📍 760 Bert Johnston AVE, Covington, Tipton County, 38019
Charger Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Covington, Tipton County. The school has 418 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Tipton County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 31.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. 15% of students are proficient in reading. 11% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Charger Academy enrolls 418 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 31.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 72% Black or African American, 21% White and 4.1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 301 | 72% |
| White | 88 | 21% |
| Two or more races | 17 | 4.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 12 | 2.9% |
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.
Charger Academy is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TN At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 32, state house district 81.
Charger Academy is one of 14 schools in Tipton County, based in Covington, Tennessee. The district serves 9,975 students district-wide and employs 639 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 418 students, Charger Academy is smaller than the district average of about 713 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant