Sevier County High School

1200 Dolly Parton Parkway, Sevierville, TN 37862 | (865) 453-5525

Grades: 9-12
Student Enrollment: 1,852

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3.5 out of 5 | 21 Reviews

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School Description

School Summary and Highlights

Enrolls 1,852 high school students from grades 9-12

Additional Contact Information

Mailing Address: 1200 Dolly Parton Pkwy, Sevierville, TN 37862

Principal or Admin: Toby Ward
Fax: (865) 428-5867

School Operational Details

Title I Eligible
All students of this school are eligible for participation in authorized programs.

School District Details

Sevier County School District
Per-Pupil Spending: $7,774
Graduation Rate: 72.0%
Dropout Rate: 2.8%
Students Per Teacher: 14.8
Enrolled Students: 14,347

Faculty Details and Student Enrollment

Students and Faculty

Total Students Enrolled: 1,852
Total Full Time "Equivalent" Teachers: 103.0
Average Student-To-Teacher Ratio: 18.0

Students Gender Breakdown

Males: 963 (52.0%)
Females: 889 (48.0%)

Free Lunch Student Eligibility Breakdown

Eligible for Reduced Lunch: 184 (9.9%)
Eligible for Free Lunch: 735 (39.7%)
Eligible for Either Reduced or Free Lunch: 919 (49.6%)

Student Enrollment Distribution by Race / Ethnicity

Sevier County High School Student Race Distribution

	Number	Percent
American Indian	7	0.4%
Black	32	1.7%
Asian	9	0.5%
Hispanic	76	4.1%
White	1,728	93.3%

Number of Students Per Grade

	Number	Percent
9th Grade	597	32.2%
10th Grade	449	24.2%
11th Grade	405	21.9%
12th Grade	401	21.7%

Source: TN Department of Education, Source: NCES 2009-2010

School Ratings and Reviews

Overall Rating: 3.5

3.5 out of 5 | 21 Reviews

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21 reviews for Sevier County High School

Reviewed by Former Student on January 31, 2011
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100% loved it didn't really get a lot of one on one time with all the students there but did get very important life lessons that i will carry with me for the rest of my life.

brittany pates
class of 2010

Reviewed by Student on January 20, 2011
Rating: (1 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
This is a horrible school. Recently, a renovation of the football stadium was "needed". I have to avoid puddles in the hallway when it rains! There are no dividers between the toilets! Yes, you read that right. The (...) was a football player. Enough said. I honestly feel that I am more educated than one of my teachers. He/she is also a coach. This school wasn't great when my dad went there. That was 30 years ago. It has been in decline for years now. Mainly because of biased/corrupt/poor leadership. The entire school feels dirty. School pride is at a minimum among students. Seems like it's every day that one of my friends transfers to Pigeon Forge. I might just join them. There is an extremely high student:teacher ratio. Classrooms are crowded. One of my teachers' rooms was 50 degrees one morning because the administration refused to turn the heat on until Thanksgiving. Save your child/children from the misery that I must go through daily. Send them to another school!

Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on July 29, 2010
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Sevier County H. S. has some outstanding teachers, some mediocre performers and a decent A.D. Now that the old regime, who did not know how to govern, has been replaced, SCHS is grudgingly, ever so grudgingly moving into the 20th century; they do things at a different pace, but sooner or later, they will get to indoor plumbing, toilet paper and rid themselves forever of the Sears catalog and the Parton outhouse up top. Cleaning house is never easy, but once that jack-in-the-box is cut, things will improve even more!!!!

Reviewed by Student on June 28, 2010
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the school is a great school but it is really crowded it also has a lot of drama there but the staff and most of the students are really nice

Reviewed by Former Student on May 15, 2010
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It is not a great school, but do you honestly expect for a public school? It's flawed like most schools, corrupt and has tends to favor towards athletics than anything else, but even in higher education athletes still take the favoritism. Therefore SCHS is just like any ordinary school. Now I went to different highschool in another state, which I'd give a 3 star rating to because I had a few teachers whose lessons extended beyond the classroom and taught me things, I didn't want to learn at first but thoroughly was very glad that they did. SCHS has a handful of teachers who do truly care about the students and do their best to make them succeed even with little support from the administration.

