McKenzie High School Receives Reward School Designation

McKenzie High School was named as a Reward School for the 2024-25 school year, marking the school's third Reward School designation in five years. The Tennessee Department of Education announced state school and district designations for the 2024-25 school year in November 2025, and McKenzie High School recently received a banner to celebrate last year's success.

McKenzie High School received the Reward School designation for the following school years: 2020-2021, 2022-2023 and 2024-2025.

“We are extremely proud of our staff and students for the recognition and hard work,” said Principal Kelly Spivey.

Each year, schools and districts are eligible for designations based on their overall performance across indicators that are essential to student success, including how they prepared students to be proficient (achievement), accelerated student learning (growth), encouraged students to attend school regularly (chronically out of school), prepared students for postsecondary success (graduation rate and Ready Graduate) and supported English learners acquiring language skills.

Schools receive a Reward School designation when students demonstrate high levels of performance and/or improvement in performance by meeting objectives across performance indicators and student groups, and the Reward School distinction places significant emphasis on performance and improvement across all indicators from the prior school year.