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Meigs County High School
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TCAP 2024-25 . % On Track or MasteredWhat this means: On the TCAP, Tennessee's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 up about 9 points.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Meigs County High School
As a small four-year high school in Decatur, Tennessee, Meigs County High School teaches 527 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Meigs County. Enrollment runs roughly 30% smaller than the state mean of about 754.
Meigs County runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,797 students. Meigs County High School is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Meigs County High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Beyond that, the school records 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
In the area at large, census data for Meigs County shows median household earnings sit near $61,375, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Meigs County High School is one of 4 public schools in Meigs County (combined enrollment of about 1,797 students).
Nearest neighbor: Meigs Middle School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Meigs County High School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 537 (now 527).
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Meigs County at a glance
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Related schools
- Meigs North ElementaryElementary · 472 students
- Meigs Middle SchoolMiddle · 406 students
- Meigs South ElementaryElementary · 392 students
- Meigs North ElementaryElementary · 472 students
- Meigs Middle SchoolMiddle · 406 students
- Meigs South ElementaryElementary · 392 students
- Meigs Middle School0.6 mi · 406
- Meigs North Elementary4.3 mi · 472
- Rogers Creek Elementary6.2 mi · 277
- Meigs South Elementary7.4 mi · 392
- E K Baker Elementary8.2 mi · 307
- Frazier Elementary8.7 mi · 304