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All School Districts in Tennessee

1M Students | 69K Teachers | 147 Districts | 1,818 Schools | 3 Districts Under Desegregation Order

BlackBlack

HispanicHispanic

AsianAsian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian

Native Am.Native American or Alaska Native

Two+ RacesTwo or More Races

District Name City Nonwhite Students Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch High School Graduation Rate Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Black students) Discipline (Black students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students) Segregation Index (Between Black and White students) Achievement Gap (Between Black and White students)
Shelby County School District Memphis 92% 82% 79% 2.9x 3.7x High

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Smith County School District Carthage 9% 57% 94%

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South Carroll Special School District Clarksburg 12% 63% Greater than 80%

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Stewart County School District Dover 7% 82% Greater than 95%

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3.2x

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Sullivan County School District Blountville 5% 56% 95%

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Medium

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Sumner County School District Gallatin 21% 36% 92% 1.7x 3.5x Medium 1.6 grades
Sweetwater City School District Sweetwater 18% 74%

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2.6x

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TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES District Nashville 79%

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Tenn Sch For Deaf District Knoxville 37% 97% Between 60% and 79%

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Tenn School For Blind District Nashville 33% 0% Greater than 50%

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Tipton County School District Covington 28% 60% 97% 3.1x 3.4x Medium 1.7 grades
Trenton Special School District Trenton 36% 65% Greater than 95%

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1.8x

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2.1 grades
Trousdale County School District Hartsville 18% 61% Greater than 95%

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Tullahoma City School District Tullahoma 20% 69% 93%

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2.4x Low 1.7 grades
Unicoi County School District Erwin 13% 67% Between 90% and 94%

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Union City School District Union City 52% 66% Between 90% and 94% 7.7x 3.6x

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2.5 grades
Union County School District Maynardville 6% 76% Between 85% and 89%

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High

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Van Buren County School District Spencer 0% 93% Greater than 90%

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Warren County School District McMinnville 23% 72% 94%

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2.5x Medium 1.2 grades
Washington County School District Jonesborough 7% 51% 90%

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3x Medium

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District Name City Nonwhite Students Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch High School Graduation Rate Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Hispanic students) Discipline (Hispanic students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students) Segregation Index (Between Hispanic and White students) Achievement Gap (Between Hispanic and White students)
Shelby County School District Memphis 92% 82% 79% 2.7x

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High

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Smith County School District Carthage 9% 57% 94%

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3.2x Medium

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South Carroll Special School District Clarksburg 12% 63% Greater than 80%

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Stewart County School District Dover 7% 82% Greater than 95%

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Sullivan County School District Blountville 5% 56% 95%

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No Hispanic students suspended

Medium

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Sumner County School District Gallatin 21% 36% 92% 1.4x 1.5x High 1.2 grades
Sweetwater City School District Sweetwater 18% 74%

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TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES District Nashville 79%

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Tenn Sch For Deaf District Knoxville 37% 97% Between 60% and 79%

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Tenn School For Blind District Nashville 33% 0% Greater than 50%

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Tipton County School District Covington 28% 60% 97%

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1.6x Low

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Trenton Special School District Trenton 36% 65% Greater than 95%

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Trousdale County School District Hartsville 18% 61% Greater than 95%

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6.1x

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Tullahoma City School District Tullahoma 20% 69% 93%

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No Hispanic students suspended

Low

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Unicoi County School District Erwin 13% 67% Between 90% and 94% 3.2x

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Low 0.9 grades
Union City School District Union City 52% 66% Between 90% and 94% 7.5x

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Union County School District Maynardville 6% 76% Between 85% and 89%

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Van Buren County School District Spencer 0% 93% Greater than 90%

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Warren County School District McMinnville 23% 72% 94% 2x

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Low 1 grades
Washington County School District Jonesborough 7% 51% 90%

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1.8x Medium 0.6 grades
District Name City Nonwhite Students Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch High School Graduation Rate Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students) Discipline (Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
Shelby County School District Memphis 92% 82% 79%

Less likely

Less likely

Smith County School District Carthage 9% 57% 94%

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South Carroll Special School District Clarksburg 12% 63% Greater than 80%

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Stewart County School District Dover 7% 82% Greater than 95%

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Sullivan County School District Blountville 5% 56% 95%

Less likely

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Sumner County School District Gallatin 21% 36% 92%

Less likely

Less likely

Sweetwater City School District Sweetwater 18% 74%

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TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES District Nashville 79%

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Tenn Sch For Deaf District Knoxville 37% 97% Between 60% and 79%

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Tenn School For Blind District Nashville 33% 0% Greater than 50%

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Tipton County School District Covington 28% 60% 97%

Less likely

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Trenton Special School District Trenton 36% 65% Greater than 95%

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Trousdale County School District Hartsville 18% 61% Greater than 95%

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Tullahoma City School District Tullahoma 20% 69% 93%

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Unicoi County School District Erwin 13% 67% Between 90% and 94%

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Union City School District Union City 52% 66% Between 90% and 94%