Reviewed by Former Student on February 19, 2010
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I'm sorry to hear that the school has declined that much since I graduated from SCHS in 1983. At that time, our biggest vice was the "smoke hole". I still can't believe they created a place for under-age kids to smoke at school. However, other than that, I loved this school back then. It saddens me to hear that things have regressed so much since then. It was a great school with great teachers and and great kids. It sounds like this school needs a new School Board as well as a new principal to get things under control. I hope someday soon they bring it back to what it once was.

Reviewed by Student on January 24, 2010
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I absolutely LOVE this school. I moved here from up North, the ghetto to be exact. People who are complaining don't know how good the really have it. I know how good they have it though. Up North the school security would have to lock the "nasty" bathrooms during the day because if they didn't, people would smoke in them. The difference between SCHS and my other school is tremendous. I happen to be a part of the 2.8% of Hispanics at the school, and have no problem with being accepted. As a matter of fact, I made friends fairly quickly. Whether or not you like the school depends on your personality, your attitude, and where you're from. They take great care of their students, and most of the teachers do genuinely care for the success of their students. SCHS= A from me :)

Reviewed by Student on January 14, 2010
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I do not agree wit the first person who wrote. In this school there are many nice teachers and NO you do not have to be a jock or prep to be accepted. I, myself am the wierd kid but i get accepted. I LOVE THIS SCHOOL.
Yes, the bathrooms are not up to par but they are not as bad as most people describe them.AKA(i use the bathrooms) Yes, this school has their cliques but what school does not. Yes, some people get treated better but the reason why they get treated better is because they give the teachers respect and that is what should happen! I addore Mrs. Luddeke and Mr. Cole and Mr. Willis they have taught me so many things and they care for the students. The place is not as nasty as people put it (i would Know) I enjoy my SCHS life

Reviewed by Former Student on January 05, 2010
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this school has major problems. thank god i am homeschool now. the bathrooms such and are disgusting and the school is overcrowed by at least several hundred students if not more. most of the teachers dont even care unless your on the football team or have money. also, the bullying is relly bad. i personally never got bullied but i saw it happen to others in the guys locker room when you went to go change after gym. they all started a fight club and a few people didnt want to fight and still got beat up pretty badby the older seniors. they would watch the door to make sure that no teachers would hear them fighting. even wen someone di have the courage to tell the teachers they didnt do anything about it. i still asked my friends that still go there and they still are doing this "fight club".not to go back to the bathroom thing but they are not ever,and i mean ever,cleaned and people urinate on the toilet paper as some stupid joke, plus there are no doors and the other 2 toilets dont even have walls for gods sake!! you cant ever get to class on time and the classrooms are filthy an d have outdated equipment. some of the teachers have a heart like coach B, and a few others and thats it. like some one said before me you also have only 3, yes 3, bathroom breaks a semester. i no a few thatonly gave you 3 the whole year! i have learned more in homeschool than at that school in one month than i did there the whole year. if you have a chance to get out you should. i no for sure that if i have ever have kids that they will not be going to that school.

Reviewed by Student on December 09, 2009
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This school needs some good managment is all. Besides the loud and obnoxious teachers who work there. Mrs Condra is a loud horse and mrs. richards needs to accept shes not 17 anymore. The principals will not listen. There is way to much bullying in this school, esp from the jocks. And you mention it to a principal they wont do anything about it. Because there all overly conceited in the football team. Heck the pricipal was a football player himself! And god forbid whenever there is a fight, the one who gets there butt kicked is innocent, im guessing out of pity. there is to much unfair treatment going on here and it needs to come to a stop. Bullying can lead to dangerous things. That is what is pushing kids to bring weapons to school. they think a slap on the hand will handle it. Some of the better teachers would be Mrs. sellers for her nonjudging attitude. Mrs. wright for being sweet to everyone not just some. and mrs. south for understanding kids the way they are. Mrs. bernardi is also an amazing teacher, not to mention mr.weaver. and there the ones who get the least acknowledgment of course. alot of the teachers dont even try to help. my math teacher is very impatient. mrs cavelleto is one of the best math teachers i have ever come across. i think i learned more in that semester than i have in my whole gradeschool years. This school needs to be checked out seriously!

