Red Boiling Springs Bank · Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 3.0Red Boiling Springs’s public schools outscore 60% of Tennessee districts
The grade covers the public school district serving Red Boiling Springs, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Tennessee, not nationally.
From Tennessee state tests taken in spring 2022, when 98% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Red Boiling Springs’s schools, in brief
Better than its incomes would predict
Among the 141 Tennessee towns with household incomes within a quarter of Red Boiling Springs’s, its schools beat 71%, higher than their 60% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Results trail the state
In spring 2022, 33% of tested students were proficient in reading and 31% in math, against 37% and 31% statewide; 98% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓
Graduation
91% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 87% across Tennessee. Districts ↓
Spending and class size
The district spends $10,446 per student, against $13,059 across Tennessee (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓
One elementary school, then one middle school
From grade 6 the district’s path is Red Boiling Springs School. Enrollment is up 8% since 2020–21. 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.
What’s behind Red Boiling Springs’s grade
B: better than 60% of Tennessee school districts. Graduation is above the Tennessee average; test scores are below it.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Red Boiling Springs, with each school’s own grade.
Pre-K in Red Boiling Springs
Red Boiling Springs Elementary
Grades PK–5 · 363 students
Kindergarten in Red Boiling Springs
Red Boiling Springs Elementary
Grades PK–5 · 363 students
1st grade in Red Boiling Springs
Red Boiling Springs Elementary
Grades PK–5 · 363 students
2nd grade in Red Boiling Springs
Red Boiling Springs Elementary
Grades PK–5 · 363 students
3rd grade in Red Boiling Springs
Red Boiling Springs Elementary
Grades PK–5 · 363 students
4th grade in Red Boiling Springs
Red Boiling Springs Elementary
Grades PK–5 · 363 students
5th grade in Red Boiling Springs
Red Boiling Springs Elementary
Grades PK–5 · 363 students
6th grade in Red Boiling Springs
Red Boiling Springs School
Grades 6–12 · 328 students · in Red Boiling Spg
7th grade in Red Boiling Springs
Red Boiling Springs School
Grades 6–12 · 328 students · in Red Boiling Spg
8th grade in Red Boiling Springs
Red Boiling Springs School
Grades 6–12 · 328 students · in Red Boiling Spg
9th grade in Red Boiling Springs
Red Boiling Springs School
Grades 6–12 · 328 students · in Red Boiling Spg
10th grade in Red Boiling Springs
Red Boiling Springs School
Grades 6–12 · 328 students · in Red Boiling Spg
11th grade in Red Boiling Springs
Red Boiling Springs School
Grades 6–12 · 328 students · in Red Boiling Spg
12th grade in Red Boiling Springs
Red Boiling Springs School
Grades 6–12 · 328 students · in Red Boiling Spg
Red Boiling Springs’s public schools are run by Macon County School District, which also serves Lafayette. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Below the state in reading
Red Boiling Springs vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Tennessee towns that share Red Boiling Springs’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Red Boiling Springs | B | Macon County |
Every school in Red Boiling Springs
2 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).
Questions about Red Boiling Springs’s schools
Are Red Boiling Springs’s schools good?
They sit near the middle of Tennessee: the public schools Red Boiling Springs children attend outscore 60% of Tennessee’s school districts on tests and graduation, a B Schools grade. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 71%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Red Boiling Springs in?
Macon County School District, which runs grades PK–12 and enrolls 4,216 students in 8 schools (2024–25).
What is Red Boiling Springs’s graduation rate?
91% of the class of 2023 in Macon County School District graduated in four years, against 87% across Tennessee.
How much does Red Boiling Springs spend per student?
$10,446 in Macon County School District (FY2024), against $13,059 across Tennessee. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Red Boiling Springs families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Red Boiling Springs → They have their own page.
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). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Tennessee. Stars are from neighbors.