Best Cities in Tennessee for Schools

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Rank (of 350)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2024)	Rank (2023)	Rank change from 2023
1^st	Signal Mtn	1	0	0	0	0	0.986	1
2^nd	Lookout Mtn	1	0	0	0	0	0.978	2
3^rd	College Grove	1	0	0	0	0	0.971	5	2
4^th	Brentwood	9	4	2	0	6	0.97	4
5^th	Signal Mountain	1	0	1	0	1	0.966	3	2
6^th	Cottontown	1	0	0	0	0	0.958	13	7
7^th	Arrington	1	0	0	0	0	0.957		(n/a)
8^th	Thompsons Station	3	2	1	0	0	0.957	8
9^th	Nolensville	2	1	1	0	0	0.951	6	3
10^th	Jacks Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.942	14	4
11^th	Sewanee	1	0	0	0	1	0.94	11
12^th	Medina	1	1	1	0	0	0.936	9	3
13^th	Lakeland	2	1	0	0	0	0.936	7	6
14^th	Collierville	11	4	2	1	3	0.923	31	17
15^th	Franklin	14	6	5	0	13	0.917	10	5
16^th	Limestone	1	0	0	0	1	0.909	24	8
17^th	Kenton	1	0	0	0	0	0.899	133	116
18^th	Hendersonville	9	4	2	1	9	0.873	18
19^th	Mount Juliet	8	3	2	0	4	0.86	19
20^th	Gladeville	1	0	0	0	0	0.86	42	22
21^st	Apison	1	1	0	0	1	0.856	16	5
22^nd	Ten Mile	0	1	0	0	0	0.85	12	10
23^rd	Mt Carmel	1	0	0	0	0	0.849	26	3
24^th	Atoka	1	0	0	0	0	0.847	25	1
25^th	Dresden	1	1	2	0	0	0.844	33	8
26^th	Heiskell	1	0	0	0	0	0.844	15	11
27^th	Burns	1	1	0	0	1	0.841	35	8
28^th	Louisville	1	0	0	0	3	0.84	20	8
29^th	Oak Ridge	4	2	1	0	2	0.839	29
30^th	Hartsville	1	1	1	0	0	0.835	22	8
31^st	Lascassas	1	0	0	0	0	0.834	28	3
32^nd	Rockvale	1	1	1	0	0	0.832	23	9
33^rd	Cunningham	1	1	1	0	0	0.831	56	23
34^th	Calhoun	1	0	0	0	1	0.824	36	2
35^th	Whitesburg	1	1	0	0	0	0.817	37	2
36^th	Woodlawn	1	0	0	0	0	0.808	17	19
37^th	Butler	1	0	0	0	0	0.807	191	154
38^th	Elmwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.806	27	11
39^th	Henderson	3	1	1	0	0	0.806	46	7
40^th	Sale Creek	1	0	1	0	0	0.806	43	3
41^st	Fairview	2	1	1	0	0	0.805	47	6
42^nd	Riceville	1	0	0	0	1	0.804	38	4
43^rd	Decaturville	1	0	1	0	0	0.804	73	30
44^th	Buchanan	1	0	0	0	0	0.804	49	5
45^th	Puryear	1	0	0	0	0	0.803	21	24
46^th	Christiana	2	1	0	0	1	0.799	44	2
47^th	Spring Hill	7	3	1	0	5	0.798	58	11
48^th	Gray	3	0	1	0	1	0.798	40	8
49^th	Norris	1	1	0	0	1	0.798	53	4
50^th	Russellville	1	0	0	0	0	0.79	69	19
51^st	Troy	1	0	1	0	0	0.781	39	12
52^nd	Spring City	1	1	0	0	0	0.781	78	26
53^rd	Wartrace	1	1	1	0	0	0.781	146	93
54^th	Bartlett	13	6	2	0	3	0.777	62	8
55^th	Doyle	1	0	0	0	0	0.775	32	23
56^th	Johnson City	11	3	2	2	7	0.772	51	5
57^th	Afton	0	1	1	0	0	0.77	64	7
58^th	Hartford	1	0	0	0	0	0.768	52	6
