The top reported proficiency rate is 56% in Math. The lowest is 37% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Baileyton Elementary
Baileyton Elementary is a regular public school in the Greene County school system, serving children from prekindergarten through fourth grade. It is located on a highway outside of Greeneville, the county seat, in a setting that is more rural than the town itself. The school is not a charter or magnet school, and information about its Title I status was not available.
The student body is small for the grade levels it serves, and it is overwhelmingly white. A very small number of students are Hispanic, a similarly small number are identified as two or more races, and there are only a handful of Black or American Indian students. The data set did not include counts for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, special education services, or English learner status, so those profiles are not available for families to consider.
The school participates in Tennessee’s TNReady assessments for grades three and four. In math, over half of students met the state’s proficiency standard. In science, also over half. In English language arts, the share of proficient students was below half, a noticeable gap. Social studies results are only available from an older testing year, so they do not reflect the current picture, but at that time proficiency was low. Participation rates on the tests were very high, so the results are a reliable snapshot. When the school’s combined score across tested subjects is placed next to the overall proficiency numbers of the two school districts in Greene County, Baileyton Elementary’s score is in the lower range.
Because the school stops at fourth grade, there is no graduation rate, no high school course access data, and no chronic absenteeism metric. A parent looking for that information would need to follow the feeder pattern to whichever middle and high school their child would attend. The data set did not include that path, so families should ask the district directly.
The school’s performance profile is a mixed one: math and science are relative strengths at this early-elementary level, while literacy is an area where the school appears to be working below the county’s other district average. That said, the comparison is limited—only two districts exist in Greene County, so the spread is narrow.
The community around the school is Greeneville, a county seat with a historic downtown, a mix of manufacturing and healthcare employers, and agricultural roots. The town has a stable population and is part of the larger Tri-Cities region. Housing in the area is moderately priced compared to the state and nation, and the local job market is anchored by hospitals, Walmart, manufacturers like American Greetings and Parker-Hannifin, and the school district itself. For a parent considering a move, the town offers a conventional small-city mix of civic anchors, outdoor recreation nearby, and a long-term growth plan that has been published but yielded few specific development details in the research.
The Greene County district operates schools outside the city limits, and recent publicly reported information describes facility consolidation and renovation projects across the district. No detailed changes to curriculum, boundaries, or funding that would directly affect Baileyton were found in the search.
A parent evaluating Baileyton Elementary will want to ask about literacy support in the early grades, since that is the clearest soft spot in the testing data. The lack of information on student poverty and special education means those conversations will have to happen with the school directly. The size and composition of the student body is plain enough: a small, overwhelmingly white school in a rural corner of a small city’s orbit, with a modest mix of economic and racial diversity. For a family that values a small setting and strong math and science instruction in the early years, and that is comfortable probing further on reading outcomes, Baileyton fits a specific profile.
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