The top reported proficiency rate is 79% in Math. The lowest is 50% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on John Sevier Elementary
John Sevier Elementary serves prekindergarten through third grade in Maryville, part of the Maryville City Schools district. Because the school stops at third grade, the state testing snapshot that exists is narrow: only the third grade sits within the tested grade band. On the most recent TNReady assessments, the school’s third graders posted proficiency rates that place the school above the midpoint among the county’s districts overall, with math and science showing stronger results than English language arts. The participation rate on these tests was full, meaning nearly every enrolled third grader took them. Social studies data is from an earlier school year, before the state changed the test, so it is not directly comparable to current results. Since the school does not serve fourth grade or above, there is no middle school or high school data here, no graduation rate, and no chronic absenteeism metric. For a family evaluating the school, the available test results speak only to one grade level at one point in time.
The student body is predominantly white, with a Hispanic population making up the next largest group. Small numbers of Black, Asian, and multiracial students are also enrolled. The school does not report a share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, so that economic indicator is absent from the record. Similarly, counts of students receiving special education services or English learner support are not reported here. A parent who wants to understand the full support profile of the school would need to ask the school directly about those resources.
Housing in the school’s zip code is above the state median home value and near the national figure. Rents have been rising faster than the national average, which aligns with broader trends in the region. Maryville itself has grown steadily in population over the last several decades, and its downtown has seen reinvestment since the early 2000s after an earlier period of decline. Major local employers include manufacturing, healthcare, and education. The city is the county seat and sits adjacent to Alcoa, with the Great Smoky Mountains foothills to the south. Families living in the attendance zone likely work in one of those sectors or commute to nearby Knoxville, which is a short drive north.
The district brief turned up no recent changes of note at the district level. No bond measures, boundary shifts, leadership turnover, or program launches were reported in a way that would shape a current reading of John Sevier. The school itself appears as a stable neighborhood elementary offering the early grades in a district that has multiple other elementary and intermediate schools feeding into a single junior high and high school.
For a parent, the central takeaway is that John Sevier is an early-primary school with strong state test performance in the only grade that is tested, sited in a growing city with a housing market that is not cheap but is still below very high-cost areas. The absence of free-lunch data and special-population counts prevents a full picture of the student need profile. The school’s size is typical for its grade band in a district of this scale. Families looking at this school will want to understand how third graders transition to the intermediate school that picks up at fourth grade and what supports are in place for the early grades, especially for students who arrive below kindergarten readiness.
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