59^th	Gordonsville	2	0	1	0	0	0.767	107	48
60^th	Yorkville	1	0	0	0	0	0.765	54	6
61^st	Newbern	1	1	1	0	0	0.765	66	5
62^nd	Kingston	2	1	2	0	3	0.764	57	5
63^rd	Maryville	10	4	3	2	4	0.763	61	2
64^th	Scotts Hill	1	0	0	0	1	0.761	70	6
65^th	Alcoa	2	1	1	0	0	0.756	67	2
66^th	Finley	1	0	0	0	0	0.755	55	11
67^th	Munford	1	1	1	0	0	0.752	34	33
68^th	Pinson	1	0	0	0	3	0.75	96	28
69^th	South Fulton	1	0	1	0	0	0.749	30	39
70^th	Chapmansboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.746	75	5
71^st	Chapel Hill	1	1	1	0	0	0.744	88	17
72^nd	Dyer	1	0	1	0	0	0.743	41	31
73^rd	Reagan	1	0	1	0	0	0.742	104	31
74^th	Martin	2	1	1	0	1	0.741	84	10
75^th	Sparta	5	1	1	0	3	0.731	114	39
76^th	Ooltewah	4	2	3	0	3	0.727	68	8
77^th	Dandridge	2	1	1	0	1	0.727	144	67
78^th	Whitwell	1	1	1	0	0	0.723	145	67
79^th	Bells	1	0	0	0	0	0.72	93	14
80^th	Clarkrange	0	0	1	0	0	0.719	50	30
81^st	Milan	1	1	2	0	0	0.717	100	19
82^nd	Watertown	1	1	1	0	0	0.717	94	12
83^rd	Alamo	1	1	1	0	0	0.714	92	9
84^th	Rickman	1	0	0	0	0	0.713	60	24
85^th	Bristol	7	1	2	0	2	0.712	48	37
86^th	Kingston Springs	1	1	1	0	1	0.712	99	13
87^th	Loretto	1	0	1	0	1	0.71	72	15
88^th	Talbott	1	0	0	0	0	0.707	90	2
89^th	Minor Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0.707	105	16
90^th	Westmoreland	2	1	1	0	0	0.707	115	25
91^st	Lexington	4	1	1	0	3	0.706	111	20
92^nd	Germantown	9	3	3	1	7	0.703	87	5
93^rd	Taft	1	0	0	0	0	0.701	65	28
94^th	Paris	2	1	1	0	3	0.7	83	11
95^th	Telford	1	0	0	0	0	0.697	79	16
96^th	White Bluff	1	1	0	0	0	0.694	101	5
97^th	Lynnville	1	0	1	0	0	0.693	123	26
98^th	Union City	3	1	1	0	0	0.69	118	20
99^th	Lynchburg	1	0	1	0	0	0.688	131	32
100^th	Crab Orchard	1	0	0	0	0	0.682	190	90
101^st	Vanleer	1	0	0	0	0	0.682	183	82
102^nd	Rutherford	1	0	0	0	0	0.678	117	15
103^rd	Charlotte	1	1	2	1	0	0.676	228	125
104^th	Gadsden	1	0	0	0	0	0.676	164	60
105^th	Pleasant View	1	1	1	0	2	0.675	149	44
106^th	Ethridge	1	0	0	0	7	0.675	74	32
107^th	Altamont	1	0	0	0	0	0.675	130	23
108^th	Dickson	4	1	1	2	2	0.671	125	17
109^th	Piney Flats	1	0	0	0	0	0.671	157	48
110^th	Evensville	0	1	1	0	0	0.67	98	12
111^th	Kingsport	13	3	1	0	7	0.669	106	5
112^th	Parsons	1	1	0	0	0	0.668	116	4
113^th	Hixson	4	2	1	0	3	0.667	80	33
114^th	Parrottsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.667	129	15
115^th	Englewood	1	0	1	0	1	0.662	122	7
116^th	Soddy Daisy	4	1	3	0	0	0.661	97	19
117^th	Seymour	2	2	1	0	2	0.661	161	44
