Carter County School District

139 Keenburg Rd
Elizabethton, TN 37643
(District boundaries shown in map)
4/
10
Bottom 50%
For the 2026 school year, there are 7 public middle schools serving 2,395 students in Carter County School District. This district's average middle testing ranking is 4/10, which is in the bottom 50% of public middle schools in Tennessee.
Public Middle Schools in Carter County School District have an average math proficiency score of 28% (versus the Tennessee public middle school average of 36%), and reading proficiency score of 31% (versus the 34% statewide average).
Minority enrollment is 8% of the student body (majority Hispanic), which is less than the Tennessee public middle school average of 40% (majority Black).

Overview

This School District
This State (TN)
# Schools
14 Schools
671 Schools
# Students
4,450 Students
314,306 Students
# Teachers
n/a
5 Teachers
Student-Teacher Ratio
n/a
n/a

Student By Grade

District Rank

Carter County School District, which is ranked within the bottom 50% of all 147 school districts in Tennessee (based off of combined math and reading proficiency testing data) for the 2022-2023 school year.
The school district's graduation rate of 75% has decreased from 91% over five school years.
This School District
State Average (TN)
#98 out of 147 school districts
(Bottom 50%)
27%
34%
33%
37%
35%
40%
75%
90%

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