Elementary school (grades K-5) · Pioneer, TN

Elk Valley Elementary

Federal NCES profile for Elk Valley Elementary, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 50/100.

2024-25 NCES dataElementary school (grades K-5)NCES 470042000121
0/100100/10050/100
👥 S:T ratio
70
🌟 Gifted program
30
📋 Attendance
50
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Elk Valley Elementary earns 50/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 96% of Tennessee schools. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most Tennessee schools.

50
Resource Index · Higher
7.4:1
small classes for Tennessee
119
students enrolled

Elk Valley Elementary has class sizes smaller than 96% of Tennessee schools. Computed live against every Tennessee school reporting to NCES.

School address

Enrollment

119

Tennessee · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

16.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

7.4:1

vs 15.3:1 Tennessee avg

-52% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Elk Valley Elementary 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 Elk Valley Elementary

Elk Valley Elementary is a small elementary school in Pioneer, Tennessee, enrolling 119 students.

Classes run notably small here: at 7.4:1, Elk Valley Elementary is leaner than roughly 96% of Tennessee schools and 52% under the state's 15.3:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.

This is a small campus: fewer students than 93% of Tennessee schools, with 119 enrolled.

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

Its student body is predominantly White (97% of enrollment), among the less diverse in the state (diversity index 7/100).

Attendance runs somewhat below the norm, with 20.2% of students chronically absent per the 2021-22 civil-rights collection.

Its district draws 29.7% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Campbell County also operates Campbell County Comprehensive High School (1,134 students) and Caryville Elementary (634 students) alongside Elk Valley Elementary.

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 Elk Valley Elementary compares

Elk Valley Elementary on the metrics families compare, against Tennessee and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Tennessee Tennessee avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 7.4:1 ▼ 52% 15.3:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 119 top 93% - -

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

7.4:1
Leaner classes than 96% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
119
Bigger than 12% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
7.4:1
students per teacher - 52% below state mean
Top 4% in Tennessee - lower ratio than 96% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
20.2%
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
$10,175
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
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 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 96.6%
Two or More 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino 0.8%

Largest group: White at 96.6% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 6.6/100

Simpson diversity index - at 6.6, Elk Valley Elementary is less mixed than the Tennessee school average of 38.3.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Campbell County, which includes Elk Valley Elementary.

$10,175
Per student
-6%
vs Tennessee
Avg $10,822
-39%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 19.5%
State 50.8%
Federal 29.7%

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 Elk Valley Elementary Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Campbell County Comprehensive High School Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Caryville Elementary Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Jacksboro Elementary Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Jacksboro Middle School Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Lafollette Elementary School Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio

Comparisons are relative to Elk Valley Elementary's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Campbell County · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar elementary 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 Elk Valley Elementary'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 Elk Valley Elementary

How many students attend Elk Valley Elementary?

Elk Valley Elementary has 119 students enrolled. It is an elementary school in Pioneer, TN.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Elk Valley Elementary?

The student-teacher ratio at Elk Valley Elementary is 7.4:1, which is 52% lower than the Tennessee average of 15.3:1 and 53% 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 Elk Valley Elementary?

The largest demographic group at Elk Valley Elementary is White at 96.6% of enrollment, in Pioneer, TN.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Elk Valley Elementary?

Elk Valley Elementary has a Resource Investment Index of 50/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

Is Elk Valley Elementary a good school?

Elk Valley Elementary earns 50/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 96% of Tennessee schools. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most 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 Campbell County?

Besides Elk Valley Elementary, Campbell County also operates Campbell County Comprehensive High School (1,134 students), Caryville Elementary (634 students), and Jacksboro Elementary (616 students). See the Campbell 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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Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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