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7.4x
Union County School District Maynardville 6% 76% Between 85% and 89%

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Van Buren County School District Spencer 0% 93% Greater than 90%

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Warren County School District McMinnville 23% 72% 94%

Less likely

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Washington County School District Jonesborough 7% 51% 90%

Less likely

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District Name City Nonwhite Students Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch High School Graduation Rate Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Native American or Alaska Native students) Discipline (Native American or Alaska Native students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
Shelby County School District Memphis 92% 82% 79%

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2.2x
Smith County School District Carthage 9% 57% 94%

Not available

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South Carroll Special School District Clarksburg 12% 63% Greater than 80%

Not available

Not available

Stewart County School District Dover 7% 82% Greater than 95%

Not available

Not available

Sullivan County School District Blountville 5% 56% 95%

Less likely

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Sumner County School District Gallatin 21% 36% 92%

Not available

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Sweetwater City School District Sweetwater 18% 74%

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TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES District Nashville 79%

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Tenn Sch For Deaf District Knoxville 37% 97% Between 60% and 79%

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Tenn School For Blind District Nashville 33% 0% Greater than 50%

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Tipton County School District Covington 28% 60% 97%

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6.2x
Trenton Special School District Trenton 36% 65% Greater than 95%

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Trousdale County School District Hartsville 18% 61% Greater than 95%

Not available

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Tullahoma City School District Tullahoma 20% 69% 93%

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8.2x
Unicoi County School District Erwin 13% 67% Between 90% and 94%

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10.3x
Union City School District Union City 52% 66% Between 90% and 94%

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Union County School District Maynardville 6% 76% Between 85% and 89%

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4.7x
Van Buren County School District Spencer 0% 93% Greater than 90%

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Warren County School District McMinnville 23% 72% 94%

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Washington County School District Jonesborough 7% 51% 90%

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District Name City Nonwhite Students Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch High School Graduation Rate Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Two or More Races students) Discipline (Two or More Races students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
Shelby County School District Memphis 92% 82% 79% 1.5x 2.4x
Smith County School District Carthage 9% 57% 94%

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South Carroll Special School District Clarksburg 12% 63% Greater than 80%

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Stewart County School District Dover 7% 82% Greater than 95%

Not available

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Sullivan County School District Blountville 5% 56% 95%

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2.1x
Sumner County School District Gallatin 21% 36% 92%

Not available

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Sweetwater City School District Sweetwater 18% 74%

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TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES District Nashville 79%

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Tenn Sch For Deaf District Knoxville 37% 97% Between 60% and 79%

Not available

Not available

Tenn School For Blind District Nashville 33% 0% Greater than 50%

Not available

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Tipton County School District Covington 28% 60% 97%

Not available

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Trenton Special School District Trenton 36% 65% Greater than 95%

Not available

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Trousdale County School District Hartsville 18% 61% Greater than 95%

Not available

7.5x
Tullahoma City School District Tullahoma 20% 69% 93%

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Unicoi County School District Erwin 13% 67% Between 90% and 94%

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13.7x
Union City School District Union City 52% 66% Between 90% and 94%

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Union County School District Maynardville 6% 76% Between 85% and 89%

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Van Buren County School District Spencer 0% 93% Greater than 90%

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Warren County School District McMinnville 23% 72% 94%

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1.8x
Washington County School District Jonesborough 7% 51% 90%

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2.8x
Sources & Notes

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, Stanford University's Center for Education Policy Analysis, EDFacts, U.S. Department of Education’s Common Core of Data. Maps courtesy of Mapbox Community. Read our methodology

Notes: The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights occasionally updates the underlying dataset. ProPublica may update the interactive’s data in response.

Disparity scores are not available if there are too few students in a specific racial group to make a statistically significant calculation. They are also not available if data about a particular racial group was not reported. Some schools or districts reported an overcount of students in a disparity category (such as suspensions or AP courses) when compared with the total enrollment of that particular student group. In such cases, we also omit the disparity score.

Due to rounding, demographic breakdowns in composition charts may add up to more than 100 percent.

The racial categories we show data for are: Black, Hispanic, White, Asian/Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian, Two or More Races, and Native American or Alaska Native. In some cases, we abbreviate the last three of these racial groups to Asian, Two+ Races, and Native Am.

Due to a technical issue with the Office for Civil Rights’ collection of data on sworn law enforcement officers in schools, the data for security staff may be an undercount.

As with any self-reported data, there may be errors in the federal Civil Rights Data Collection. Though districts are required to ensure the accuracy of their data, some may still report incorrect figures. Additionally, for some variables, the CRDC rounds the number of students for privacy reasons. In these cases, groups of students may represent a slight undercount or overcount.

Find errors? Have tips? Email [email protected].

Data specific to high school testing or high school level courses (including geometry, biology, calculus, AP enrollment, SAT testing rates, etc.) is calculated out of total high school enrollment, while data for other classes (such as eighth-grade algebra) is calculated out of total student enrollment. Read more about our data in our methodology

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