📍 13305 Highway 69 A, Big Sandy, Benton County, 38221
Big Sandy School is a State/Public serving other age pupils, located in Big Sandy, Benton County. The school has 288 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Benton County school district. It serves grades K–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 36.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 8.0:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 90%. The school offers a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Big Sandy School enrolls 288 students across grades K–12. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 36.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 8.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 95% White, 2.4% Hispanic or Latino and 2.1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 275 | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 7 | 2.4% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 2.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Big Sandy School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TN-70, state senate district 24, state house district 75.
Big Sandy School is one of 8 schools in Benton County, based in Camden, Tennessee. The district serves 2,150 students district-wide and employs 171 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 288 students, Big Sandy School is close to the district average of about 269 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote