The top reported proficiency rate is 28% in Science. The lowest is 14% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Cannon County Middle School
Cannon County Middle School serves sixth through eighth grade in Woodbury, Tennessee, a small county seat roughly an hour’s drive southeast of Nashville. The school opened in 2022 as part of a district-wide reorganization that shifted the county’s elementary schools from PreK-through-8 configurations to PreK-through-5, pulling all middle grades into this single building. That restructuring is the most consequential recent change in the district, and it means that every Cannon County public-school student in grades six through eight now attends this one school.
The student body is predominantly white, with small shares of Hispanic, two-or-more-races, Black, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and American Indian or Alaska Native students. The data does not include counts for students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, students with disabilities, or English learners, so a family wanting to understand the school’s economic and specialized support profile would need to ask the school directly. Given the district’s rural setting and the county’s income profile, a parent may want to look into this further with the school.
State testing results from the most recent year show that the school’s proficiency rates are low. In math, about one in seven students scored proficient or above. In English language arts, roughly one in six did. Science and social studies were higher, each around one in four. All of these results are below the state average, and a parent reviewing the numbers should know that the school is serving a student population where a large majority of students are not yet meeting the state’s proficiency benchmarks. The school had a very high participation rate on the tests, so the results reflect nearly all enrolled students. No multi-year trend data is available, so it is not possible to say whether these results represent a new baseline or a change from the prior configuration.
The school is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet. It offers no special program designation such as a STEM theme or a fine-arts focus that would distinguish its academic pathway from a standard middle school curriculum. The data does not include course offerings, so details on elective options, advanced coursework, or career and technical education are not available. A parent looking for specific program offerings would need to contact the school.
Cannon County is a single-district county, so there are no other school districts within its borders to compare against. Woodbury itself is a small town with a traditional town square and a modest civic life anchored by county government, the fairgrounds, and seasonal festivals. Housing values in the area are below the state and national medians, and the area has seen slow but steady population growth. The commute to Nashville is long enough that most families living here have a clear preference for a small-town, rural setting over suburban convenience.
For a family considering this school, the picture is straightforward. Cannon County Middle School is the only middle school in a small, rural district that recently consolidated its grade structure. Its test scores are low across all four assessed subjects, and there is no trend data to show improvement or decline. The school serves a largely white student body, and key support indicators such as free-lunch eligibility and special-education enrollment are not publicly recorded in the data reviewed. The lack of program descriptions means the academic pathway is best described as the standard state curriculum delivered in a single-building middle school. A family who values a small-town environment and wants a single neighborhood middle school will find that here, but the academic results are a significant soft spot that merits direct conversation with the school staff.
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