Alvin C. York Institute

Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · Jamestown, Tennessee

Alvin C. York Institute in Jamestown, Tennessee enrolled 493 students in 2024-25. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25). On the state tests, 17% of its students tested were proficient in math in 2022-23 (Tennessee: 34.3%). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 95% or more (Tennessee: 87.3%).

Enrollment fell 3% from 2022-23 to 2023-24; full-time teachers fell 4%

492 students in 2022-23, 477 students in 2023-24. Full-time teachers went from 36.5 to 35.0.

Students enrolled at Alvin C. York Institute by school year2022-23: 492, 2023-24: 47702004006002022-234922023-24477
Students enrolled at Alvin C. York Institute by school year2022-23: 492, 2023-24: 47702004006002022-234922023-24477
Students enrolled at Alvin C. York Institute by school year2022-23: 492, 2023-24: 47702004006002022-234922023-24477
Students enrolled at Alvin C. York Institute by school year2022-23: 492, 2023-24: 47702004006002022-234922023-24477
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2349236.513.5
2023-2447735.013.6

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24.

7 AP courses and one counselor per 246 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Alvin C. York Institute enrolled 491 students and had 2.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 12 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement courses7
  • Gifted and talented programNo
  • Counselors (FTE)2.0, one per 246 of the 491 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions12
  • Chronically absent22.8% (2022-23)

Who attends

95.3% of students were White, 1.6% Hispanic, 1.2% Black in 2024-25.

  1. White95.3%
  2. Hispanic1.6%
  3. Black1.2%
  4. Two or more races0.8%
  5. American Indian0.6%
  6. Asian0.4%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.

State test results, 2022-23

In 2022-23, the students tested at Alvin C. York Institute scored proficient or above: 17% in math, against 34.3% in math across Tennessee. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Tennessee, not across states. No whole-school reading result is shown: ED's files give none for this school for 2021-22 or 2022-23.

Students proficient or above, 2022-23
SubjectThis schoolIts districtTennessee
Math17%not published34.3%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express; for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

95% or more of the 107 students in Alvin C. York Institute's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.3% across Tennessee. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This schoolIts districtTennessee
Four-year graduation rate95% or more95% or more87.3%
Students in the class10710771,510

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

What to look at next about Alvin C. York Institute

  1. Fentress Co Adult High SchoolThe nearest public high school, 5.5 miles away: 4 students (2024-25).5.5 mi
  2. Pickett Co High SchoolThe next nearest public high school, 14 miles away: 190 students, 14.7 per teacher (2024-25).14 mi
  3. Compare Alvin C. York Institute with Fentress Co Adult High SchoolStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Alvin C York Institute spends per studentIts schools, enrollment and finance figures.
  5. The largest public schools in TennesseeAlvin C. York Institute is the number 235 by size of 384 Tennessee high schools open in 2024-25.#235 of 384
  6. Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.

Questions about Alvin C. York Institute

  1. How many students attend Alvin C. York Institute?
    493 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 492 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Jamestown, TN.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Alvin C. York Institute?
    13.5 students per full-time teacher (2022-23). A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is Alvin C. York Institute a Title I school?
    Alvin C. York Institute ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.
  4. How do students at Alvin C. York Institute do on state tests?
    In 2022-23, the students tested at Alvin C. York Institute scored proficient or above: 17% in math, against 34.3% in math across Tennessee. Tennessee's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.
  5. What is the graduation rate at Alvin C. York Institute?
    95% or more of the 107 students in Alvin C. York Institute's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.3% across Tennessee. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.
  6. What district is Alvin C. York Institute in?
    Alvin C York Institute, NCES district ID 4700144. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 470014402133 are the district's.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22