Suburban school districts finish high, SCS sees bright side of low ACT scores

By Sam Stockard Updated: November 02, 2018 4:00 AM CT | Published: November 01, 2018 5:29 PM CT

Suburban school districts here finished at the top of Tennessee’s ACT scores, while Shelby County Schools came in near the bottom but is seeing improvement among its economically disadvantaged students and has four high schools above the state average of 20.2, its best score ever.

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Germantown Municipal School District Jason Manuel Shelby County Schools Tammy Mason

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Sam Stockard is a Nashville-based reporter with more than 30 years of journalism experience as a writer, editor and columnist covering the state Legislature and Tennessee politics for The Daily Memphian.

Suburban school districts finish high, SCS sees bright side of low ACT scores

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