Tennessee School District Data

District Profiles The following pages contain profiles of each of the 136 school districts in Tennessee. The data used to construct these profiles are from the 2007-2008 academic year, as this was the most recent data available at the time of publication. Each district profile provides the local statistic for each metric described below. For comparison, the profiles also include the state averages for each of these indicators. However, for the number of schools and number of students in the state, the state median is given rather than the state average, as large urban districts severely skew these averages. Descriptions of each metric are below. district Characteristics Schools: This is the number of schools operating in each district according to the Tennessee State Report Card. In the 2007-08 school year, Tennessee had 1,718 schools. The median district had 7 schools. Students: This is the number of students enrolled in each district according to the Tennessee State Report Card. In the 2007-08 school year, Tennessee had 929,543 students. The median district enrolled 3,334 students. Grades Served: This lists the grades served by each school district. Student Characteristics Demographic Breakdown: This is the percentage of white, African American, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American students in each district according to the Tennessee State Report Card. In the 2007-08 school year, Tennessee had 68.8 percent white students, 24.6 percent African American students, 4.8 percent Hispanic students, 1.6 percent Asian students, and 0.2 percent Native American students. Percent Limited English Proficiency: This is the percentage of students in each district labeled as having a limited English proficiency on the Tennessee State Report Card. In the 2007-08 school year, 3.2 percent of Tennessee’s students had limited English proficiency. Percent Economically Disadvantaged: This is the percentage of students in a district labeled as being on free or reduced price lunch on the Tennessee State Report Card. In the 2007-08 school year, 54.5 percent of Tennessee’s students were economically disadvantaged. a achievement TCAP Score: This is the average of math and reading third through eighth grade TCAP scores as reported on the Tennessee State Report Card. For the 2007-08 school year, Tennessee’s average TCAP score was 58. Courtesy of Teresa Suarez TVAAS Score: This is the average of math and reading third through eighth grade TVAAS scores as reported on the Tennessee State Report Card. For the 2007-08 school year, Tennessee’s average TVAAS score was 1.67. Governor Phil Bredesen helps kick-off the Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education at a press conference at Fall Hamilton Elementary School in Nashville. 54 The STaTe of educaTion in TenneSSee Growth Score: This is the growth a district’s 2008 eighth grade cohort experienced over the previous five years. This growth is calculated by taking how a district’s eighth grade students performed relative to students in the rest of the state in 2008 (as a percentile) and subtracting from it how a district’s third grade students performed relative to students in the rest of the state in 2003 (as a percentile). Separate growth scores were calculated for both math and reading and then averaged together to create a single growth score. By definition, Tennessee’s average growth