The top reported proficiency rate is 79% in Math. The lowest is 58% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Foothills Elementary
Foothills Elementary is a regular public school serving young children from pre-kindergarten through third grade in Maryville, Tennessee. Because it serves only the earliest elementary grades, no graduation rate applies, and data on special populations such as students with disabilities and English learners was not available in the dataset provided. The school is part of the Maryville City Schools district, which covers the city of Maryville, the county seat of Blount County.
Maryville sits in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, with a historic downtown centered on Broadway that saw a decline in the 1970s after retail moved toward Alcoa and the Foothills Mall, but the city has worked since the 2000s to reverse those changes and revitalize the core. The Maryville-Alcoa Greenway provides a paved trail connecting the two cities, and parks such as Bicentennial Greenbelt Park, Sandy Springs Park, and John Sevier Park dot the community. Major employers in the area include Denso, Clayton Homes, Blount Memorial Hospital, McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, and the district itself, which is among the top employers. Manufacturing, healthcare, and education dominate the local economy. The population of Maryville has grown steadily over recent decades, and a publicly reported estimate suggests continued growth. Housing values in the school’s ZIP code area sit above the national median, and rents are below what a typical mortgage payment would be at current interest rates, a dynamic that may matter to families weighing whether to buy or rent in the attendance zone.
Foothills Elementary enrolls a large student body for a school that covers only pre-K through third grade. The student body is predominantly white, with Hispanic students and Asian students as the largest minority groups, followed by small shares of students who identify as two or more races, Black, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. The school’s free-or-reduced-price lunch rate was not reported in the provided data, so a parent should ask the school directly about the share of students from low-income households.
On state assessments, Foothills Elementary posted results that place it well above the midpoint among districts in Blount County in overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades. For a school that tests only third graders, those results are strong. In math, the proficient or above rate reached into the high seventieth percentile. In English language arts, it was in the low seventieth percentile. In science, it was in the mid-seventieth percentile. All three subjects had full participation in testing. Social studies data came from an earlier school year and is not comparable due to changes in the assessment, so it is not a reliable current measure. For a school that serves children only through third grade, these proficiency rates indicate that most students are meeting grade-level expectations in the core subjects before they move on to intermediate school.
The district did not have any recent parent-relevant changes to report from publicly available sources; the school’s environment appears stable in that respect.
This is a school for families who want a strong early-elementary start in a community with a steady growth pattern, a diversified local economy, and housing costs that are above the national average but not extreme for the region. The school’s academic performance is a clear strength, and its size suggests typical school resources for its enrollment. A parent considering this school should confirm details on economic diversity and special populations directly with the school, as those fields were not available in the data reviewed. The school does not serve grades beyond third, so families will need to plan for the transition to a later elementary or intermediate school in the district.
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