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The highest-performing public schools in reading in Carter County, Tennessee

17 public schools in Carter County, Tennessee appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public schools in reading, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. West Side Elementary leads the list at 71.2%, against a median of 38.0% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked
17
Carter County, Tennessee
Top % Proficient (Reading)
71.2%
Median % Proficient (Reading)
38.0%
BEST IN READING · CARTER COUNTY, TENNESSEE
#SchoolCityDistrictLevelStudents% Proficient (Reading)Rank change
1West Side ElementaryElizabethton, TNElizabethtonElementary36771.2%no change
2Elizabethton High SchoolElizabethton, TNElizabethtonHigh88662.3%no change
3East Side ElementaryElizabethton, TNElizabethtonElementary46550.6%no change
4Happy Valley ElementaryJohnson City, TNCarter CountyElementary50646.9%▲ 1
5Valley Forge ElementaryElizabethton, TNCarter CountyElementary18646.4%▲ 4
6Harold McCormick ElementaryElizabethton, TNElizabethtonElementary34145.1%no change
7Cloudland High SchoolRoan Mountain, TNCarter CountyHigh23643.1%▲ 3
8T A Dugger Junior High SchoolElizabethton, TNElizabethtonMiddle61942.8%▼ 1
9Unaka High SchoolElizabethton, TNCarter CountyHigh28438.0%▲ 8
10Happy Valley Middle SchoolElizabethton, TNCarter CountyMiddle35437.2%▲ 5
11Happy Valley High SchoolElizabethton, TNCarter CountyHigh44936.8%▼ 3
12Cloudland Elementary SchoolRoan Mountain, TNCarter CountyElementary26236.2%▼ 8
13Hampton High SchoolElizabethton, TNCarter CountyHigh36834.0%▼ 2
14Hampton ElementaryHampton, TNCarter CountyElementary66233.2%▼ 2
15Unaka ElementaryElizabethton, TNCarter CountyElementary19433.0%▼ 1
16Hunter ElementaryElizabethton, TNCarter CountyElementary49829.8%no change
17Central ElementaryJohnson City, TNCarter CountyElementary26726.6%▼ 4

Rank change counts the places a school moved since its prior test year, among the schools on this list that were tested both years. A dash means the school has no prior-year result.

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