Best School Districts in Tennessee

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NOTE: 2024 rankings for Tennessee schools were revised on October 14^th after the TN Department of Education's recent release of the 2024 End-of-Course math scores.

Rank (of 140)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2024)	Rank (2023)	Rank change from 2023
140^th	Achievement School District	PK, KG-12	4	6	3	0	Nashville	Davidson County	0.048	140
11^th	Alamo	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Alamo	Crockett County	0.829	16	5
18^th	Alcoa	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Alcoa	Blount County	0.756	22	4
106^th	Alvin C. York Agricultural Institute	9-12	0	0	1	0	Jamestown	Fentress County	0.411	116	10
86^th	Anderson County	PK, KG-12	9	4	3	2	Clinton	Anderson County	0.489	88	2
1^st	Arlington	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Arlington	Shelby County	0.944	4	3
37^th	Athens	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	0	Athens	McMinn County	0.684	32	5
13^th	Bartlett	PK, KG-12	6	3	1	0	Bartlett	Shelby County	0.824	15	2
93^rd	Bedford County	PK, KG-12	8	3	3	0	Shelbyville	Bedford County	0.46	102	9
25^th	Bells	PK, KG-5	1	0	0	0	Bells	Crockett County	0.72	29	4
105^th	Benton County	PK, KG-12	2	1	3	2	Camden	Benton County	0.413	82	23
92^nd	Bledsoe County	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Pikeville	Bledsoe County	0.461	94	2
52^nd	Blount County	PK, KG-12	14	3	2	1	Maryville	Blount County	0.604	50	2
49^th	Bradford	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Bradford	Gibson County	0.613	19	30
57^th	Bradley County	PK, KG-12	11	2	4	1	Cleveland	Bradley County	0.596	56	1
17^th	Bristol	PK, KG-12	6	1	2	0	Bristol	Sullivan County	0.758	13	4
127^th	Campbell County	PK, KG-12	8	2	6	0	Jacksboro	Campbell County	0.287	125	2
136^th	Cannon County	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Woodbury	Cannon County	0.222	134	2
	Carroll County	10-12	0	0	1	0	Huntingdon	Carroll County			(n/a)
85^th	Carter County	PK, KG-12	8	1	5	1	Elizabethton	Carter County	0.491	93	8
65^th	Cheatham County	PK, KG-12	6	3	4	1	Ashland City	Cheatham County	0.558	58	7
12^th	Chester County	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Henderson	Chester County	0.829	14	2
102^nd	Claiborne County	PK, KG-12	7	2	3	1	Tazewell	Claiborne County	0.426	95	7
122^nd	Clay County	PK, KG-12	2	0	2	0	Celina	Clay County	0.342	113	9
118^th	Cleveland	PK, KG-12	7	1	1	0	Cleveland	Bradley County	0.371	115	3
32^nd	Clinton	PK, KG-6	3	0	0	0	Clinton	Anderson County	0.691	39	7
79^th	Cocke County	PK, KG-12	9	0	3	0	Newport	Cocke County	0.514	69	10
97^th	Coffee County	PK, KG-12	6	1	3	0	Manchester	Coffee County	0.447	86	11
4^th	Collierville	PK, KG-12	6	2	1	1	Collierville	Shelby County	0.923	12	8
61^st	Crockett County	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Alamo	Crockett County	0.569	67	6
67^th	Cumberland County	PK, KG-12	9	0	3	0	Crossville	Cumberland County	0.549	79	12
123^rd	Davidson County	PK, KG-12	82	37	33	3	Nashville	Davidson County	0.333	122	1
39^th	Dayton	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Dayton	Rhea County	0.674	46	7
23^rd	Decatur County	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Decaturville	Decatur County	0.736	31	8
89^th	DeKalb County	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	0	Smithville	DeKalb County	0.473	97	8
	Department Of Children's Services Education Division	K-12	0	0	1	0	Nashville	Davidson County			(n/a)
30^th	Dickson County	PK, KG-12	8	4	3	2	Dickson	Dickson County	0.701	54	24
20^th	Dyer County	PK, KG-12	5	2	1	0	Dyersburg	Dyer County	0.754	20
73^rd	Dyersburg	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Dyersburg	Dyer County	0.524	60	13
19^th	Elizabethton	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Elizabethton	Carter County	0.755	17	2
87^th	Etowah	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Etowah	McMinn County	0.488	77	10
