The top reported proficiency rate is 56% in Science. The lowest is 47% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Frazier Elementary
Frazier Elementary sits in a rural corner of Rhea County, serving kindergarten through fifth grade from a location just outside Dayton. The school is part of the Rhea County district, and its enrollment of roughly three hundred students makes it a mid-sized elementary for the area. The student body is predominantly white, with a modest share of Hispanic students and very small numbers of Asian, Black, and multiracial children. The school reports free-or-reduced-price lunch eligibility as missing in the available data, so a family wanting to understand the economic profile of the student population would need to ask the school directly.
On the most recent state assessments, Frazier Elementary’s results place it in a strong position relative to the county’s other school districts. In math, about half of students scored at the proficient or above level. In English language arts, the share was the same, at roughly half. Science came in a bit higher, with well over half of students reaching the proficient mark. Social studies data is older and comes from a year when both the assessment name and cut scores changed, making it difficult to compare with current results. The school’s combined proficiency across the tested subjects lands it in the top quartile among districts in Rhea County, a meaningful distinction given that only two districts are part of that comparison set. The school met nearly all tested students on both math and English assessments, with a participation rate near full attendance.
Because Frazier Elementary serves only elementary grades, there is no graduation rate to report. The school was not found to be a Title I school in the available records, and no data on chronic absenteeism or discipline was available in the source material. Similarly, the share of students receiving special education services or classified as English learners was not reported. This leaves some gaps in understanding student support needs, and a parent may want to follow up directly with the school on these topics.
Dayton, the larger town that anchors this part of the county, is a small manufacturing and college community. La-Z-Boy is the largest manufacturing employer, and a handful of other industrial operations produce furniture, automotive parts, and recreational vehicle components. Nokian Tyres recently opened a tire factory that brought a significant number of jobs to the area, and an HVAC manufacturer added more. Bryan College, a Christian liberal arts school, gives the town a campus presence, and Chattanooga State Community College runs a downtown satellite site. The local economy also draws on recreational fishing on Chickamauga Lake, which hosts a steady calendar of tournaments. The downtown core, centered on the historic Rhea County Courthouse that also houses the Scopes Trial Museum, is compact but car-oriented, with commercial development strung along a Highway 27 corridor. Residential growth has picked up since the late 1990s, particularly along the lake, and the population has grown modestly.
The Rhea County district itself appears to have experienced few recent changes of note for parents; no major boundary adjustments, program launches, or leadership transitions were found in publicly reported materials. Frazier Elementary thus sits as a stable, rural elementary school with academic results that lead the county, though the small number of districts in that comparison means the advantage is a narrow one. For a family considering this part of Rhea County, the school offers a straightforward elementary pathway in a setting shaped by manufacturing employment, a small liberal arts college, and lake-oriented recreation, all within a county system that has not seen dramatic shifts in recent years.
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