3rd grade retention: Find your school district scores here
Under a new law, students who don’t meet expectations for reading proficiency face the prospect of being held back for another try at third grade. Children in the “approaching” category can take summer school or tutoring to try to make up lost ground and advance to fourth grade.
See how your school district did in data released by the state Department of Education:
District | Pct. Below | Approa- ching | Pct. Meets | Pct. Exceeds | Pct. Proficient |
Achievement Schools | 64 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
Alamo City | 9 | 16 | 37 | 38 | 75 |
Alcoa City | 19 | 41 | 28 | 12 | 40 |
Anderson County | 13 | 43 | 31 | 14 | 44 |
Arlington Community | 2 | 21 | 42 | 36 | 78 |
Athens City | 24 | 33 | 34 | 9 | 43 |
Bartlett City | 13 | 39 | 32 | 17 | 49 |
Bedford County | 31 | 33 | 26 | 10 | 36 |
Bells City | 15 | 38 | 37 | 10 | 46 |
Benton County | 26 | 36 | 25 | 13 | 38 |
Bledsoe County | 29 | 32 | 27 | 11 | 38 |
Blount County | 22 | 41 | 27 | 10 | 37 |
Bradford Special | 30 | 26 | 33 | 12 | 44 |
Bradley County | 15 | 37 | 33 | 15 | 48 |
Bristol City | 12 | 37 | 37 | 14 | 51 |
Campbell County | 28 | 40 | 24 | 7 | 31 |
Cannon County | 33 | 39 | 26 | 2 | 28 |
Carter County | 20 | 48 | 26 | 6 | 32 |
Cheatham Countv | 20 | 38 | 31 | 11 | 41 |
Chester County | 9 | 35 | 36 | 21 | 57 |
Claiborne County | 29 | 40 | 26 | 5 | 31 |
Clarksville Montgomery County | 21 | 37 | 29 | 13 | 42 |
Clay County | 11 | 42 | 37 | 11 | 48 |
Cleveland City | 32 | 36 | 23 | 9 | 33 |
Clinton City | 11 | 34 | 38 | 17 | 55 |
Cocke County | 28 | 44 | 22 | 6 | 28 |
Coffee County | 24 | 37 | 28 | 11 | 39 |
Collierville | 6 | 20 | 37 | 36 | 74 |
Crockett County | 23 | 34 | 30 | 13 | 42 |
Cumberland County | 29 | 36 | 23 | 11 | 34 |
Dayton City | 27 | 24 | 32 | 17 | 49 |
Decatur County | 17 | 40 | 34 | 9 | 43 |
DeKalb County | 25 | 33 | 29 | 14 | 42 |
Dickson County | 20 | 38 | 28 | 14 | 42 |
Dyer County | 17 | 38 | 31 | 14 | 45 |
Dyersburg City | 30 | 39 | 22 | 9 | 31 |
Elizabethton City | 16 | 34 | 32 | 17 | 50 |
Etowah City | 16 | 40 | 40 | 5 | 44 |
Fayette County | 44 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 17 |
Fayetteville City | 20 | 36 | 33 | 11 | 44 |
Fentress County | 29 | 40 | 26 | 5 | 31 |
Franklin County | 29 | 36 | 26 | 9 | 35 |
Franklin Special | 11 | 19 | 36 | 33 | 69 |
Germantown Municipal | 4 | 16 | 40 | 40 | 80 |
Gibson County Special | 11 | 34 | 35 | 20 | 56 |
Giles County | 16 | 42 | 32 | 10 | 42 |
Grainger County | 14 | 40 | 35 | 12 | 46 |
Greene County | 20 | 45 | 28 | 7 | 35 |
Greeneville City | 13 | 41 | 31 | 15 | 46 |
Grundy County | 29 | 32 | 32 | 7 | 39 |
Hamblen County | 25 | 34 | 28 | 13 | 41 |
Hamilton County | 29 | 31 | 27 | 13 | 40 |
Hancock County | 22 | 46 | 24 | 9 | 32 |
Hardeman County | 35 | 41 | 22 | 3 | 24 |
Hardin County | 29 | 43 | 22 | 7 | 28 |
Hawkins County | 26 | 42 | 26 | 6 | 32 |
Haywood County | 44 | 39 | 15 | 3 | 18 |
Henderson County | 15 | 41 | 32 | 13 | 44 |
Henry County | 25 | 32 | 30 | 12 | 43 |
Hickman County | 16 | 41 | 31 | 13 | 44 |
Hollow Rock – Bruceton Special | 11 | 57 | 22 | 11 | 32 |
Houston County | 43 | 37 | 16 | 4 | 19 |
Humboldt City | 50 | 34 | 15 | 1 | 16 |
Humphreys County | 24 | 40 | 30 | 6 | 36 |
Huntingdon Special | 17 | 38 | 28 | 17 | 45 |
