Camden, TN schools
Kids attend Camden Elementary through grade 2, then Briarwood School, Camden Jr High School or Benton County Academy and Camden Central High School or Benton County Academy.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
Camden’s School Grade: B+
The public schools Camden’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 72% of Tennessee’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
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.
Where Camden kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
State test results
97% graduate on time
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #2 of 163 TN towns →
The district serving Camden
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges near Camden
There’s no college in Camden, but 1 college is within 30 miles. The closest is Bethel University in McKenzie, 23.5 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Camden. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus.
All 6 schools in Camden
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.