118^th	Mc Kenzie	1	1	1	0	0	0.66	102	16
119^th	Arlington	5	2	3	0	2	0.658	138	19
120^th	Greeneville	10	3	4	2	5	0.658	120
121^st	Murfreesboro	22	4	8	0	17	0.657	124	3
122^nd	Michie	1	0	0	0	0	0.657	186	64
123^rd	Bethpage	2	0	0	0	0	0.657	86	37
124^th	Dyersburg	4	2	1	0	3	0.654	91	33
125^th	Huron	1	0	0	0	0	0.653	45	80
126^th	Dayton	4	0	0	0	1	0.648	109	17
127^th	Smyrna	9	4	3	1	2	0.641	128	1
128^th	Hornbeak	1	0	0	0	0	0.639	71	57
129^th	Philadelphia	1	0	0	0	0	0.638	85	44
130^th	Petersburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.635	112	18
131^st	Trimble	1	0	0	0	0	0.629	166	35
132^nd	Summertown	1	1	1	0	1	0.626	103	29
133^rd	Copperhill	1	0	1	0	0	0.625	141	8
134^th	Corryton	2	1	1	0	1	0.625	137	3
135^th	Lebanon	8	2	6	1	5	0.625	135
136^th	Charleston	1	0	0	0	1	0.624	82	54
137^th	Blountville	2	2	1	1	1	0.621	142	5
138^th	Andersonville	1	0	0	0	1	0.62	63	75
139^th	Allardt	1	0	1	0	0	0.618	76	63
140^th	Dover	1	1	2	0	0	0.614	167	27
141^st	Crawford	1	0	0	0	0	0.614	159	18
142^nd	Bradford	1	0	1	0	0	0.613	59	83
143^rd	Carthage	3	1	1	0	0	0.609	152	9
144^th	Liberty	1	0	0	0	0	0.606	89	55
145^th	Cosby	3	0	1	0	0	0.605	140	5
146^th	Harrogate	2	1	0	0	1	0.604	188	42
147^th	Portland	4	2	2	0	3	0.603	143	4
148^th	Huntingdon	1	1	2	0	1	0.599	113	35
149^th	Selmer	1	1	1	2	0	0.598	163	14
150^th	Gatlinburg	2	1	1	0	0	0.598	148	2
151^st	Maury City	1	0	0	0	1	0.59	126	25
152^nd	Lafayette	3	1	1	0	1	0.588	177	25
153^rd	Trenton	2	1	1	0	0	0.586	195	42
154^th	Monterey	1	0	1	0	3	0.584	205	51
155^th	Rockford	1	0	0	0	0	0.578	81	74
156^th	Crossville	6	0	3	0	3	0.576	179	23
157^th	Spencer	1	0	1	0	0	0.574	215	58
158^th	Lenoir City	3	2	1	1	2	0.573	155	3
159^th	Clarksville	23	8	9	1	17	0.573	156	3
160^th	Elizabethton	6	2	4	1	2	0.571	169	9
161^st	Allons	1	0	0	0	0	0.57	178	17
162^nd	Cookeville	9	3	2	2	5	0.568	172	10
163^rd	Loudon	2	1	1	0	0	0.568	187	24
164^th	Joelton	1	0	0	0	0	0.565	121	43
165^th	Erwin	3	1	1	0	0	0.563	154	11
166^th	White House	3	2	3	0	3	0.56	162	4
167^th	Toone	1	0	0	0	0	0.559	153	14
168^th	Cumberland Gap	0	0	1	0	2	0.559	193	25
169^th	Big Rock	1	0	0	0	0	0.558	231	62
170^th	Roan Mountain	1	0	1	0	0	0.556	171	1
171^st	New Market	1	0	0	0	0	0.554	147	24
172^nd	Jefferson City	2	1	1	0	0	0.552	136	36
173^rd	Powell	3	1	1	0	3	0.552	176	3
174^th	Gallatin	7	4	5	1	3	0.552	175	1
175^th	Etowah	2	0	0	0	0	0.546	197	22
176^th	Unionville	1	1	1	0	0	0.545	199	23
177^th	Rock Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.543	310	133
