NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools TN

Best-Resourced Schools in Paris, TN

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

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

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Schools

2,869

Students

46.4/100

Avg Resource Index

15.1:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Paris has more public-school enrollment than 27% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Henry Co High School enrolls 35.4% of Paris's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

Secondary campuses occupy an unusually large share

2 of the 5 listed Paris schools are classified as high schools, a substantial share of the local portfolio. Advanced-course access, counseling, and graduation-stage staffing therefore have more weight in the city Resource Index average than they do in an elementary-heavy system.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 11-point gap between E. W. Grove School and W O Inman Middle School shows the range hidden by Paris'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 73%
School count: Top 99%
Resource Index average: 76th percentile
Teacher staffing: 53rd percentile

Henry Co High School accounts for 35.4% of all Paris public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Paris-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 Accessed 2026-08-26

Paris school enrollment varies 3.2× across entities

Paris school enrollment ranges from 314 students (lowest) to 1,017 students (highest), a spread of 703 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. 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 Accessed 2026-08-26

Paris student-teacher ratio is 15.1:1 — 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 Paris is typically wider than the Paris-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe Accessed 2026-08-26

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	E. W. Grove School	53	314	high	Henry County
2.	W G Rhea Elementary	48	537	Combined	Paris
3.	Henry Co High School	46	1,017	high	Henry County
4.	Paris Elementary	43	502	elementary	Paris
5.	W O Inman Middle School	42	499	middle	Paris

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Paris

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.

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Which Paris school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

E. W. Grove School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Paris schools in this federal-data comparison at 53/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Paris, TN? ▼

Paris has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,869 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.1:1.

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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.