School district results show improvement

By Charlotte Underwood

CAMPBELL COUNTY, TN (WLAF)- At Tuesday’s Campbell County Board of Education meeting, Secondary Supervisor Christopher Enix went over school district results, which showed improvement from the 2025 school year to the 2026 results.

In the 2025 vs 2026 Achievement Comparison, students across the district showed improvement in eight of the nine comparable grade summaries.

Enix said that district wide results showed that 2026 outperformed 2025 in most comparable areas of ELA, Math, Social Studies, Algebra I, Algebra II, English I, English II and Geometry, with U.S. History showing the only decline.

Enix went over some of the highlights, saying the gains in social studies scores was the strongest achievement story for the year’s comparison.

“Social studies Grade 6 gained 20.9 points and Grade 8 gained 10.2 points, ELA Grade 8 gained 8.7 points, which is a major middle school literacy bright spot,” Enix said.

Math grade 8 gained 5.7 points, while grade 7 math declined 8.9 points.

English Language Arts overall increased by 2.0 points despite declines in grades 4, 5 and 7.

Enix said that those grades that declined need continued monitoring.

He reported that mathematics was stable overall, with clear grade-level priorities. Grade 7 math declined by 8.9 points and “is the largest TCAP area of concern.” Other areas of math showed improvements.

High School results showed English and Algebra II improved, while U.S history fell by 7.4 points.

On TCAP comparison averages, the district had a 3.4-point gain, which showed an increase on students meeting or exceeding expectations.

Results from school to school showed Jacksboro Elementary with a 4.2 decrease, Wynn Elementary with a 3.8 decrease, LaFollette Elementary with a 3.7 decrease, Elk Valley STEM with a 0.4 decrease. Campell County High School had a 1.0 gain, Jellico High School had a 1.3 gain, Caryville Elementary School had a 2.4 gain, Jacksboro Middle had a 3.9 increase, Jellico Elementary had a 4.3 increase, LaFollette Middle had a 6.3 increase, Valley View Elementary School had a 13.3 increase, and White Oak had a 14.3 increase.

Enix went over more data with the board, but the overall takeaway was that “Campbell County has meaningful year-over-year gains to celebrate, and the dataset gives us a focused plan for support where results declined.” (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED-07/16/2026-6AM)