Where To Get Tennessee School Information (Oak Ridge: school districts, title, county)

[LauraC]

In my opinion, this is the most frequently asked question in this forum:

Are the schools in (fill in city/town name) any good?

HIGH PRIORITY LIST UNDER NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND

If you want information on how individual Tennessee schools perform on standardized testing, start with this link. It will tell you the underperforming schools by county under No Child Left Behind for the last two years. Click on the link 2006 - 2007 High Priority Schools List or 2005 - 2006 High Priority Schools List.

http://www.state.tn.us/education/nclb/ayp/
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SCHOOL DISTRICTS

If you want to see specific report cards (Tennessee standardized tests) and other info about the individual schools and individual school districts go to this page:

http://www.k-12.state.tn.us/rptcrd06/

Where it says View System Report Card (second search box) select the school district from a drop down menu. Note: Some schools have their own district within a county (example: Oak Ridge is in Anderson County but has its own school district so you would select Oak Ridge from the drop down menu if those schools are what you are interested in, not Anderson County. I suppose that if you don't know if a town/city has its own school district look for that first on the drop down menu and then look for the county).

The first page you will see is Part I System Profile. Hit the Next link near that title and you will see Part II Student Academic Achievement. That information is about the school district.

INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS WITHIN A SCHOOL DISTRICT

Go back to the page that says Part I: System Profile (by hitting the back arrow button) and scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page. In the box where it says View School Report Card select the specific school, from the drop down menu, for which you seek information. The same information you saw for the school district, you will be able to view for the individual schools in that school district. That includes grades for individual school subjects.

The first page you will see is Part I System Profile. Hit the Next link near that title and you will see Part II Student Academic Achievement. That information is about the individual school.