Evaluation of Tennessee school district websites

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This page captures a snapshot of the information contributed by Sunshine Review users after they've studied the information made available on Tennessee school district websites.

See also: School districts websites, state-by-state comparison, to compare what you can find on Tennessee' school district websites to what can be found on school district websites in other states.

Reading the chart

In the chart below:

	means that information is included on the government website
	means that the information was not provided on the government website
P	means that information was partially provided

Check the Sunshine Review page about each school district for more detailed information about what information is available on the school district website, along with recommendations SR users have made for positive changes.

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Conclusions chart

2012

In May of 2012, Sunshine Review evaluated the 11 most populous school districts for website transparency. We chose to evaluate 11 districts instead of 10 because Memphis School District is being merged with Shelby in 2013-2014. The average grade for the school district websites was a C- (51.5%).

	Taxes?	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Contracts?	Audits?	Public records?	Academics?	Background checks?
Y	6	5	11	7	5	2	0	4	9	10
P	0	3	0	4	6	5	4	2	1	0
N	5	3	0	0	0	4	7	5	1	1

Comparison chart

School district	Grade	Taxes	Budget	Meetings	Elected Officials	Admin. Officials	Contracts	Audits	Public records	Academics	Background checks
Hamilton County School District, Tennessee	B-	Y	P	Y	Y	P	Y	N	Y	Y	Y
Jackson-Madison Consolidated Schools, Tennessee	F	N	N	Y	P	P	N	N	P	N	Y
Knox County School District, Tennessee	B-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	P	N	N	Y	Y
Memphis City School District, Tennessee	F	N	N	Y	P	P	N	N	N	P	Y
Montgomery County School District, Tennessee	B-	N	P	Y	Y	Y	Y	P	Y	Y	Y
Nashville-Davidson County School District, Tennessee	C-	N	Y	Y	Y	P	P	P	N	Y	Y
Rutherford County School District, Tennessee	C-	N	P	Y	Y	P	P	N	N	Y	Y
Sevier County Schools, Tennessee	F	N	N	Y	P	P	N	N	P	Y	N
Shelby County School District, Tennessee	B	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	P	P	Y	Y	Y
Sumner County School District, Tennessee	B	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	P	N	Y	Y	Y
Williamson County School District, Tennessee	C-	Y	P	Y	P	Y	N	P	N	Y	Y

Comparison chart

Please check each district to see when it was last rated, if there is no time stamp then check the "History" tab to see when it was last edited.

School district	Grade	Taxes	Budget	Meetings	Elected Officials	Admin. Officials	Contracts	Audits	Public records	Academics	Background checks
Alamo City Schools, Tennessee	D	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y
Alcoa City Schools, Tennessee	D	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	Y
Anderson County Schools, Tennessee	C	N	N	Y	Y	Y	P	N	N	N	Y
Athens City Elementary Schools, Tennessee	D-	N	N	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N
Hamilton County School District, Tennessee	B-	Y	P	Y	Y	P	Y	N	Y	Y	Y
Henderson County Schools, Tennessee	D-	N	N	N	P	Y	P	N	Y	N	Y
Jackson-Madison Consolidated Schools, Tennessee	F	N	N	Y	P	P	N	N	P	N	Y
Knox County School District, Tennessee	B-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	P	N	N	Y	Y
Lake County Schools, Tennessee	B-	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	P	Y	N	Y	Y
Memphis City School District, Tennessee	F	N	N	Y	P	P	N	N	N	P	Y
Montgomery County School District, Tennessee	B-	N	P	Y	Y	Y	Y	P	Y	Y	Y
Nashville-Davidson County School District, Tennessee	C-	N	Y	Y	Y	P	P	P	N	Y	Y
Rutherford County School District, Tennessee	C-	N	P	Y	Y	P	P	N	N	Y	Y
Sevier County Schools, Tennessee	F	N	N	Y	P	P	N	N	P	Y	N
Shelby County School District, Tennessee	B	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	P	P	Y	Y	Y
Sumner County School District, Tennessee	B	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	P	N	Y	Y	Y
Williamson County School District, Tennessee	C-	Y	P	Y	P	Y	N	P	N	Y	Y

Correcting errors

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