Morristown West High

Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · Morristown, Tennessee

Morristown West High in Morristown, Tennessee enrolled 1,458 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, 22% of its students tested were proficient in math in 2022-23 (Tennessee: 34.3%). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 87% (Tennessee: 87.3%).

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

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

1,506 students in 2022-23, 1,499 students in 2023-24. Full-time teachers went from 88.7 to 93.7.

Students enrolled at Morristown West High by school year2022-23: 1,506, 2023-24: 1,49905001k1.5k2k2022-231,5062023-241,499
Students enrolled at Morristown West High by school year2022-23: 1,506, 2023-24: 1,49905001k1.5k2k2022-231,5062023-241,499
Students enrolled at Morristown West High by school year2022-23: 1,506, 2023-24: 1,49905001k1.5k2k2022-231,5062023-241,499
Students enrolled at Morristown West High by school year2022-23: 1,506, 2023-24: 1,49905001k1.5k2k2022-231,5062023-241,499
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-231,50688.717.0
2023-241,49993.716.0

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

18 AP courses and one counselor per 299 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Morristown West High enrolled 1,495 students and had 5.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 103 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement courses18
  • Gifted and talented programNo
  • Counselors (FTE)5.0, one per 299 of the 1,495 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions103
  • Chronically absent30.1% (2022-23)

Who attends

52.9% of students were White, 34.4% Hispanic, 5.6% of two or more races in 2024-25.

  1. White52.9%
  2. Hispanic34.4%
  3. Two or more races5.6%
  4. Black4.4%
  5. Asian1.9%
  6. Pacific Islander0.8%
  7. American Indian0.1%

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, 2022-23

In 2022-23, the students tested at Morristown West High scored proficient or above: 22% in math, against 34.3% in math 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. No whole-school reading result is shown: ED's files give none for this school for 2021-22 or 2022-23. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.

Students proficient or above, 2022-23
SubjectThis schoolIts districtTennessee
Math22%35% (2021-22)34.3%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 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

87% of the 352 students in Morristown West High'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 rate87%85%87.3%
Students in the class35274971,510

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.

High schools in Morristown

2 public high schools in Morristown report 2024-25 enrollment; Morristown West High is number 2 by size.

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunch
Morristown East High1,46819.6not reported
Morristown West High1,45817.0not reported

All public schools in Morristown →

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.

What to look at next about Morristown West High

  1. Morristown East HighThe nearest public high school, 1.1 miles away: 1,468 students, 19.6 per teacher (2024-25).1.1 mi
  2. Grainger High SchoolThe next nearest public high school, 11 miles away: 756 students, 16.1 per teacher (2024-25).11 mi
  3. Compare Morristown West High with Morristown East HighStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Hamblen County Department of Education spends per student$10,596 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$10,596
  5. The largest public schools in TennesseeMorristown West High is the number 55 by size of 384 Tennessee high schools open in 2024-25.#55 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 Morristown West High

  1. How many students attend Morristown West High?
    1,458 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 1,506 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Morristown, TN.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Morristown West High?
    17.0 students per full-time teacher (2022-23). A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is Morristown West High a Title I school?
    Morristown West High 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 Morristown West High do on state tests?
    In 2022-23, the students tested at Morristown West High scored proficient or above: 22% in math, against 34.3% in math 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, 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.
  5. What is the graduation rate at Morristown West High?
    87% of the 352 students in Morristown West High'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 Morristown West High in?
    Hamblen County Department of Education, NCES district ID 4700001. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 470000101936 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, 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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