Other / mixed grade configuration · Mcminnville, TN

Hickory Creek School

Federal NCES profile for Hickory Creek School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 35/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 470435000204
0/100100/10035/100
👥 S:T ratio
54
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
0
📋 Attendance
55
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Hickory Creek School earns 35/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 86% of Tennessee schools.

#8 of 8
schools in Mcminnville · Resource Index
35
Resource Index · Typical
11.6:1
small classes for Tennessee
603
students enrolled

Hickory Creek School has class sizes smaller than 86% of Tennessee schools. Computed live against every Tennessee school reporting to NCES.

By Resource Investment Index, Hickory Creek School ranks #8 of 8 schools in Mcminnville, TN.

School address

Enrollment

603

Tennessee · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

52.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

11.6:1

vs 15.3:1 Tennessee avg

-24% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Hickory Creek 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 Hickory Creek School

Hickory Creek School is a mid-sized combined-grade school in Mcminnville, Tennessee, enrolling 603 students.

Classes run notably small here: at 11.6:1, Hickory Creek School is leaner than roughly 86% of Tennessee schools and 24% under the state's 15.3:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.

Enrollment of 603 puts it in the larger third of Tennessee schools by headcount.

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

Its student body is led by White (73%) and Hispanic or Latino (16%) (diversity index 44/100).

Counselor access is stretched at roughly 603 students per counselor, well above the ASCA-recommended 250:1 ceiling.

Attendance runs somewhat below the norm, with 18.1% of students chronically absent per the 2021-22 civil-rights collection.

Its district draws 27.4% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Warren County also operates Warren County High School (1,689 students) and Warren County Middle School (807 students) alongside Hickory Creek 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 Hickory Creek School compares

Hickory Creek 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 11.6:1 ▼ 24% 15.3:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 603 top 32% - -

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

11.6:1
Leaner classes than 79% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
603
Bigger than 73% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
11.6:1
students per teacher - 24% below state mean
Top 14% in Tennessee - lower ratio than 86% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
18.1%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 15-20% range, nearing the "high" absenteeism threshold.
Funding equity
$10,100
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 603 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
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 72.8%
Hispanic or Latino 16.1%
Two or More 6.3%
African American 2.3%
Asian 2.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 0.2%

Largest group: White at 72.8% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 43.9/100

Simpson diversity index - at 43.9, Hickory Creek School is more mixed than the Tennessee school average of 38.3.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Warren County, which includes Hickory Creek School.

$10,100
Per student
-7%
vs Tennessee
Avg $10,822
-39%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 24.1%
State 48.5%
Federal 27.4%

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 Hickory Creek School Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Warren County High School Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Warren County Middle School Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Centertown Elementary Similar size No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Bobby Ray Memorial Similar size No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
West Elementary Similar size No free-lunch data Similar S:T ratio

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

Other Schools in This District

Warren County · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar other 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 Hickory Creek 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 Hickory Creek School

How many students attend Hickory Creek School?

Hickory Creek School has 603 students enrolled. It is a public school in Mcminnville, TN.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Hickory Creek School?

The student-teacher ratio at Hickory Creek School is 11.6:1, which is 24% lower than the Tennessee average of 15.3:1 and 26% 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 Hickory Creek School?

The largest demographic group at Hickory Creek School is White at 72.8% of enrollment, in Mcminnville, TN.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Hickory Creek School?

Hickory Creek School has a Resource Investment Index of 35/100 (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).

How does Hickory Creek School rank among schools in Mcminnville?

By Resource Investment Index, Hickory Creek School ranks #8 of 8 schools in Mcminnville, TN. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all schools in Mcminnville on the city page.

Is Hickory Creek School a good school?

Hickory Creek School earns 35/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 86% 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 Warren County?

Besides Hickory Creek School, Warren County also operates Warren County High School (1,689 students), Warren County Middle School (807 students), and Centertown Elementary (566 students). See the Warren 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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