Schools · Lakeland
Lakeland, TN schools
Kids attend Lakeland Elementary School through grade 4, then Lakeland Preparatory School.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
A+
Lakeland’s School Grade: A+
The public schools Lakeland’s kids attend outperform 99% 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 99%
Lower resultsHigher results
Tennessee towns with similar household incomes (61)Better than 98%
High confidence. Built on 1,210 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 Lakeland 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–11, Lakeland School System)60%
State average 26.9%
Districts
Two districts serve Lakeland
Lakeland School System DistrictGrades PK–11 · 2 schools · 2,538 students
$11,271 per studentTN $13,059A+Arlington Community Schools in Lakeland
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 2 schools in Lakeland
Level
Showing 1–2 of 2 schools
Lakeland Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–4 · 1,029 students
A+PublicLakeland Preparatory SchoolMiddle · Grades 5–11 · 1,509 students
APublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.