Midway Middle School, Ten Mile TN

Original Research by School Decision on Midway Middle School

Midway Middle School sits in Ten Mile, Tennessee, a place that is not quite a town. It is an unincorporated, low-density lakeside community on Watts Bar Lake, made up of summer cottages, marinas, small stores, churches, and a post office. The TVA Watts Bar nuclear plant and dam are the area's major economic anchors. Ten Mile is rural and spread out; there is no downtown or walkable grid. The school itself is a regular public school in the Roane County district, serving grades six through eight.

The student body is predominantly white, with a small Hispanic population and a very small share of students who identify as two or more races. No Asian, Black, Native American, or Pacific Islander students were reported enrolled. The school is small for a middle school, with enrollment tapering off from sixth to eighth grade. Data on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch was not available, and information on special education and English learner populations was also missing, so a family looking to understand the school's economic or learning-support profile will need to ask the school directly.

On state assessments, Midway Middle produced a mixed picture. In both math and English language arts, about half of students scored at the proficient level (Levels 3 or 4 on the TNReady test). This means a parent should expect a roughly even split between students who meet the state standard and those who do not. In science and social studies, the school performed stronger, with roughly three in five students reaching proficiency. That is a clear strength relative to the school's own math and ELA results. Participation in testing was full, with every enrolled student taking the exams.

Because the school serves only middle grades, there is no graduation rate to report. The Roane County district has no recent parent-relevant changes that surfaced in publicly available records, so the district landscape appears stable. The comparison fact-set against other districts in Roane County could not be computed because the cohort of districts was too small to produce a meaningful benchmark.

The school is not a charter or magnet. No information about course offerings, programs, or extracurricular pathways was provided in the data. A parent looking for specific electives, advanced coursework, or career and technical education opportunities for middle schoolers will need to follow up with the school directly.

Overall, Midway Middle School offers a rural, small-school setting with full student participation in state testing. Its math and reading proficiency rates sit at the halfway mark, while science and social studies results are more encouraging. The lack of demographic detail on economic status and learning support means families should visit and ask targeted questions before making an enrollment decision. The surrounding community is quiet, lake-oriented, and very low density, with no signs of rapid growth or suburban development. This is a school that fits a family looking for a stable, small, rural middle school experience in a part of Tennessee that remains primarily a seasonal and recreational area.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grades 3-850%

School 50% · District 45% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

English language arts

Grades 3-850%

School 50% · District 38% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Science

Grades 3-863%

School 63% · District 51% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

Social studies

Grades 3-861%

School 61% · District 51% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

This schoolRoane County, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income31%Higher-income57%26 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income27%Higher-income42%14 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income40%Higher-income52%12 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income13%Higher-income41%29 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income27%Higher-income49%22 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income34%Higher-income54%19 pp gap