Reviewed by Student on November 03, 2009
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whats is this school like

Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on August 03, 2009
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This school is sick!. If your not a jock or wear stelletos your5 a moron. Thank god there are some teachers there that actually care for there students, aka mrs sellers, aka mrs. wright..aka mrs bernardi mrs richards wishes she could be in high school again.

Reviewed by Former Student on June 15, 2009
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This school is not what it should be it depends on who you are and who you know as to wither you will graduate regardless of your credits or scores.

Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on March 24, 2009
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The first review is right on the money. The shcool does have MAJOR problems. They are so bad, I'm not sure they can even be fixed. I have two children there - neither will use the restrooms at school. They are NASTY. Plus, you are only allowed 3 bathroom breaks PER SEMESTER during class, even if you are sick! There is not enough time to get from class to class in this overcrowded, rough-housing hallway between classes, much less go to the restroom, even if you could stand to use it. My children will check out of school if they can't hold it until after school. My daughter developed a urinary problem because of being forced to hold out for 8 hours every day. One big problem not mentioned yet is that children of teachers and administrators get all the "perks". They get nominated for all the awards, offices, trips, etc, and get their choice of classes, while the other, smarter and more qualified, kids get overlooked. If your child goes to this school, you better quit your job and get involved as a volunteer, or your child will get absolutely nothing out of this school. One teacher made sure her two daughters were officers of SGA, and Yearbook Editors, Principal's award winners, School superlatives winners, Girls State winners, Super Severian, etc, and low and behold, when her last daughter graduated, she stepped down from all those sponsership positions. Imagine that! And the administration just looked the other way. Wonder why neither of them are succedding in college now? The "volunteer" cheerleading coach gets free reign to do anything she wants, and has unreal expectations of the girls. She picks and chooses her team based on whose parents pay her extra money for "teaching" their children tumbling lessons. If you aren't paying her on the side for these so-called lessons, then your child won't make the team. And when they do, practice is mandatory five days a week for the entire summer, including the two weeks mandated by TSSAA as "no-practice" weeks, she just takes the practices off campus so they don't find out. If a girl misses more than two of these mandatory practices, she is off the squad, no excuses allowed. And the administration, when confronted by parents, just look the other way. Seems like this just couldn't be possible, doesn't it? I thought so too, until my children got there, and then i was appalled. If you have any other alternatives at all, go somewhere else!!!!!

Reviewed by Student on January 10, 2009
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I don't completely agree with the first comment. I've gone to SCHS for three years now and yes there are a lot of problems at the school but I don't think its the worst school out there. The bathrooms are disgusting no doubt about that and there is a lot of favortisim towards the jocks and "preps" and overcrowding is a huge issue but they are trying do do some things to make this situation better for the students they recently expanded the cafeteria but we are back down to only four lunches which makes the lunch lines extremely long and you barely have enough time to eat but things could always be worse and as a student there I like the school overall and I really do feel safe and comfortable there.

Reviewed by Student on October 12, 2008
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I believe exactly what the first commenter said. The bathrooms are horrendous! There aren't even any locks on the doors! It's gross and overcrowded.

Reviewed by Former Student on March 27, 2008
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Great

Reviewed by Student on October 06, 2007
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I have to agree with the first reviewer. The school is awful. We really do hate using the bathrooms and will practically get a urinary infection to keep from going during school. My friends and I will go OUTSIDE most of the time in class changes because if you go through the hallways you will never get to class on time. They recently had to try to clean the school out for mold problems...mind you, they didn't do a very good job. You can go into the band room on any given day and take a ceiling tile out of a practice room. You would be amazed at the mold on them. There are leaks everywhere in this school. Doors are coming off hinges, the air conditioning and heat fail from time to time, and chairs have even collapsed on people. Things are rough at this school....overcrowding being the biggest concern. Sanitation and repair being another major issue. Did I mention the drug use? You wouldn't believe what they let some of the kids in this school get away with. Personally, I would advise any parent FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE FOR YOUR KIDS TO GO! We can't fit them in our school and you wouldn't want them here anyways.

