Seymour Junior High

Public middle school, grades 7 to 9 · Seymour, Tennessee

Seymour Junior High in Seymour, Tennessee enrolled 713 students in 2024-25. It was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no program; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25). On the state tests, 32-36% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 50% 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 fell 6% from 2022-23 to 2023-24; full-time teachers held steady

766 students in 2022-23, 722 students in 2023-24. Full-time teachers went from 48.8 to 49.2.

Students enrolled at Seymour Junior High by school year2022-23: 766, 2023-24: 72202004006008002022-237662023-24722
Students enrolled at Seymour Junior High by school year2022-23: 766, 2023-24: 72202004006008002022-237662023-24722
Students enrolled at Seymour Junior High by school year2022-23: 766, 2023-24: 72202004006008002022-237662023-24722
Students enrolled at Seymour Junior High by school year2022-23: 766, 2023-24: 72202004006008002022-237662023-24722
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2376648.815.7
2023-2472249.214.7

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

One counselor per 393 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Seymour Junior High enrolled 785 students and had 2.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 8 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement coursesNone
  • Gifted and talented programNo
  • Counselors (FTE)2.0, one per 393 of the 785 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions8
  • Chronically absent29.1% (2022-23)

Who attends

86.5% of students were White, 9.0% Hispanic, 2.1% of two or more races in 2024-25.

  1. White86.5%
  2. Hispanic9.0%
  3. Two or more races2.1%
  4. Black1.3%
  5. Asian0.7%
  6. American Indian0.3%
  7. Pacific Islander0.1%

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, 2021-22 and 2022-23

The students tested at Seymour Junior High scored proficient or above: 32-36% in reading in 2021-22 and 50% 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, 2021-2232‑36%31%35%
Math, 2022-2350%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 Seymour

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

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunch
Seymour Junior High71315.7not reported
Seymour Intermediate53116.3not reported

All public schools in Seymour →

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.

What to look at next about Seymour Junior High

  1. Seymour IntermediateThe nearest public middle school, 0.4 miles away: 531 students, 16.3 per teacher (2024-25).0.4 mi
  2. Carter Middle SchoolThe next nearest public middle school, 9.8 miles away: 604 students, 14.3 per teacher (2024-25).9.8 mi
  3. Compare Seymour Junior High with Seymour 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 TennesseeSeymour Junior High is the number 90 by size of 332 Tennessee middle schools open in 2024-25.#90 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 Seymour Junior High

  1. How many students attend Seymour Junior High?
    713 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 766 in 2022-23. It is a middle school in Seymour, TN.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Seymour Junior High?
    15.7 students per full-time teacher (2022-23). A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is Seymour Junior High a Title I school?
    Seymour Junior 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 Seymour Junior High do on state tests?
    The students tested at Seymour Junior High scored proficient or above: 32-36% in reading in 2021-22 and 50% 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 Seymour Junior High in?
    Sevier County School System, NCES district ID 4703780. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 470378001967 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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