Middle school (grades 6-8) · Afton, TN

Chuckey Doak Middle School

Federal NCES profile for Chuckey Doak Middle School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 47/100.

2024-25 NCES dataMiddle school (grades 6-8)NCES 470147002062
0/100100/10047/100
👥 S:T ratio
48
🌟 Gifted program
70
🎓 Counselors
28
📋 Attendance
43
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Chuckey Doak Middle School earns 47/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 76% of Tennessee schools.

47
Resource Index · Typical
12.9:1
small classes for Tennessee
360
students enrolled

Chuckey Doak Middle School has class sizes smaller than 76% of Tennessee schools. Computed live against every Tennessee school reporting to NCES.

School address

Enrollment

360

Tennessee · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

28.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

12.9:1

vs 15.3:1 Tennessee avg

-16% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Chuckey Doak Middle School compares with Tennessee and U.S. medians

Smaller classes than state median

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Chuckey Doak Middle School

Chuckey Doak Middle School is a mid-sized middle school in Afton, Tennessee, enrolling 360 students.

Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 12.9:1 puts it in the smaller third of Tennessee schools by student-teacher ratio.

Enrollment of 360 puts it in the smaller third of Tennessee schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index lands in the upper third of 1,838 scored Tennessee schools.

Its student body is predominantly White (84% of enrollment) (diversity index 28/100).

Counselor availability sits well past the ASCA benchmark, roughly 360 students sharing each counselor, though short of the most stretched campuses.

Attendance runs somewhat below the norm, with 22.8% of students chronically absent per the 2021-22 civil-rights collection.

Its district draws 18.0% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Discipline events run high: 94 in- and out-of-school suspensions were reported for 360 students in the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection.

Greene County also operates Mosheim Elementary (711 students) and Doak Elementary (570 students) alongside Chuckey Doak Middle School.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Chuckey Doak Middle School compares

Chuckey Doak Middle School on the metrics families compare, against Tennessee and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Tennessee Tennessee avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 12.9:1 ▼ 16% 15.3:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 360 top 67% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

12.9:1
Leaner classes than 68% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
360
Bigger than 41% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
12.9:1
students per teacher - 16% below state mean
Top 24% in Tennessee - lower ratio than 76% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
22.8%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$10,137
per pupil, district-wide - below Tennessee avg of $10,822
Well below the U.S. average per-pupil spend, a notably leaner funding position that may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 360 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
40
in-school suspensions + 54 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 11.1 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 26.1 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 84.2%
Hispanic or Latino 11.7%
Two or More 3.1%
African American 0.6%
Asian 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native 0.3%

Largest group: White at 84.2% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 27.6/100

Simpson diversity index - at 27.6, Chuckey Doak Middle School is less mixed than the Tennessee school average of 38.3.

Programs

Gifted & talented Yes

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Greene County, which includes Chuckey Doak Middle School.

$10,137
Per student
-6%
vs Tennessee
Avg $10,822
-39%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 31.2%
State 50.8%
Federal 18.0%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Chuckey Doak Middle School Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Mosheim Elementary Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Doak Elementary Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Chuckey Doak High School Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
South Greene High School Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
West Greene High School Larger No free-lunch data Similar S:T ratio

Comparisons are relative to Chuckey Doak Middle School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Greene County · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar middle schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Tennessee, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Chuckey Doak Middle School's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Chuckey Doak Middle School

How many students attend Chuckey Doak Middle School?

Chuckey Doak Middle School has 360 students enrolled. It is a middle school in Afton, TN.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Chuckey Doak Middle School?

The student-teacher ratio at Chuckey Doak Middle School is 12.9:1, which is 16% lower than the Tennessee average of 15.3:1 and 18% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Chuckey Doak Middle School?

The largest demographic group at Chuckey Doak Middle School is White at 84.2% of enrollment, in Afton, TN.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Chuckey Doak Middle School?

Chuckey Doak Middle School has a Resource Investment Index of 47/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

Is Chuckey Doak Middle School a good school?

Chuckey Doak Middle School earns 47/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 76% of Tennessee schools. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Greene County?

Besides Chuckey Doak Middle School, Greene County also operates Mosheim Elementary (711 students), Doak Elementary (570 students), and Chuckey Doak High School (555 students). See the Greene County district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

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