178^th	Brighton	1	1	1	0	0	0.541	110	68
179^th	Robbins	1	0	0	0	0	0.54	241	62
180^th	Fayetteville	3	2	2	2	2	0.536	119	61
181^st	Morristown	9	3	2	1	6	0.533	203	22
182^nd	Hillsboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.532	243	61
183^rd	Ridgetop	1	0	0	0	1	0.53	253	70
184^th	Mc Ewen	1	0	1	0	1	0.53	213	29
185^th	Clinton	5	1	3	2	1	0.528	165	20
186^th	Lawrenceburg	4	1	2	1	3	0.526	200	14
187^th	Old Fort	1	0	0	0	0	0.521	158	29
188^th	Cleveland	17	3	7	1	9	0.52	196	8
189^th	Jonesborough	3	0	1	0	0	0.519	181	8
190^th	Adamsville	2	0	1	0	0	0.519	151	39
191^st	Drummonds	1	0	0	0	0	0.519	139	52
192^nd	Pelham	1	0	0	0	0	0.517	108	84
193^rd	Gainesboro	1	1	1	0	0	0.515	208	15
194^th	Mountain City	3	1	1	0	1	0.51	182	12
195^th	Manchester	6	2	3	0	1	0.507	185	10
196^th	Cornersville	1	0	1	0	0	0.505	207	11
197^th	Monteagle	1	0	0	0	0	0.505	206	9
198^th	Athens	4	1	1	0	2	0.503	160	38
199^th	Centerville	2	1	1	1	1	0.503	261	62
200^th	Pegram	1	0	0	0	0	0.5	229	29
201^st	Dunlap	1	1	1	0	3	0.5	211	10
202^nd	Knoxville	51	15	19	2	45	0.499	212	10
203^rd	Grimsley	1	0	0	0	0	0.496	204	1
204^th	Greenbrier	1	1	1	0	1	0.494	223	19
205^th	Flintville	1	0	0	0	0	0.49	95	110
206^th	Harriman	2	1	2	1	0	0.489	245	39
207^th	Bean Station	1	0	0	0	0	0.485	180	27
208^th	Mosheim	1	1	1	0	0	0.485	239	31
209^th	Savannah	3	1	1	0	3	0.483	219	10
210^th	Hampton	1	0	1	0	0	0.482	235	25
211^th	Del Rio	1	0	0	0	1	0.48	77	134
212^th	Livingston	2	1	1	0	1	0.48	256	44
213^th	Church Hill	2	2	1	0	0	0.48	236	23
214^th	Sweetwater	2	2	1	0	1	0.477	174	40
215^th	Unicoi	1	0	0	0	0	0.474	248	33
216^th	Huntsville	2	1	1	0	0	0.469	226	10
217^th	Chuckey	2	0	0	0	0	0.467	251	34
218^th	Surgoinsville	1	1	0	0	0	0.466	150	68
219^th	Wildersville	1	0	0	0	0	0.466	168	51
220^th	Friendsville	2	1	0	0	0	0.464	184	36
221^st	Mt Pleasant	1	0	1	0	0	0.463	222	1
222^nd	Baxter	2	1	1	0	0	0.462	233	11
223^rd	Pikeville	3	1	1	0	0	0.461	214	9
224^th	Decatur	2	1	1	0	0	0.459	194	30
225^th	Jasper	2	1	3	0	1	0.457	292	67
226^th	Waverly	1	1	1	0	1	0.456	221	5
227^th	Oliver Springs	3	2	1	0	1	0.456	255	28
228^th	Winfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.455	201	27
229^th	Williston	1	0	0	0	0	0.453	134	95
230^th	Sevierville	9	2	5	2	3	0.445	220	10
231^st	Trezevant	1	0	0	0	0	0.442	267	36
232^nd	Rutledge	3	1	3	0	0	0.439	217	15
233^rd	Newport	5	0	2	0	0	0.438	218	15
234^th	Coalmont	0	0	1	0	0	0.436	307	73
