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George A Whitten Elementary
Test scores
TCAP 2024-25 . % On Track or MasteredWhat this means: On the TCAP, Tennessee's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Tennessee schools, those numbers are about 41 and 39. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are down about 7 points.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About George A Whitten Elementary
George A Whitten Elementary, a moderately sized elementary-level community in Hendersonville, Tennessee, one of the schools within Sumner County, educates 430 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.
Within Sumner County, which oversees 53 schools and 30,719 students, George A Whitten Elementary is one campus in the system.
On demographics, George A Whitten Elementary logs that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 33% Hispanic, 12% Black, 8% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Sumner County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $90,301 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Sumner County's 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,719 students), George A Whitten Elementary is one campus in the mix.
Merrol Hyde Magnet School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around George A Whitten Elementary.
George A Whitten Elementary operates from a suburban location.
Looking at the recent track record. George A Whitten Elementary's enrollment has edged up 6% since 2018, when it stood at 405 (now 430). White enrollment moved from 67% to 45% across the same window.
On allk12, members of the George A Whitten Elementary community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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