High school (grades 9-12) · Rutledge, TN

Grainger Co Adult High

Federal NCES profile for Grainger Co Adult High, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 13/100.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 470144000607
0/100100/10013/100
📚 AP courses
10
🌟 Gifted program
30
📋 Attendance
0
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Grainger Co Adult High earns 13/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data. It is also one of the smallest schools in Tennessee.

#3 of 3
high schools in Rutledge · Resource Index
13
Resource Index · Lower
10
students enrolled

By Resource Investment Index, Grainger Co Adult High ranks #3 of 3 high schools in Rutledge, TN.

School address

Enrollment

10

Tennessee · 2024-25 NCES data

What stands out at Grainger Co Adult High

Grainger Co Adult High is a small high school in Rutledge, Tennessee, enrolling 10 students.

This is a small campus: fewer students than 99% of Tennessee schools, with 10 enrolled.

Its Resource Investment Index trails 99% of the 1,838 Tennessee schools with a score on record, one of the lower results on this measure.

Its student body is predominantly White (90% of enrollment) (diversity index 18/100).

No Advanced Placement courses are reported for this campus in the federal data.

Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 70.0% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).

Its district draws 20.4% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Among Rutledge's high schools, it stands alongside Grainger High School (756 students): Grainger Co Adult High is smaller than that campus by headcount.

Grainger County also operates Grainger High School (756 students) and Washburn School (477 students) alongside Grainger Co Adult High.

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 Grainger Co Adult High compares

Grainger Co Adult High on the metrics families compare, against Tennessee and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Tennessee Tennessee avg U.S. avg
Enrollment 10 top 99% - -

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

10
Bigger than 1% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Engagement
70.0%
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
$11,165
per pupil, district-wide - above 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 90.0%
Hispanic or Latino 10.0%

Largest group: White at 90.0% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 18.0/100

Simpson diversity index - at 18.0, Grainger Co Adult High is less mixed than the Tennessee school average of 38.3.

Programs

AP program Not offered

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Grainger County, which includes Grainger Co Adult High.

$11,165
Per student
+3%
vs Tennessee
Avg $10,822
-33%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 17.7%
State 61.9%
Federal 20.4%

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 Grainger Co Adult High Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Grainger High School Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data
Washburn School Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data
Bean Station Elementary Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data
Joppa Elementary Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data
Rutledge Middle School Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data

Comparisons are relative to Grainger Co Adult High's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Grainger County · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar high schools in Rutledge

2 comparable high schools (grades 9-12) serving the same city.

Similar high 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 Grainger Co Adult High'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 Grainger Co Adult High

How many students attend Grainger Co Adult High?

Grainger Co Adult High has 10 students enrolled. It is a high school in Rutledge, TN.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Grainger Co Adult High?

The largest demographic group at Grainger Co Adult High is White at 90.0% of enrollment, in Rutledge, TN.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Grainger Co Adult High?

Grainger Co Adult High has a Resource Investment Index of 13/100 (lower 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).

How does Grainger Co Adult High rank among high schools in Rutledge?

By Resource Investment Index, Grainger Co Adult High ranks #3 of 3 high schools in Rutledge, TN. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all high schools in Rutledge on the city page.

Is Grainger Co Adult High a good school?

Grainger Co Adult High earns 13/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data. It is also one of the smallest schools in Tennessee. 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 Grainger County?

Besides Grainger Co Adult High, Grainger County also operates Grainger High School (756 students), Washburn School (477 students), and Bean Station Elementary (437 students). See the Grainger 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.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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