The top reported proficiency rate is 61% in Social studies. The lowest is 28% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Cmcss K-12 Virtual School
CMCSS K-12 Virtual School is a full-time online public school serving kindergarten through twelfth grade within the Montgomery County school district in Clarksville, Tennessee. It is not a charter school and it is not a magnet school. The school enrolls students across the full K-12 spectrum, with a grade-by-grade distribution that shows the largest cohorts in middle and high school grades. The student body is diverse: White students make up the largest share, followed by Black students, Hispanic students, and students who identify as two or more races, with smaller numbers of Asian, American Indian or Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students. The school’s free-or-reduced-price lunch data and the share of students with disabilities or who are English learners were not available in the data we reviewed, so a family would need to ask the school directly about those measures of economic and academic support.
This is a fully virtual school, which means a student attends classes online rather than in a physical school building. That structure is the defining characteristic here. Families who choose this school are opting for a remote learning environment for the full school day, every day, rather than a brick-and-mortar attendance zone school or a hybrid model. The school’s academic results on statewide assessments give a mixed picture. On the Tennessee state tests for grades three through eight, proficiency rates for all students combined were below the state midpoint in math and in English language arts. In science, the share of students scoring proficient or above was higher, and in social studies, the majority of tested students met that bar. Because the school serves all grades, it also has high school students, but the data we examined for graduation rate was not available. A parent considering this school would want to ask directly about the four-year graduation rate, as well as how the school supports students who are not yet at grade level in math and reading.
The school operates as a program of the Montgomery County district, which is based in Clarksville. Clarksville is a mid-sized, fast-growing city that is home to Fort Campbell, a major Army installation, and Austin Peay State University. The local economy is shaped by those anchors as well as a significant industrial and logistics base that includes Trane, Amazon, FedEx, Bridgestone, Hankook, and LG. The city has been growing rapidly, and the housing market reflects that, with home values running close to the national midpoint. The school’s own address is listed on Highway 48, in a more rural part of the county, but because this is a virtual school, the physical location matters less for daily operations than it does for a traditional school.
Because the comparison data set we used considered the school relative to other districts in Montgomery County, and the county only contains one district, a direct academic comparison to neighbors was not possible. The school stands alone in this sense.
For a family, the central question is whether a fully virtual learning environment fits a student’s needs, maturity, and learning style. The academic data suggests that the school’s students, as a group, perform below statewide averages in math and English language arts, a pattern that parents may want to explore with the school to understand how individual student support and curriculum pacing work in this model. The school’s higher proficiency in social studies and science may reflect areas of relative strength. A family new to the area or considering virtual school for the first time should ask about how the school monitors attendance and engagement in the virtual setting, how it provides interventions for students who are behind, and how it handles state testing logistics. The school serves a large enough enrollment to offer a full K-12 program online, but families should also confirm whether specialized courses, advanced coursework, or extracurriculars are available or accessible through the district.
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