The Tullahoma school district has been named the 14th best school district in the state by Niche K-12.
Launched in May 2013, Niche.com is a research site that combines community reviews and opinions with hard data to compare public and private school districts across the country.
According to the website, “Best Public School Districts ranks 8,738 school districts based on dozens of key statistics and 4.6 million opinions from 280,000 students and parents.
The rankings were determined by evaluating districts across eight categories, with each category making up a percentage of the overall grade. Tullahoma’s highest grade was for its teachers, scoring an A-
Niche.com weighted academics most heavily, accounting for 50 percent of the overall score. Tullahoma City Schools earned a B+ on this area.
The Maryville city school system ranked #1 in Tennessee.
More information on Niche’s 2015 K-12 school rankings, including a detailed explanation of the methodology used to determine the placements, is available online at www.niche.com.