235^th	Byrdstown	1	0	1	0	0	0.432	272	37
236^th	Lewisburg	2	2	1	0	0	0.431	264	28
237^th	Strawberry Plains	1	1	2	0	1	0.431	232	5
238^th	Leoma	1	0	0	0	0	0.43	263	25
239^th	Hilham	1	0	0	0	0	0.425	132	107
240^th	Oneida	2	1	1	0	1	0.424	249	9
241^st	Jamestown	2	0	1	0	1	0.424	230	11
242^nd	Camden	2	1	3	0	1	0.422	192	50
243^rd	Celina	1	0	2	0	0	0.419	225	18
244^th	Gruetli Laager	1	0	0	0	1	0.419	202	42
245^th	Grand Junction	1	0	0	0	0	0.417	309	64
246^th	New Johnsonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.415	285	39
247^th	Winchester	2	1	1	0	1	0.413	237	10
248^th	Halls	1	1	1	0	0	0.411	275	27
249^th	Bruceton	1	0	1	0	0	0.41	198	51
250^th	Ramer	1	0	0	0	0	0.41	216	34
251^st	Hornsby	1	0	0	0	0	0.41	244	7
252^nd	Henry	1	0	0	1	0	0.409	173	79
253^rd	Sharps Chapel	1	0	0	0	0	0.409	170	83
254^th	Rockwood	2	1	1	0	1	0.402	258	4
255^th	Goodlettsville	4	1	0	0	1	0.397	250	5
256^th	Luttrell	1	0	0	0	0	0.396	280	24
257^th	Vonore	1	1	0	0	0	0.395	281	24
258^th	White Pine	1	0	0	0	2	0.394	265	7
259^th	Pulaski	2	1	1	0	1	0.392	276	17
260^th	Old Hickory	2	1	0	0	2	0.39	259	1
261^st	Tullahoma	6	2	2	0	1	0.388	210	51
262^nd	Hohenwald	3	2	2	0	2	0.386	127	135
263^rd	Waynesboro	1	1	3	0	1	0.386	240	23
264^th	Jacksboro	1	1	2	0	0	0.386	238	26
265^th	Tazewell	1	1	1	1	1	0.386	189	76
266^th	Smithville	2	1	2	0	1	0.384	297	31
267^th	Sneedville	1	1	1	1	0	0.38	270	3
268^th	Laurel Bloomery	1	0	0	0	0	0.375	257	11
269^th	Chattanooga	25	8	13	2	30	0.375	246	23
270^th	Mooresburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.374	278	8
271^st	Bulls Gap	2	0	0	0	0	0.374	304	33
272^nd	Sharon	1	0	0	0	0	0.373	224	48
273^rd	Nashville	60	33	28	5	58	0.372	279	6
274^th	Fall Branch	1	0	0	0	0	0.37	293	19
275^th	Ashland City	2	1	3	1	1	0.37	209	66
276^th	Pigeon Forge	0	2	1	0	1	0.367	234	42
277^th	Elkton	1	0	0	0	0	0.366	260	17
278^th	Kodak	1	2	1	0	0	0.361	254	24
279^th	Rogersville	3	1	2	1	0	0.359	262	17
280^th	Linden	1	1	1	1	0	0.357	296	16
281^st	La Vergne	3	1	1	0	0	0.353	284	3
282^nd	Pleasant Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0.352	242	40
283^rd	Tennessee Ridge	1	0	0	0	0	0.352	306	23
284^th	Benton	1	2	1	1	0	0.351	227	57
285^th	Mc Minnville	6	1	2	2	6	0.351	286	1
286^th	Caryville	1	0	0	0	0	0.35	313	27
287^th	Cross Plains	1	0	1	0	0	0.343	295	8
288^th	New Tazewell	2	0	1	0	1	0.342	247	41
289^th	Atwood	0	0	1	0	0	0.34	331	42
290^th	Shelbyville	6	1	1	0	1	0.338	274	16
291^st	Bluff City	1	1	1	0	0	0.335	303	12
