Schools · Dandridge

Dandridge, TN schools

Kids attend Dandridge Elementary through grade 5, then Maury Middle School and Jefferson Co High School.

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

B-School Grade #96Best schools in TN (of 169)#22Highest graduation rate in TN (of 163)

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Dandridge’s School Grade: B-

The public schools Dandridge’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 51% of Tennessee’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

C+Test scoresB+Graduation

Tennessee school districts we grade (143)Better than 49%

Lower resultsHigher results

Tennessee towns with similar household incomes (233)Better than 61%

High confidence. Built on 3,527 tested students and a graduating class of 510; 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 Dandridge kids go to school

Grades PK–5

B+Dandridge Elementary 543 students · Dandridge Jefferson County School District

Grades 6–8

BMaury Middle School 582 students · Dandridge Jefferson County School District

Grades 9–12

C+Jefferson Co High School 1,965 students · Dandridge Jefferson 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, Jefferson County)25%

State average 26.9%

Graduation · class of 2020

96% graduate on time

Graduation rate

96%

TN: 90.3%

Graduating class

510

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #22 of 163 TN towns →

Districts

The district serving Dandridge

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Jefferson County School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 14 schools · 6,937 students

$11,030 per studentTN $13,059B-

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

Within reach

Colleges near Dandridge

There’s no college in Dandridge, but 4 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Carson-Newman University in Jefferson City, 7.3 miles away.

Carson-Newman UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Jefferson City7.3 mi1,900 students Walters State Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Morristown15.7 mi4,658 students

Johnson UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Knoxville19 mi681 students

The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleUniversity or college · Public · Knoxville28.2 mi33,547 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Dandridge. 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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