Schools · Alcoa

Alcoa, TN schools

Kids attend Alcoa Elementary through grade 2, then Alcoa Intermediate School, Alcoa Middle School and Alcoa High School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

A-School Grade #41Best schools in TN (of 169)#2Highest graduation rate in TN (of 163)

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Alcoa’s School Grade: A-

The public schools Alcoa’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 80% of Tennessee’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

A-Test scoresA-Graduation

Tennessee school districts we grade (143)Better than 80%

Lower resultsHigher results

Tennessee towns with similar household incomes (230)Better than 86%

High confidence. Built on 1,062 tested students and a graduating class of 160; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Tennessee’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Tennessee only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Tennessee with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Alcoa kids go to school

Grades PK–2

Alcoa Elementary 581 students · Alcoa Alcoa City School District

Grades 3–5

A-Alcoa Intermediate School 476 students · Alcoa Alcoa City School District

Grades 6–8

B+Alcoa Middle School 526 students · Alcoa Alcoa City School District

Grades 9–12

A-Alcoa High School 687 students · Alcoa Alcoa City School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

State test results

Math (grades PK–12, Alcoa City)35%

State average 26.9%

Graduation · class of 2020

97% graduate on time

Graduation rate

97%

TN: 90.3%

Graduating class

160

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #2 of 163 TN towns →

Districts

The district serving Alcoa

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Alcoa City School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 2,270 students

$14,433 per studentTN $13,059A-

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Alcoa

There’s no college in Alcoa, but 5 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Maryville College in Maryville, 4.5 miles away.

Maryville CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Maryville4.5 mi1,147 students The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleUniversity or college · Public · Knoxville9.7 mi33,547 students South CollegeUniversity or college · For-profit · Knoxville9.8 mi4,052 students

Pellissippi State Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Knoxville14.4 mi6,641 students

Johnson UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Knoxville14.8 mi681 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Alcoa. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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