The top reported proficiency rate is 65% in Math. The lowest is 22% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Maury City Elementary
Maury City Elementary serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in the town of Maury City, part of the Crockett County school district. The school is a regular public school, and it is the only elementary school in this very small rural community. The town itself sits at a highway crossroads in West Tennessee, with manufacturing as its largest employing industry and a working-class character reflected in affordable home values and a modest municipal footprint.
The student body at Maury City Elementary is roughly a few hundred children. The enrollment is predominantly white, with smaller shares of Hispanic and Black students, reflecting the demographic makeup of the surrounding area. Information on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch was not available, nor were data on students with disabilities or English learners. A parent looking for that information would need to ask the school directly. The school serves only the early grades, so there is no graduation rate to report.
On the state’s TNReady assessments, Maury City Elementary shows a distinct pattern. In math, a solid majority of students scored at the proficient level or above. In English language arts, the share of students reaching proficiency was lower, hovering in a range that puts the school below the midpoint among the three districts in Crockett County on an overall proficiency measure. Science results were similar to ELA, with less than half of students reaching the proficient bar. Social studies data are from an older year and involved changes to the test, so those figures are not directly comparable to current results and are best set aside. For a school serving grades where state testing begins in third grade, the tested cohort represents the upper grades only, not the whole school.
The school’s overall proficiency index, which averages all tested subjects, sits below the median for the county’s small group of districts. That is a soft spot worth noting. A parent may want to ask the school how it supports literacy and science learning, since those areas show more room for growth than math does. It is also worth noting that participation rates on the tests were high, so the results reflect nearly all eligible students.
The town of Maury City is geographically tiny and slow-growing, with population increasing very modestly in recent years. The local economy leans on manufacturing and retail, and many residents likely commute to nearby Jackson or Dyersburg for work. There are no major new housing developments or commercial projects publicly reported, and the town’s municipal staff is very small. The school is likely one of the more significant community institutions, though there is no publicly available information about specific programs, after-school offerings, or enrichment opportunities at Maury City Elementary. For a family considering this school, the academic picture is mixed and concentrated in the elementary years only; students move on to a middle and high school elsewhere in the county after fifth grade.
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