Jackson County | 25 | 43 | 25 | 7 | 32 |
Jackson-Madison County | 41 | 40 | 16 | 4 | 20 |
Jefferson County | 29 | 33 | 26 | 12 | 39 |
Johnson City | 14 | 22 | 33 | 31 | 64 |
Johnson County | 43 | 35 | 19 | 3 | 22 |
Kingsport City | 19 | 36 | 27 | 19 | 45 |
Knox County | 24 | 33 | 28 | 15 | 43 |
Lake County | 33 | 35 | 25 | 6 | 31 |
Lakeland | 5 | 26 | 40 | 29 | 69 |
Lauderdale County | 33 | 33 | 25 | 8 | 33 |
Lawrence County | 13 | 40 | 31 | 15 | 46 |
Lebanon Special | 22 | 33 | 31 | 14 | 46 |
Lenoir City | 32 | 36 | 28 | 4 | 32 |
Lewis County | 8 | 42 | 35 | 15 | 50 |
Lexington City | 11 | 43 | 34 | 12 | 46 |
Lincoln County | 18 | 38 | 31 | 13 | 44 |
Loudon County | 16 | 37 | 33 | 14 | 47 |
Macon County | 21 | 39 | 30 | 10 | 40 |
Manchester City | 20 | 41 | 28 | 11 | 39 |
Marion County | 23 | 43 | 28 | 7 | 34 |
Marshall County | 20 | 46 | 27 | 6 | 34 |
Marvville City | 4 | 21 | 35 | 39 | 75 |
Maury County | 26 | 38 | 27 | 9 | 37 |
McKenzie Special | 27 | 39 | 28 | 5 | 34 |
McMinn County | 30 | 38 | 28 | 5 | 33 |
McNairy County | 22 | 40 | 29 | 8 | 38 |
Meigs County | 17 | 41 | 31 | 11 | 41 |
Memphis-Shelby County | 42 | 34 | 18 | 6 | 24 |
Metro-Nashville | 38 | 32 | 19 | 11 | 30 |
Milan Special | 18 | 46 | 27 | 9 | 36 |
Millington Municipal | 32 | 34 | 26 | 9 | 35 |
Monroe County | 30 | 43 | 23 | 3 | 27 |
Moore County | 18 | 32 | 35 | 15 | 50 |
Morgan County | 17 | 42 | 30 | 11 | 41 |
Murfreesboro City | 25 | 32 | 29 | 14 | 44 |
Newport City | 13 | 33 | 47 | 8 | 55 |
Oak Ridge | 14 | 27 | 39 | 19 | 59 |
Obion County | 16 | 44 | 32 | 8 | 40 |
Oneida Special | 18 | 49 | 28 | 5 | 33 |
Overton County | 20 | 41 | 33 | 6 | 39 |
Paris Special | 21 | 36 | 28 | 14 | 42 |
Perry County | 25 | 58 | 14 | 4 | 17 |
Pickett County | 30 | 33 | 28 | 10 | 38 |
Polk County | 23 | 40 | 24 | 13 | 37 |
Putnam County | 21 | 37 | 28 | 15 | 42 |
Rhea County | 20 | 40 | 28 | 12 | 40 |
Richard City Special | 20 | 67 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
Roane County | 22 | 37 | 31 | 10 | 41 |
Robertson County | 31 | 39 | 22 | 8 | 30 |
Rogersville City | 29 | 35 | 23 | 13 | 35 |
Rutherford County | 22 | 34 | 29 | 15 | 44 |
Scott County | 19 | 41 | 27 | 13 | 41 |
Sequatchie County | 26 | 32 | 34 | 8 | 42 |
Sevier County | 24 | 40 | 27 | 9 | 35 |
Smith County | 15 | 41 | 35 | 9 | 44 |
South Carroll Special | 15 | 15 | 30 | 40 | 70 |
Stewart County | 22 | 47 | 26 | 5 | 31 |
Sullivan County | 19 | 43 | 28 | 10 | 38 |
Sumner County | 18 | 33 | 31 | 18 | 49 |
Sweetwater City | 24 | 33 | 28 | 14 | 42 |
Tennessee Public Charter | 34 | 39 | 18 | 9.7 | 28 |
Tipton County | 21 | 39 | 30 | 10 | 40 |
Trenton Special | 22 | 43 | 28 | 7 | 35 |
Trousdale County | 23 | 28 | 30 | 19 | 49 |
Tullahoma City | 21 | 37 | 33 | 9 | 42 |
Unicoi County | 18 | 52 | 21 | 9 | 30 |
Union City | 23 | 48 | 23 | 7 | 29 |
Union County | 42 | 36 | 19 | 3 | 22 |
Van Buren County | 25 | 40 | 29 | 6 | 35 |
Warren County | 32 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 34 |
Washington County | 13 | 37 | 36 | 14 | 50 |
Wayne County | 19 | 51 | 24 | 7 | 30 |
Weakley County | 16 | 32 | 33 | 19 | 52 |
West Carroll Special | 13 | 50 | 22 | 15 | 37 |
White County | 14 | 43 | 30 | 13 | 43 |
Williamson County | 6 | 22 | 38 | 34 | 72 |
Wilson County | 15 | 35 | 34 | 16 | 50 |