The top reported proficiency rate is 47% in Social studies. The lowest is 31% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Monteagle Elementary
Monteagle Elementary serves students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in a single building near the center of this small mountaintop town on the Cumberland Plateau. The school is the only public elementary option within Monteagle itself and feeds into Marion County’s secondary schools.
The student body is overwhelmingly white, with small numbers of Asian, Hispanic, and multiracial students. Enrollment is steady at a size that puts it in a middle range for its grade band. The school does not report its share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, nor its counts of students with disabilities or English learners, so those dimensions of student need are not available from the data. A parent may want to ask the school directly about these supports.
On the Tennessee state assessments, Monteagle Elementary’s proficiency rates are a mixed picture. In English language arts, roughly a third of students scored at the proficient level or above. In math, the share was similar. Science proficiency was a bit higher, about a third of students. Social studies showed the strongest result, with nearly half of students reaching proficiency. These results place the school’s overall proficiency index above the midpoint relative to other districts in Marion County, meaning it performs somewhat better than the lower end of the county but not at the top. The school’s participation rate on the tests was high, which gives confidence that the results reflect the student body.
Because Monteagle Elementary ends at eighth grade, there is no graduation rate to report. The school has no charter or magnet designation, and its Title I status was not provided.
The town of Monteagle has a population that grew modestly between the most recent censuses and is estimated to have risen again by a modest amount in more recent years. The housing market has seen property values rise. The school sits on Main Street, integrated into the town’s compact center, near parks, the community center, and the seasonal farmers market. Most residents drive alone to work, and many commute substantial distances. Interstate 24 runs just south of town, connecting to Chattanooga and Nashville, which means some families may choose Monteagle for its setting and commute rather than local employment. The town government, a conference center, and seasonal tourism-related activity are notable local anchors. The town has an active planning initiative but no signs of rapid suburban expansion.
The district itself, Marion County, showed no parent-relevant changes from the research available; no new boundaries, programs, or policy shifts of lasting impact were identified in the public record.
For a family considering Monteagle Elementary, the school offers a K-8 pathway in a small-town setting where civic and school life share the same few blocks. The test scores point to an academic experience where a minority of students are meeting state proficiency benchmarks, with social studies as a relative bright spot and math and reading areas where many students are not yet at that level. The student body is not diverse by race or ethnicity. The school’s size is modest, which often allows for more individualized attention, but without data on special education or English learner services, a family with a child in either category should have a direct conversation with the school. The broader community is quiet, low-density, and oriented around a small downtown corridor and a plateau tourism economy, with decent interstate access but limited local employment in professional fields.
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