This Is The Best School District In Tennessee

By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 WS Nashville

2021-06-27

Every child is born to a unique set of circumstances that help shape who they become. While these environmental conditions are virtually countless, a small handful of factors play an outsized role in a child’s development and likelihood for future success. Whether or not a child succeeds academically can depend considerably on school quality. A student who falls behind in one school district may have excelled academically in another. By no means limited to the classroom, many of the strongest influences on a child’s future are in the home environment, and the resources available — or absent — there. Using data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Center for Education Statistics, 24/7 Wall St. developed an index of four measures to determine the best school district in every state. The Williamson County School District, located just south of Nashville, ranks as the best district in Tennessee. According to the school and neighborhood rating website, Niche, the district excels in a number of areas, including college prep, academics, clubs and activities, and teacher quality. Children in the district are also more likely than most to have college-educated parents — which is a predictor of academic success. In the Williamson County district, 62.0% of adults have a bachelor’s degree or higher, well above the 26.6% share of adults in Tennessee who do. The four measures used to determine the best school district in every state were the child poverty rate, the teacher-to-student ratio, per-pupil spending, and the share of adults with a college education. All data came from the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Center for Education Statistics.

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