Pigeon Forge Junior High School

Public middle school, grades 7 to 9 · Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

Pigeon Forge Junior High School in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee enrolled 495 students in 2024-25. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25). On the state tests, 22-26% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 25% proficient in math in 2022-23 (Tennessee: 35% and 34.3%).

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

Enrollment rose 13% from 2022-23 to 2023-24; full-time teachers fell 5%

457 students in 2022-23, 517 students in 2023-24. Full-time teachers went from 40.5 to 38.7.

Students enrolled at Pigeon Forge Junior High School by school year2022-23: 457, 2023-24: 51702004006002022-234572023-24517
Students enrolled at Pigeon Forge Junior High School by school year2022-23: 457, 2023-24: 51702004006002022-234572023-24517
Students enrolled at Pigeon Forge Junior High School by school year2022-23: 457, 2023-24: 51702004006002022-234572023-24517
Students enrolled at Pigeon Forge Junior High School by school year2022-23: 457, 2023-24: 51702004006002022-234572023-24517
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2345740.511.3
2023-2451738.713.4

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

1 AP courses and one counselor per 483 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Pigeon Forge Junior High School enrolled 483 students and had 1.0 counselor (full-time equivalent); it reported 1 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement courses1
  • Gifted and talented programYes
  • Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 483 of the 483 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions1
  • Chronically absent33.3% (2022-23)

Who attends

53.7% of students were White, 39.6% Hispanic, 2.8% of two or more races in 2024-25.

  1. White53.7%
  2. Hispanic39.6%
  3. Two or more races2.8%
  4. Black2.4%
  5. Asian1.4%

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 Pigeon Forge Junior High School scored proficient or above: 22-26% in reading in 2021-22 and 25% 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, 2021-2222‑26%31%35%
Math, 2022-2325%30% (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.

Middle schools in Pigeon Forge

2 public middle schools in Pigeon Forge report 2024-25 enrollment; Pigeon Forge Junior High School is the largest.

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunch
Pigeon Forge Junior High School49511.3not reported
Pigeon Forge Intermediate37513.6not reported

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.

What to look at next about Pigeon Forge Junior High School

  1. Pigeon Forge IntermediateThe nearest public middle school, 0.7 miles away: 375 students, 13.6 per teacher (2024-25).0.7 mi
  2. Sevierville IntermediateThe next nearest public middle school, 4.4 miles away: 674 students, 14.5 per teacher (2024-25).4.4 mi
  3. Compare Pigeon Forge Junior High School with Pigeon Forge IntermediateStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Sevier County School System spends per student$12,911 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$12,911
  5. The largest public schools in TennesseePigeon Forge Junior High School is the number 176 by size of 332 Tennessee middle schools open in 2024-25.#176 of 332
  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 Pigeon Forge Junior High School

  1. How many students attend Pigeon Forge Junior High School?
    495 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 457 in 2022-23. It is a middle school in Pigeon Forge, TN.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Pigeon Forge Junior High School?
    11.3 students per full-time teacher (2022-23). A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is Pigeon Forge Junior High School a Title I school?
    Pigeon Forge Junior High School ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.
  4. How do students at Pigeon Forge Junior High School do on state tests?
    The students tested at Pigeon Forge Junior High School scored proficient or above: 22-26% in reading in 2021-22 and 25% 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 district is Pigeon Forge Junior High School in?
    Sevier County School System, NCES district ID 4703780. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 470378001555 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
  • 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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