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Jackson, Tennessee - 1 schools
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District-Level NCES Analysis
West Tennessee School for the Deaf operates 1 public schools serving 28 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Tennessee. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Madison County.
a 36.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 39.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 60.6% White, 30.3% African American, 3.0% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
West Tennessee School for the Deaf accounts for 100.0% of all West Tennessee School for the Deaf student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of West Tennessee School for the Deaf a distant remainder — means West Tennessee School for the Deaf-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
West Tennessee School for the Deaf student-counselor ratio is 36:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
West Tennessee School for the Deaf chronic absenteeism rate is 39.4% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to West Tennessee School for the Deaf's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in West Tennessee School for the Deaf?
West Tennessee School for the Deaf has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 28 students.
What is the demographic composition of West Tennessee School for the Deaf?
West Tennessee School for the Deaf students are 60.6% White, 30.3% African American, 3.0% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.