Mc Ewen High School

Public high school, grades 6 to 12 · McEwen, Tennessee

Mc Ewen High School in McEwen, Tennessee enrolled 526 students in 2024-25. It was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no program; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 26-30% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 26% proficient in math in 2022-23 (Tennessee: 35% and 34.3%). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 80-84% (Tennessee: 87.3%).

Enrollment held steady from 2022-23 to 2023-24; full-time teachers rose 6%

524 students in 2022-23, 522 students in 2023-24. Full-time teachers went from 34.5 to 36.5.

Students enrolled at Mc Ewen High School by school year2022-23: 524, 2023-24: 52202004006002022-235242023-24522
Students enrolled at Mc Ewen High School by school year2022-23: 524, 2023-24: 52202004006002022-235242023-24522
Students enrolled at Mc Ewen High School by school year2022-23: 524, 2023-24: 52202004006002022-235242023-24522
Students enrolled at Mc Ewen High School by school year2022-23: 524, 2023-24: 52202004006002022-235242023-24522
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2352434.515.2
2023-2452236.514.3

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

Programs and staff in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Mc Ewen High School enrolled 522 students and reported no counselor; it reported 20 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement coursesNone
  • Gifted and talented programNo
  • Counselors (FTE)0.0
  • Out-of-school suspensions20
  • Chronically absent25.8% (2022-23)

Who attends

92.6% of students were White, 3.2% Hispanic, 2.9% of two or more races in 2024-25.

  1. White92.6%
  2. Hispanic3.2%
  3. Two or more races2.9%
  4. Black1.0%
  5. Asian0.4%

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 Mc Ewen High School scored proficient or above: 26-30% in reading in 2021-22 and 26% 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, 2021-2226‑30%24‑28%35%
Math, 2022-2326%19‑23% (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

80-84% of the 65 students in Mc Ewen 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 rate80‑84%80‑84%87.3%
Students in the class6519671,510

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 Mc Ewen High School

  1. Waverly Central High SchoolThe nearest public high school, 13 miles away: 439 students, 13.5 per teacher (2024-25).13 mi
  2. Compare Mc Ewen High School with Waverly Central High SchoolStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  3. How much Humphreys County spends per student$10,856 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$10,856
  4. The largest public schools in TennesseeMc Ewen High School is the number 220 by size of 384 Tennessee high schools open in 2024-25.#220 of 384
  5. 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 Mc Ewen High School

  1. How many students attend Mc Ewen High School?
    526 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 524 in 2022-23. It is a high school in McEwen, TN.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Mc Ewen High School?
    15.2 students per full-time teacher (2022-23). A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is Mc Ewen High School a Title I school?
    Mc Ewen High School was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no Title I program (2021-22 is the last year NCES published school Title I status).
  4. How do students at Mc Ewen High School do on state tests?
    The students tested at Mc Ewen High School scored proficient or above: 26-30% in reading in 2021-22 and 26% 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 Mc Ewen High School?
    80-84% of the 65 students in Mc Ewen 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 Mc Ewen High School in?
    Humphreys County, NCES district ID 4701980. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 470198000641 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