Russellville Elementary, Russellville TN

Original Research by School Decision on Russellville Elementary

Russellville Elementary serves students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in the Hamblen County school system. It is a regular, non-charter public school located in the small census-designated place of Russellville, Tennessee, a rural community along US Route 11E roughly midway between Whitesburg and Morristown. The school’s enrollment is sizable for an elementary building in a low-density area, drawing from the surrounding countryside and the highway corridor.

On the state’s TNReady assessments, roughly half of students in grades three through five met the proficiency standard in math, reading, and science. Participation was complete, which makes the results reliable for gauging the general performance of the tested grades. A social studies proficiency figure is available from an earlier school year, but the assessment underwent a test design change after that year, so it should not be directly compared to current results. No state testing data exists for younger grades because Tennessee’s standardized assessments begin in third grade.

Because the school serves only elementary grades, there is no graduation rate or college-readiness metric to report. Information on free or reduced-price meal eligibility, special education enrollment, and English learner status was not available in the provided records. A parent interested in the economic makeup of the student body or the scale of specialized support services would need to follow up directly with the district.

Russellville itself is a low-density, highway-oriented place without a downtown core. Its notable landmarks are historic: a Civil War hospital church, a Confederate headquarters turned into a museum, and an old tavern. The broader economy leans on Morristown, the larger employment center in Hamblen County. Home values in the area are below both the state and national medians, making it a relatively affordable community for families. Some industrial land in the Russellville vicinity has been annexed by Morristown, which may influence future growth but did not generate new residential development information in the search results.

No recent district-level changes that would directly affect parents were found in publicly available records. Hamblen County is the only school district in the county, so comparisons with other districts are not possible here.

No specific program offerings beyond standard grade-level instruction were listed for this school. The school’s type, regular public, gives it the same core curriculum and accountability framework as other Tennessee elementary schools.

Russellville Elementary provides a familiar elementary school pathway in a rural setting, with state assessment results near the halfway mark across tested subjects. The gaps in published data on student supports and household economic context mean a family evaluating this school would benefit from speaking with the district office to fill in the missing pieces.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grades 3-853%

School 53% · District 43% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

English language arts

Grades 3-851%

School 51% · District 37% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Science

Grades 3-852%

School 52% · District 46% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Social studies

Grades 3-850%

School 50% · District 56% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

This schoolHamblen County, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income22%Higher-income54%31 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income29%Higher-income61%32 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income50%Higher-income52%2 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income32%Higher-income56%24 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income33%Higher-income61%27 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income33%Higher-income60%27 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income43%Higher-income52%10 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income36%Higher-income58%22 pp gap