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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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