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Pigeon Forge, TN schools

Kids attend Pigeon Forge Primary through grade 3, then Pigeon Forge Junior High School and Pigeon Forge High School.

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

B-School Grade #140Best schools in TN (of 169)#120Highest graduation rate in TN (of 163)

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Pigeon Forge’s School Grade: B-

The public schools Pigeon Forge’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 52% of Tennessee’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

BTest scoresC-Graduation

Tennessee school districts we grade (143)Better than 48%

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Tennessee towns with similar household incomes (235)Better than 57%

High confidence. Built on 7,468 tested students and a graduating class of 990; 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.