292^nd	Millington	5	3	2	0	4	0.332	290	2
293^rd	Tellico Plains	3	1	1	0	1	0.327	282	11
294^th	Denmark	1	0	0	0	1	0.326	271	23
295^th	South Pittsburg	1	0	1	1	0	0.319	283	12
296^th	Bethel Springs	1	0	0	0	1	0.312	288	8
297^th	Jellico	1	0	2	0	1	0.304	287	10
298^th	Morrison	1	0	0	0	0	0.303	252	46
299^th	Cowan	1	1	0	0	0	0.3	268	31
300^th	Mount Pleasant	0	1	0	0	0	0.3	305	5
301^st	Lake City	1	1	0	0	0	0.299	277	24
302^nd	Lyles	2	1	1	0	0	0.298	301	1
303^rd	Briceville	1	0	0	0	0	0.298	298	5
304^th	Counce	1	0	0	0	0	0.289	302	2
305^th	Collinwood	1	1	1	0	0	0.288	289	16
306^th	Cedar Hill	1	0	1	0	0	0.287	311	5
307^th	Columbia	6	2	4	0	6	0.286	315	8
308^th	Erin	1	1	3	0	0	0.281	317	9
309^th	Springfield	5	1	2	2	2	0.278	319	10
310^th	Red Boiling Springs	2	0	1	0	0	0.275	316	6
311^th	Readyville	2	0	0	0	0	0.273	269	42
312^th	Maynardville	4	1	2	0	0	0.27	299	13
313^th	Friendship	1	0	0	0	0	0.264	318	5
314^th	Jackson	11	5	6	2	7	0.262	327	13
315^th	Mohawk	1	0	0	0	0	0.26	321	6
316^th	Estill Springs	1	0	0	0	0	0.258	329	13
317^th	La Follette	2	1	2	0	1	0.253	324	7
318^th	Speedwell	1	0	0	0	0	0.251	266	52
319^th	Cordova	6	2	2	0	12	0.248	328	9
320^th	Pioneer	1	0	0	0	0	0.237	320
321^st	Woodbury	1	1	1	0	0	0.236	322	1
322^nd	Duff	2	0	0	0	0	0.234	312	10
323^rd	Antioch	11	5	6	0	4	0.234	336	13
324^th	Madisonville	2	1	2	1	0	0.232	323	1
325^th	Hermitage	4	1	0	0	1	0.232	335	10
326^th	Wartburg	1	1	2	0	0	0.231	308	18
327^th	Harrison	0	1	1	0	0	0.231	300	27
328^th	Bradyville	1	0	0	0	0	0.229	294	34
329^th	Moscow	1	0	0	0	0	0.214	341	12
330^th	Memphis	137	45	61	6	58	0.213	334	4
331^st	Middleton	1	0	1	0	0	0.212	330	1
332^nd	Townsend	1	0	0	0	0	0.2	273	59
333^rd	Niota	1	0	0	0	0	0.2	314	19
334^th	Covington	3	1	1	2	1	0.195	333	1
335^th	Mascot	1	0	0	0	0	0.194	325	10
336^th	Walland	1	0	0	0	0	0.187	326	10
337^th	Ridgely	0	1	0	0	0	0.177	337
338^th	Ripley	2	1	1	0	0	0.16	340	2
339^th	Tracy City	1	0	1	0	0	0.154	291	48
340^th	Decherd	1	0	0	0	0	0.153	338	2
341^st	Lobelville	1	0	0	0	2	0.152	332	9
342^nd	Bolivar	1	1	1	0	0	0.142	339	3
343^rd	Oakland	1	1	0	0	0	0.141	342	1
344^th	Whiteville	1	0	0	0	1	0.111	347	3
345^th	Brownsville	4	2	1	0	0	0.1	346	1
346^th	Madison	6	2	0	0	6	0.098	344	2
347^th	Somerville	3	1	2	0	1	0.096	345	2
348^th	Tiptonville	1	0	1	0	0	0.082	343	5
349^th	Humboldt	2	1	1	0	0	0.065	348	1
350^th	Whites Creek	1	0	1	0	2	0.052	349	1

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