NCES CCD 2024-25 18 schools TN

Best-Resourced Schools in Kingsport, TN

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

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18
Schools
9,939
Students
40.2/100
Avg Resource Index
13.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Kingsport has more public-school enrollment than 80% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Kingsport 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

12 of Kingsport's 18 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 25-point gap between Miller Perry Elementary and Andrew Jackson Elementary School shows the range hidden by Kingsport'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 20%
School count
Top 17%
Resource Index average
46th percentile
Teacher staffing
68th percentile

Dobyns - Bennett High School accounts for 23.3% of all Kingsport public-school enrollment

That concentration means Kingsport-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Kingsport school enrollment varies 15× across entities

Kingsport school enrollment ranges from 152 students (lowest) to 2,315 students (highest), a spread of 2,163 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. 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

Kingsport student-teacher ratio is 13.9:1 — 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. Miller Perry Elementary 48
2. Ketron Elementary School 46
3. Abraham Lincoln Elementary School 46
4. Indian Springs Elementary 46
5. Sullivan Gardens Elementary 45
6. Dobyns - Bennett High School 44
7. John F. Kennedy Elementary School 44
8. Thomas Jefferson Elementary School 43
9. Rock Springs Elementary 43
10. Ross N. Robinson Middle School 42
11. George Washington Elementary School 41
12. Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School 41
13. John Adams Elementary School 37
14. John Sevier Middle School 36
15. Andrew Johnson Elementary School 36
16. Sullivan Heights Middle School 31
17. Palmer Early Learning Center 31
18. Andrew Jackson Elementary School 23

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Kingsport

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 Andrew Jackson Elementary School 53.3/100
  2. 2 Palmer Early Learning Center 50.8/100
  3. 3 Abraham Lincoln Elementary School 48.7/100
  4. 4 John Sevier Middle School 45.6/100
  5. 5 Thomas Jefferson Elementary School 41.9/100

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Which Kingsport school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Miller Perry Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Kingsport schools in this federal-data comparison at 48/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Kingsport, TN? ▼

Kingsport has 18 public schools with a total enrollment of 9,939 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.9:1.

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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.