TCAP, SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % Met or Exceeded Expectations.English Language Arts
38.2%
State avg 40.9%
District avg 43.3%
County avg 51.2%
+6.5pp since 2022-23
Mathematics
34.2%
State avg 39.3%
District avg 44.5%
County avg 51.3%
-1.2pp since 2022-23
Science
51.3%
State avg 45.9%
District avg 50.8%
County avg 59.8%
+8.2pp since 2022-23
Social Studies
51.4%
State avg 47.6%
District avg 49.7%
County avg 66.0%
+8.6pp since 2022-23
What this means: On the TCAP, Tennessee's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level, about 34 of 100 do math at grade level, about 51 of 100 are at grade level in science, and about 51 of 100 are at grade level in social studies. Across all Tennessee schools, those numbers are about 41, 39, 46, and 48. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 1 points, science scores are up about 8 points, and social studies scores are up about 9 points.
What is TCAP?
TCAP is the statewide standardized test administered by Tennessee public schools.
What does "% Met or Exceeded Expectations" mean?
It is the share of students at the school who performed at grade level or above on the test, summed across the top two of four performance levels. A higher number is better.
What does 38.2% mean for English Language Arts at Walter J. Baird Middle School?
It means about 38.2 percent of students tested at Walter J. Baird Middle School performed at grade level or above on the TCAP English Language Arts test in 2024-25. The statewide average for Tennessee that year was 40.9%. The other students fell into the lower performance levels.
How is the state average calculated?
It is a weighted average, not a simple average of each school's number. We multiply each public school's score by how many of its students tested, add those together for all schools in Tennessee, and divide by the total students tested that year. This way a big school with 1,500 students counts more than a small school with 50 students, which is the right way to ask "how did the typical student do this year?". District and county averages on this page use the same method, just scoped to that district or county.
Where does this data come from?
Tennessee Department of Education, Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP). Achievement assessments for grades 3-8 in ELA / Math / Science / Social Studies, plus End-of-Course (EOC) exams for high school (Algebra I/II, Geometry, Integrated Math I/II/III, English I/II, Biology I, US History). School-level All Students subgroup from the TDOE Data Downloads. Headline metric is the cumulative 'On Track + Mastered' rate (top 2 of 4 TCAP performance levels).
How often is it updated?
TCAP is administered once a year (spring). Results are released by the state in the summer or early fall. We refresh this page after each annual release.
