The top reported proficiency rate is 62% in Science. The lowest is 41% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Ingleside Elementary
Ingleside Elementary is a closed school in Athens, Tennessee, part of the Athens school district. The school no longer operates, so any information here is historical. The only academic data available comes from a single school year about a decade and a half ago, and it covers just one grade level. The school served a single grade, and its own records indicate it was a regular public school before it shut down.
Athens sits on the I-75 corridor roughly midway between Knoxville and Chattanooga, giving it a crossroads feel. It is a small city that has long balanced agricultural roots with a growing manufacturing base that includes automotive parts, furniture, textiles, and electrical products. The city is the county seat of McMinn County and is home to Tennessee Wesleyan University. Home values in the Athens area run below what is typical across the state and well below the national typical price, while rents also tend to be comparatively moderate. The city has seen modest population growth in recent years, and its position on a major interstate corridor suggests continued development pressure.
For the 2010-11 school year, Ingleside Elementary’s third graders took the state’s TCAP assessments. In math, more than half scored at the proficient level or above. In reading, the share was lower, coming in at roughly two out of every five students. Science fared better, with more than three out of five students reaching proficiency. Participation rates were high across all three subjects. No other grade levels were tested in the data available, and the school did not have any enrollment counts, demographic breakdowns, free-or-reduced-price lunch figures, or information on special education or English learner populations in the records examined. Because the school served only elementary grades, there is no graduation rate to report, and no course access or staffing data was found.
For a reader looking at Ingleside Elementary today, the main takeaway is that the school is closed and no longer accepts students. The historical test results offer a snapshot of student performance from many years ago, but they are not current and cannot speak to what the school was like in its final years of operation. The school’s closure means that families in the Athens area will want to look at other elementary schools within the Athens district. What is known about the community is that Athens provides a moderately priced housing market, a manufacturing-centered economy, and proximity to both Knoxville and Chattanooga. The district itself did not surface any recent changes of note that would affect parents, so the local context appears stable from a governance perspective.
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