State education officials today released their list of the bottom five percent of Tennessee’s schools. The list is based on the last three years of test scores and graduation rates.
Some of the so-called “priority schools” will have to come up with plans for making big improvements, others will be transferred into state control and may be converted into charter schools.
Several priority schools are in Metro: Bailey, Brick Church and Gra-Mar Middle, Buena Vista and Napier Elementary, and one charter school, Smithson Craighead Middle. There are also a few in the Chattanooga area and one each from Knox and Hardeman Counties. The 69 other schools on the list, are in Memphis.
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