NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools TN

Best-Resourced Schools in Lenoir City, TN

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

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7
Schools
4,505
Students
41.9/100
Avg Resource Index
15.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Lenoir City has more public-school enrollment than 50% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Lenoir City 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

4 of Lenoir City's 7 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.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Lenoir City lists only 7 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 98 to 1,259 students, a 13-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 50%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
55th percentile
Teacher staffing
52nd percentile

Lenoir City High School accounts for 27.9% of all Lenoir City public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Lenoir City-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

Lenoir City school enrollment varies 13× across entities

Lenoir City school enrollment ranges from 98 students (lowest) to 1,259 students (highest), a spread of 1,161 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

Lenoir City student-teacher ratio is 15.2:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

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 Variation between sub-units within Lenoir City is typically wider than the Lenoir City-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. The Ilearn Institute at Lenoir City Schools 67
2. North Middle School 45
3. Highland Park Elementary 39
4. Lenoir City Intermediate/Middle School 38
5. Lenoir City Elementary 37
6. Eaton Elementary 35
7. Lenoir City High School 32

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Lenoir City

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 Lenoir City Elementary 54.9/100
  2. 2 Lenoir City Intermediate/Middle School 54.0/100
  3. 3 Lenoir City High School 49.9/100
  4. 4 Eaton Elementary 33.8/100
  5. 5 The Ilearn Institute at Lenoir City Schools 31.7/100

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Which Lenoir City school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

The Ilearn Institute at Lenoir City Schools has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Lenoir City schools in this federal-data comparison at 67/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Lenoir City, TN? ▼

Lenoir City has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,505 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.2:1.

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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.