Summary:
The 38456 zip code is home to a single public elementary school, Ethridge Elementary, which serves grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 498 students. Ethridge Elementary is part of the Lawrence County school district, which is ranked 62 out of 139 districts in Tennessee and has a 3-out-of-5-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Ethridge Elementary has consistently outperformed the Lawrence County and Tennessee state averages in mathematics, English Language Arts (ELA), and science proficiency rates over the past two school years. In 2023-2024, the school's overall mathematics proficiency rate was 42.2%, compared to 41.7% for Lawrence County and 39.7% for the state. Similarly, Ethridge's ELA proficiency rate was 43.2%, higher than the 38.1% for Lawrence County and 37.6% for the state. The school's science proficiency rate of 51.2% also exceeded the 45.4% for Lawrence County and 44% for the state.
While Ethridge Elementary has maintained a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past three school years, its statewide ranking has fluctuated, ranging from 352 out of 1,020 Tennessee elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 383 out of 1,008 in 2023-2024. The school's student population is predominantly white, with only small percentages of African American and Hispanic students. Ethridge Elementary's per-student spending of $10,429 in the 2020-2021 school year is higher than the national average, and the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 15.4 to 1, which may contribute to its strong academic performance.
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