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Ripley High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
254 Jefferson St
Ripley, TN 38063
Phone
(731) 635-2642
District
Lauderdale County
County
LAUDERDALE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
658
Classroom Teachers
38

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Tennessee

1

(10 is best)

Better than 4.3% of all TN schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

1

(10 is best)

Ripley High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
10%
39%
15%
49%
5%
29%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
17
14
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 168 25.5%
Grade 10 170 25.8%
Grade 11 177 26.9%
Grade 12 143 21.7%
Total 658 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 37.6% 50.3% 61.4%
Black 58.0% 44.8% 21.6%
Hispanic 3.7% 4.2% 14.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.6% 0.2% 2.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.4% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 25,171 7,051,339
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 53.3 170
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.7% 5.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.2% 18.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 34.3% 33.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.9% 25.7%
65 OR OLDER 16.0% 16.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 9,127 2,713,635
Single Parent Households With Children 12.0% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 82.0% 89.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 10.4% 29.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 5.7% 14.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 10.7% 15.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.7% 13.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.1% 17.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 22.0% 17.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 14.6% 12.6%
$15,000 or less 16.2% 9.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,533 $25,711,000 60.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $496 $1,693,000 4.0%
Staff $493 $1,683,000 4.0%
General Administration $233 $796,000 1.9%
School Administration $795 $2,715,000 6.4%
Operation $898 $3,066,000 7.3%
Transportation $366 $1,249,000 3.0%
Other $179 $612,000 1.4%
Total Support $3,461 $11,814,000 28.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,380 $4,710,000 11.2%
Total Expenditures $12,375 $42,235,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,239 $6,281,389,000 54.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $566 $569,482,000 4.9%
Staff $647 $651,842,000 5.6%
General Administration $220 $221,150,000 1.9%
School Administration $648 $652,278,000 5.6%
Operation $805 $810,908,000 7.0%
Transportation $354 $355,941,000 3.1%
Other $305 $307,059,000 2.7%
Total Support $3,545 $3,568,660,000 30.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,723 $1,734,683,000 15.0%
Total Expenditures $11,507 $11,584,732,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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