This week the Tennessee Department of Education released its yearly report card which reflects how state schools are performing in different categories in 2018.

Those categories include:

Academic Achievement  — “The academic achievement indicator measures the percentage of students performing on grade level on state assessments as well as the improvement in this percentage from one year to the next. A student is considered on grade level if he or she scores on track or mastered on state exams, known as TNReady or TCAP. The success of all students and the success of students in specific student groups count toward this indicator. Indicator scores range from 0-4, with 4 being the highest.”

Student Growth — “The student academic growth indicator measures individual student growth using the value-added model known as the Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System (TVAAS). All schools and districts receive an overall student growth level equal to their TVAAS composite level, which ranges from Level 1 to Level 5 with Level 5 being the highest performing and Level 1 being the lowest performing. “

Chronically Out of School  — “The chronically out of school indicator measures school, district, and state chronic absenteeism. A student is considered chronically out of school if he or she misses 10 percent or more of school days for any reason. A high score means a low chronic-absentee rate.”

Ready to Graduate — “The Ready Graduate indicator measures student readiness for postsecondary and career. For 2017-18, a ready graduate is a student who graduated on time in 2017 (within four years and a summer) and earned a composite ACT score of a 21 or higher, or the equivalent score on the SAT.”

Graduation Rate — “The graduation rate indicator measures the percentage of students who graduate on time with a regular diploma. Graduating on time is defined as graduating within four years and a summer. For 2017-18, the indicator references students who graduated in 2017.”

Cloudland High School

According to the TNDOE, Cloudland High has 301 students with 27 classroom teachers. Cloudland’s principal is Lisa Benfield.

In the Academic Achievement category, Cloudland scored a 1 out of 4. The school had a success rate of 31.1 percent which was a .5 percent increase from 2017. In mathematics, Cloudland had a success rate of 20.9 percent (3.3 percent increase from 2017). In English Language Arts, Cloudland had a success rate of 24.3 percent (1.2 decrease from 2017) while having a success rate of 53.9 percent in Science (2.1 percent decrease from 2017).

Cloudland had an overall student growth score of 1.8 out of 4. A graduation rate of 89.5 percent which is a 3.1 percent decrease from 2016 gave Cloudland a 2 out of 4 in the Graduation Rate category.

Cloudland got a 4 out of 4 in the Chronically Out of School score. Cloudland had a chronic-absentee rate of 35.8 percent (7.9 percent decrease from 2017).

Finally, Cloudland received a 3 out of 4 in the Ready Graduate category.

Hampton High School

Hampton High School currently has 401 students enrolled while having 30 classroom teachers. Jeff Bradley is the school’s principal.

In Academic Achievement, Hampton High School had a 1.4 out of 4 which is in relation to a success rate of 24.6 percent (.7 percent increase from 2017).

In mathematics, Hampton had a success rate of 15.7 percent (1.3 increase from 2017), while having a success rate of 24.1 percent (.3 percent decrease from 2017) in English Language Arts. In Science, Hampton’s success rate was 36.2 percent (1.5 percent decrease from 2017).

Hampton had a perfect 4 out of 4 in Student Growth.

Hampton has a chronically absentee rate of 51 percent (1.8 percent decrease from 2017) which gives the school a 2.4 out of 4 in that category.

In Ready Graduate, Hampton scored a 3 out of 4. With a graduation rate of 92.8 percent (1.5 percent increase from 2016), Hampton got a 4 out of 4 in that group.

Happy Valley High School

Happy Valley has 533 students enrolled with 34 classroom teachers. Bernie Young is the school principal.

With an overall success rate of 22.3 percent (2 percent decrease from 2017), Happy Valley got a 1 out of 4 in Academic Achievement.

In mathematics, Hampton had a 14.7 percent success rate (1.8 percent increase from 2017). In the subject of English Language Arts, Hampton had a 19.3 percent success rate (4.7 percent decrease from 2017) while having a 40.4 percent success rate in Science (4.6 percent decrease from 2017.)

Happy Valley had a 0 out of 4 in Student Growth.

The school scored a 1.8 out of 4 in the Chronically Out of School group with a chronically-absentee rate of 44.9 percent (2.6 percent decrease from 2017).

In the Ready Graduate category, Happy Valley had a 3.4 out of 4 while scoring 3.2 out of 4 in Graduation Rate. The school has a 90.7 percent graduation rate (4 percent increase from 2016.)

Unaka High School

Unaka has 316 students enrolled with 24 classroom teachers. The school’s principal is Betsy Oliver.

The school has a 1.4 out of 4 in academic achievement which reflects a 27.3 percent success rate (2.1 percent decrease from 2017).

In mathematics, Unaka had a 16.8 percent success rate (4.9 increase from 2017). In English Language Arts, the school had a 23.2 percent success rate (11 percent decrease from 2017). In science, Unaka had a success rate of 58.4 percent (2.4 percent decrease from 2017).

The school scored a 3.6 out of 4 in Student Growth while having a 4 out of 4 in the Chronically Out of School category. This reflects an chronic-absentee rate of 26.2 percent (27.7 percent decrease from 2017).

Unaka has a Ready Graduate score of 3 out of 4 while having a Graduation Rate score of 3.2 out of 4. Unaka has a graduation rate of 89 percent (1.9 percent increase from 2016).