Schools · Athens
Athens, TN schools
Kids attend Athens City Primary through grade 2, then Athens City Intermediate and Athens City Middle School.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
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Athens’s School Grade: A
The public schools Athens’s kids attend outperform 85% of Tennessee’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
A-Test scores
Tennessee school districts we grade (143)Better than 85%
Lower resultsHigher results
Tennessee towns with similar household incomes (236)Better than 93%
High confidence. Built on 1,008 tested students; 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. 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.
- 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 Athens kids go to school
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–8, Athens City)38%
State average 26.9%
Districts
Two districts serve Athens
Athens City SchoolsGrades PK–8 · 3 schools · 1,748 students
$11,141 per studentTN $13,059AMcMinn County School District in Athens
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges
Athens is home to Tennessee Wesleyan University
More about Tennessee Wesleyan University →Every school
All 5 schools in Athens
Showing 1–5 of 5 schools
Athens City PrimaryElementary · Grades PK–2 · 657 students
PublicAthens City IntermediateElementary · Grades 3–5 · 572 students
PublicAthens City Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 519 students
B+PublicMcMinn High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,272 students
C+PublicChrist's Legacy AcademyOther · Grades K–12 · 114 students
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.