Union City Schools has received a report card that anyone would be proud of.
School Communications Director Mike Hutchens said Union City High School and Middle School each received an ‘A’ on the state accountability report card, while Union City Elementary School was designated as a ‘Reward School’ in data released by the Tennessee Department of Education for the 2023-24 school year.
That report comes on the heels of all three Union City Schools campuses being deemed Level 5 schools in federal accountability standards last fall.
Director of Schools Wes Kennedy said the achievement was “a wonderful testimony to the collective and tireless efforts of our school administrators, teachers, and, of course, our students. Together, we’ve earned these statuses through hard work, and I couldn’t be more proud of our people who’ve invested in Union City Schools.”
The state-issued school letter grades provide a snapshot of how each school is meeting the state’s expectations for learning. That includes measures of student achievement and academic growth for all schools, as well as college and career readiness for high schools.
The calculation to generate A-through-F letter grades for schools consists of four separate indicators and includes the growth of the highest-need students. The grades differentiate between elementary and middle schools and high schools.
This marks the second year that all scores were designated a letter grade. In 2016, T.C.A. § 49-1-228 was established and required the Tennessee Department of Education to develop a school letter-grade rating system to provide parents and families with information that shows how public schools are performing.
Due to implementation delays, including testing administration issues and the COVID-19 pandemic, Tennessee assigned letter grades to schools for the first time in 2022-23.
