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Schools in Roan Mountain

Roan Mountain’s public schools

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

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools above Tennessee’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 96% 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
33%
2021–22
Math proficiency
21%
2021–22
Graduate on time
75%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$11.7K
▼ 10% vs TN $13.1K
FY2024
Schools in town
2
498 students on the public path
In brief

Roan Mountain’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Roan Mountain’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Tennessee’s 1,649 public schools. Cloudland Elementary School places highest (better than 53%); Cloudland High School lowest (35%). 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 Roan Mountain, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Cloudland Elementary SchoolCarter County School DistrictB−
7–12Cloudland High SchoolCarter County School DistrictC+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Carter 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.

Carter County School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 14 schools · 4,450 students
$11,729TN $13,059 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading33%
State average 36.8% · 2649 students tested
Math21%
State average 31.1% · 2864 students tested

Roan Mountain vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Roan Mountain—Carter County

Every school in Roan Mountain

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).

District schools in Roan Mountainby address
Cloudland Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
B−
262 studentsRate it →
Cloudland High School
High · Grades 7–12
C+
236 studentsRate it →

Questions about Roan Mountain’s schools

Are Roan Mountain’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Roan Mountain. Carter County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Roan Mountain. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Tennessee’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Roan Mountain in?

Carter County School District.

Where do Roan Mountain kids go to high school?

Cloudland High 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.