Reviewed by Former Student on August 15, 2007
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This school really stinks! I went here all four years of high school and really wished I could have gone elsewhere but there was no other place I could go. Unless you're a jock or athlete in some sort of way, they do not treat you right. That first comment hit it right on. Thank you for telling the truth. I know most of my classmates were like me, stuck. Could not wait to get out of there and if I ever have kids, they will definitely not go there. Will homeschool or take them to GP. Do not know about the bathrooms as any kid will tell you, do not use the school bathrooms ever!

Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on July 31, 2007
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I BEG TO DIFFER MY SON WENT TO PIGEON FORGE HIGH AND WAS TREATED WITH SUCH DISRESPECT CLEARLY MADE BECAUSE HE WAS BIRACIAL WHICH I MAY ADD IS NOT TO ACCEPTED IN THIS AREA AND HE WAS WELCOMED WITH OPEN ARMS AT SEVIERVILLE ACCEPTED AND TREATED FAIRLY EVEN THOUGH HE IS A BIG CUT UP AND HAS GOT IN TROUBLE FOR CUTTING UP HE STILL HAS BEEN TREATED FAIRLY I HAVE BEEN IN THE SCHOOL AND THE BATHROOMS WERE CLEAN AND STAFF VERY KIND IM SORRY I DO NOT SEE ALL YOU HAVE BUT THIS IS MY OPINION AND YOU MAY HAVE SEEN SOMETHING DIFFERENT BUT HOWEVER I MYSELF WENT TO SCHS AND LOVED IT

Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on February 25, 2007
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This school has major problems which go unaddressed like many others in the county. It lacks updated supplies, books, desks, bathroom doors, and is uncared for. Top administrator is apathetic and is not an advocate for students nor for promoting a positive image. Many administrators become defensive with parental input and or suggestions. They would just rather you accept their pat and unacceptable explainations for various things as they believe that progressive change is not necessary to succeed in today's educational world. One must agressively advocate for their child in this setting for the child to obtain a "fair shake." Entire system here engages in nepotism and preferential treatment of students, especially giving preference if they are athletically inclined. Building is dirty. Building is also not big enough to handle the current student population of 1,854 students. One could be mauled at the change of classes simply because of the overcrowding. Students in the building overall object to using the bathrooms, as they are not cleaned upon a regular basis, which according to the chief administrator is "not the custodian's job" Who's job is it then? Do we not care about overall health and prevention of disease transmission? Student morale is very poor, as school is run more like a penal institution than a school. It definitely does not academically prepare students for the world beyond. This school has formerly been on the state's target list under the new NCLB legislation. Rightfully so. There are many kids and parents who have sought additional help for their child in various classes, only to be ignored or pushed aside by the top administrators. When one ignores student or parental requests or pleas for help, something is definitely wrong! To obtain additional help, one must climb the heiarchial chain above this entity and loudly assert themselves. Poor conduct by teachers is condoned. The Sevier County Board of Education is part of the problem as this entity grossly lacks accountability to the tax paying parents who fund this defunct system. Monies within the Sevier County School system are not dispersed equally or fairly. Recently the Commissioners allotted one Million, two hundred Thousand dollars for a ROOF at the central office (Board of Education building)---Is this the lowest bidder? I think not. Why would you put that much money into a roof, which exceeds the cost of the structure itself? Why are monies not allotted to the classroom where the kids are and where they are grossly needed? Outside fiscal auditors are needed here in the worst way, as many schools in the county including SCHS do not even have the basic supplies. And worse yet, the top administrators of the school as well as those above them, do not care. This is pathetic as this county is one of the wealthiest in Tennessee. With these resources, it should rank near the top...but is closer to the bottom. Check it out firsthand. I challenge you to talk with your child...talk with many children...walk the hallways of the school itself...look in the classrooms and the bathrooms...Beware!

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