NCES CCD 2024-25 17 schools TN

Best-Resourced Schools in Greeneville, TN

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17 public K-12 schools in Greeneville from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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17
Schools
5,934
Students
47.4/100
Avg Resource Index
13.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Greeneville has more public-school enrollment than 63% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Greeneville sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

11 of Greeneville's 17 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 38-point gap between Tennessee Online Public School at Greeneville and South Greene High School shows the range hidden by Greeneville's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 37%
School count
Top 19%
Resource Index average
79th percentile
Teacher staffing
78th percentile

Greeneville school enrollment varies 58× across entities

Greeneville school enrollment ranges from 15 students (lowest) to 871 students (highest), a spread of 856 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Greeneville student-teacher ratio is 13.1:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Tennessee Online Public School at Greeneville 71
2. Greene Online Academy of Learning 62
3. North Greene Middle School 59
4. Highland Elementary 59
5. North Greene High School 54
6. South Greene Middle School 49
7. Greeneville High School 46
8. Eastview Elementary 45
9. The Children's Center - Holston U. M. Home for Children 44
10. Doak Elementary 43
11. Nolachuckey Elementary 43
12. Greeneville Middle School 41
13. Camp Creek Elementary 41
14. C Hal Henard Elementary 39
15. Tusculum View Elementary 38
16. Baileyton Elementary 38
17. South Greene High School 33

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Greeneville

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Highland Elementary 66.7/100
  2. 2 C Hal Henard Elementary 45.8/100
  3. 3 Greeneville High School 42.7/100
  4. 4 Greeneville Middle School 41.8/100
  5. 5 Tusculum View Elementary 41.8/100

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Which Greeneville school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Tennessee Online Public School at Greeneville has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Greeneville schools in this federal-data comparison at 71/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Greeneville, TN? ▼

Greeneville has 17 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,934 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.1:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.