The top reported proficiency rate is 56% in Science. The lowest is 36% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on East Hickman Elementary
East Hickman Elementary serves students from pre-kindergarten through second grade in Lyles, a rural, unincorporated community in Hickman County, Tennessee. Because it is an early-primary school, it does not serve grades three and above, which means there is no high school graduation rate to report and no data on secondary offerings like advanced coursework or career pathways. The school’s role is to provide the foundation for the youngest learners in the east side of the county.
Lyles itself is a small, car-dependent place with a handful of stores and churches along a state highway. The community has seen modest employment and property value growth in recent years, but it remains primarily residential with no downtown, no public transit, and no public library branch identified in available sources. Families here rely on automobiles, and the average commute is long by national standards. The housing market in the area, measured by a broad zip-code-level index, shows values that are below the state and national benchmarks, suggesting that home prices are relatively moderate compared to larger Tennessee markets. Rent and mortgage costs, however, consume a meaningful share of typical income, a factor parents considering a move to the area may want to weigh.
The student body is overwhelmingly white, with small numbers of Hispanic, Black, and multiracial students. Data on the share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price meals, on students with disabilities, and on English learners is missing from the available records, so a family cannot assess the school’s economic or special-education profile from this source. For early-grades schools this kind of gap is not unusual, but a parent with specific needs in those areas may want to ask the district or school directly.
Academic performance information is limited and dated. The most recent state assessment results on file come from the school year ending in 2010, using a prior version of Tennessee’s tests. In that single year, the school met participation thresholds, and the proficiency rate in science was higher than in math or English language arts. Because the data is more than fifteen years old and from a different assessment, it offers no reliable picture of current student achievement. No more recent testing data has been supplied, and no trend information is available. A parent looking for up-to-date academic outcomes will need to request current reports from the school or district.
This school sits within the Hickman County district. The county-level comparison fact-set notes that there is only one district in the county, so no meaningful comparison to neighboring districts is possible. That means the relative context for this school’s performance or environment cannot be established against local peers.
East Hickman Elementary is a small, rural primary school that serves the earliest grades in a quiet part of Hickman County. Families considering it should be comfortable with a car-oriented setting, should expect limited community amenities, and will need to seek out current academic and demographic data directly from the school to fill the gaps left by the available records.
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