Seymour Junior High, Seymour TN - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Seymour Junior High

Seymour Junior High serves seventh through ninth graders in the Sevier County district and sits in an unincorporated community where the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains meet the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians. The school is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet. Its enrollment is substantial for a junior high spanning three grades, and the student body is overwhelmingly white. The data on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price meals, the count of students with individualized education programs, and the number of English learners were not reported, so a parent may want to ask the school for these figures directly.

On the state’s TNReady assessments, Seymour Junior High shows a clear split by subject. In math, more than half of students scored at proficient or above, a solid result. Science and social studies came in near that same general territory, with roughly two in five students reaching proficiency in each. English language arts is a softer spot: about a third of students met the proficiency benchmark. That gap between math and reading is large enough that a family should look into how the school supports literacy, especially since these are middle-grades years when reading demands rise sharply across all subjects.

The school has no graduation rate to report because it does not serve the full high school span. Students move to Seymour High School after ninth grade, so the junior high acts as a bridge year before the final three years of secondary school. The comparison set that would place this school among districts in Sevier County could not produce a ranking because the cohort was too small to be meaningful.

Seymour itself is a growing, car-dependent place. The community has no incorporated town government, and residents have repeatedly voted against forming one, so there is no municipal center, no city hall, and limited public amenities such as sidewalks or a community center. The built environment centers on Chapman Highway, a major corridor connecting Knoxville and Sevierville. Housing values have risen in recent years, and the homeownership rate is above the national average. The largest local industries are health care and social assistance, retail trade, and educational services, and the average commute time reflects a driving-oriented pattern.

The district brief for Sevier County did not surface any recent, lasting changes such as a property-tax referendum, a curriculum overhaul, or a boundary shift. That means there is no known disruption to report, but it also means a parent may need to check directly with the district for its most current plans around facilities or programming.

For a family weighing this school, the takeaway is mixed. Math proficiency is a clear strength, and the school serves a sizable enrollment in a community that is growing steadily, if informally, without municipal infrastructure. The ELA results are a concern that warrants a conversation with the school about intervention and support. The missing demographic and special-population data leaves a gap in understanding the full profile of who attends and what resources are in place. Seymour Junior High fits a family who sees the math outcomes as a solid foundation and is prepared to investigate the reading support and the broader student context more closely with the school itself.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grades 3-856%

School 56% · District 40% · ▲ 17 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

English language arts

Grades 3-833%

School 33% · District 34% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median · even with county median

Science

Grades 3-842%

School 42% · District 42%

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Social studies

Grades 3-843%

School 43% · District 39% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

This schoolSevier 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-income20%Higher-income33%13 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income21%Higher-income33%13 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income20%Higher-income36%16 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income20%Higher-income35%14 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income30%Higher-income45%15 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income35%Higher-income59%24 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income43%Higher-income58%15 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income39%Higher-income59%20 pp gap