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Schools in Gates

Gates’s public schools

Lauderdale County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Gates. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/5schools above Tennessee’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in Tennessee’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
21%
2021–22
Math proficiency
18%
2021–22
Graduate on time
80%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$12.9K
▼ 2% vs TN $13.1K
FY2024
Schools in town
0
2,817 students on the public path
In brief

Gates’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Gates’s 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Tennessee’s 1,649 public schools. Halls Junior High School places highest (better than 39%); Ripley Middle School lowest (13%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Gates, graded from C+ to C+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools and two high schools: Ripley High School and Halls High School. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Gates, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–62 schoolsDepends on your addressC+
7–82 middle schoolsDepends on your addressD to C+
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your addressC− to C+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Lauderdale County School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Lauderdale County School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 7 schools · 3,277 students, down 12% since 2020–21
$12,856TN $13,059 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading21%
State average 36.8% · 2076 students tested
Math18%
State average 31.1% · 2215 students tested

Gates vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Tennessee towns that share Gates’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Gates—Lauderdale County
HallsDLauderdale County

Every school in Gates

6 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Tennessee’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Gatesin other towns
Halls Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Halls
C+
655 studentsRate it →
Ripley Primary
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Ripley
589 studentsRate it →
Ripley Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Ripley
D
477 studentsRate it →
Halls Junior High School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Halls
C+
143 studentsRate it →
Ripley High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Ripley
C−
614 studentsRate it →
Halls High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Halls
C+
339 studentsRate it →

Questions about Gates’s schools

Are Gates’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Gates. Lauderdale County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Gates. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Tennessee’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Gates in?

Lauderdale County School District.

Where do Gates kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Ripley High School and Halls High School.

Parents talk

What Gates families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.