Schools · Bluff

Bluff, TN schools

Kids attend Bluff City Elementary through grade 5, then one of 4 middle schools and West Ridge High School or Sullivan East High School.

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

C-School Grade

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Bluff’s School Grade: C-

The public schools Bluff’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 77% of Tennessee’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

C-Test scoresB-Graduation

Tennessee school districts we grade (143)Better than 23%

Lower resultsHigher results

Tennessee towns with similar household incomes (251)Better than 24%

High confidence. Built on 4,437 tested students and a graduating class of 716; 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 Bluff kids go to school

Grades PK–5

CBluff City Elementary 504 students · Bluff City Sullivan County School District

Grades 6–8

4 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Sullivan County School District

Grades 9–12

West Ridge High School or CSullivan East High School Depends on your address Sullivan County 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, Sullivan County)17%

State average 26.9%

Graduation · class of 2020

95% graduate on time

Graduation rate

95%

TN: 90.3%

Graduating class

716

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving Bluff

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Sullivan County School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 17 schools · 7,878 students

$12,103 per studentTN $13,059C-

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

Within reach

Colleges near Bluff

There’s no college in Bluff, but 5 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Northeast State Community College in Blountville, 7.5 miles away.

Northeast State Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Blountville7.5 mi4,656 students

King UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Bristol10.9 mi778 students Milligan UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Elizabethton11 mi1,148 students East Tennessee State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Johnson City12 mi10,770 students Virginia Highlands Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Abingdon22.6 mi1,583 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Bluff. 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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