Copper Basin High School

Public high school, grades 7 to 12 · Copperhill, Tennessee

Copper Basin High School in Copperhill, Tennessee enrolled 231 students in 2024-25. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 40-49% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 27% proficient in math in 2022-23 (Tennessee: 35% and 34.3%). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 90% or more (Tennessee: 87.3%).

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method

Enrollment fell 8% from 2022-23 to 2023-24; full-time teachers held steady

265 students in 2022-23, 244 students in 2023-24. Full-time teachers went from 26.6 to 26.3.

Students enrolled at Copper Basin High School by school year2022-23: 265, 2023-24: 24401002003002022-232652023-24244
Students enrolled at Copper Basin High School by school year2022-23: 265, 2023-24: 24401002003002022-232652023-24244
Students enrolled at Copper Basin High School by school year2022-23: 265, 2023-24: 24401002003002022-232652023-24244
Students enrolled at Copper Basin High School by school year2022-23: 265, 2023-24: 24401002003002022-232652023-24244
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2326526.610.0
2023-2424426.39.3

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

One counselor per 187 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Copper Basin High School enrolled 281 students and had 1.5 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 1 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement coursesNone
  • Gifted and talented programNo
  • Counselors (FTE)1.5, one per 187 of the 281 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions1
  • Chronically absent21.9% (2022-23)

Who attends

95.2% of students were White, 2.2% of two or more races, 1.7% Black in 2024-25.

  1. White95.2%
  2. Two or more races2.2%
  3. Black1.7%
  4. Hispanic0.4%
  5. American Indian0.4%

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, 2021-22 and 2022-23

The students tested at Copper Basin High School scored proficient or above: 40-49% in reading in 2021-22 and 27% in math in 2022-23, against 35% in reading in 2021-22 and 34.3% in math in 2022-23 across Tennessee. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Tennessee, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22 and 2022-23
Subject and yearThis schoolIts districtTennessee
Reading and language arts, 2021-2240‑49%36‑40%35%
Math, 2022-2327%36‑40% (2021-22)34.3%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); 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

90% or more of the 45 students in Copper Basin High School'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 rate90% or more85‑89%87.3%
Students in the class4516071,510

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 Copper Basin High School

  1. Polk County High SchoolThe nearest public high school, 18 miles away: 400 students, 14.5 per teacher (2024-25).18 mi
  2. Tellico Plains High SchoolThe next nearest public high school, 24 miles away: 435 students, 17.5 per teacher (2024-25).24 mi
  3. Compare Copper Basin High School with Polk County High SchoolStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Polk Schools spends per student$12,066 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$12,066
  5. The largest public schools in TennesseeCopper Basin High School is the number 323 by size of 384 Tennessee high schools open in 2024-25.#323 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 Copper Basin High School

  1. How many students attend Copper Basin High School?
    231 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 265 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Copperhill, TN.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Copper Basin High School?
    10.0 students per full-time teacher (2022-23). A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is Copper Basin High School a Title I school?
    Copper Basin High School ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.
  4. How do students at Copper Basin High School do on state tests?
    The students tested at Copper Basin High School scored proficient or above: 40-49% in reading in 2021-22 and 27% in math in 2022-23, against 35% in reading in 2021-22 and 34.3% in math in 2022-23 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, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.
  5. What is the graduation rate at Copper Basin High School?
    90% or more of the 45 students in Copper Basin High School'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 Copper Basin High School in?
    Polk Schools, NCES district ID 4703450. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 470345001440 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, 2021-22 and 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

District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.

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