137^th	Fayette County Public Schools	PK, KG-12	4	2	1	0	Somerville	Fayette County	0.177	137
121^st	Fayetteville	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Fayetteville	Lincoln County	0.353	92	29
76^th	Fentress County	PK, KG-12	4	0	2	0	Jamestown	Fentress County	0.517	63	13
111^th	Franklin County	PK, KG-12	7	2	1	1	Winchester	Franklin County	0.39	105	6
8^th	Franklin SSD	PK, KG-8	5	3	0	0	Franklin	Williamson County	0.861	6	2
7^th	Germantown	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	1	Germantown	Shelby County	0.868	1	6
16^th	Gibson County Sp District	PK, KG-12	6	1	2	0	Dyer	Gibson County	0.784	23	7
70^th	Giles County	PK, KG-12	5	1	2	0	Pulaski	Giles County	0.54	87	17
110^th	Grainger County	PK, KG-12	4	1	3	1	Rutledge	Grainger County	0.395	108	2
53^rd	Greene County	PK, KG-12	7	4	4	1	Greeneville	Greene County	0.601	61	8
41^st	Greeneville	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	1	Greeneville	Greene County	0.666	36	5
99^th	Grundy County	PK, KG-12	4	0	1	0	Altamont	Grundy County	0.441	99
58^th	Hamblen County	PK, KG-12	11	4	2	1	Morristown	Hamblen County	0.581	66	8
82^nd	Hamilton County	PK, KG-12	42	15	22	2	Chattanooga	Hamilton County	0.505	70	12
130^th	Hancock County	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Sneedville	Hancock County	0.281	132	2
131^st	Hardeman County Schools	PK, KG-12	6	1	2	0	Bolivar	Hardeman County	0.28	127	4
103^rd	Hardin County	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Savannah	Hardin County	0.422	103
96^th	Hawkins County	PK, KG-12	9	4	3	2	Rogersville	Hawkins County	0.448	109	13
	Haywood County	PK, KG-12	4	2	1	0	Brownsville	Haywood County			(n/a)
40^th	Henderson County	PK, KG-12	7	0	2	0	Lexington	Henderson County	0.671	42	2
47^th	Henry County	PK, KG-12	3	0	1	1	Paris	Henry County	0.636	26	21
109^th	Hickman County	PK, KG-12	4	2	2	1	Centerville	Hickman County	0.401	119	10
107^th	Hollow Rock - Bruceton	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Bruceton	Carroll County	0.41	83	24
126^th	Houston County	PK, KG-12	2	1	3	0	Erin	Houston County	0.298	130	4
139^th	Humboldt City Schools	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Humboldt	Gibson County	0.065	139
90^th	Humphreys County	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	0	Waverly	Humphreys County	0.472	106	16
55^th	Huntingdon Special School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Huntingdon	Carroll County	0.599	43	12
50^th	Jackson County	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Gainesboro	Jackson County	0.612	64	14
62^nd	Jefferson County	PK, KG-12	8	2	3	0	Dandridge	Jefferson County	0.568	62
6^th	Johnson City	PK, KG-12	8	2	1	0	Johnson City	Washington County	0.872	9	3
114^th	Johnson County	PK, KG-12	4	2	2	0	Mountain City	Johnson County	0.377	112	2
29^th	Kingsport	PK, KG-12	8	2	1	0	Kingsport	Sullivan County	0.701	28	1
80^th	Knox County	PK, KG-12	53	16	19	2	Knoxville	Knox County	0.512	89	9
138^th	Lake County	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Tiptonville	Lake County	0.145	138
3^rd	Lakeland	PK, KG-10	1	1	0	0	Lakeland	Shelby County	0.936	2	1
128^th	Lauderdale County	PK, KG-12	3	2	2	0	Ripley	Lauderdale County	0.285	131	3
59^th	Lawrence County	PK, KG-12	8	2	4	1	Lawrenceburg	Lawrence County	0.576	57	2
46^th	Lebanon	PK, KG-8	5	2	0	0	Lebanon	Wilson County	0.642	45	1
104^th	Lenoir City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	1	Lenoir City	Loudon County	0.413	100	4
112^th	Lewis County	PK, KG-12	3	2	2	0	Hohenwald	Lewis County	0.386	47	65
14^th	Lexington	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Lexington	Henderson County	0.799	11	3
48^th	Lincoln County	PK, KG-12	5	0	1	2	Fayetteville	Lincoln County	0.626	25	23
44^th	Loudon County	PK, KG-12	5	2	1	1	Loudon	Loudon County	0.645	44
84^th	Macon County	PK, KG-12	5	1	2	0	Lafayette	Macon County	0.498	107	23
129^th	Madison County	PK, KG-12	12	5	6	2	Jackson	Madison County	0.281	133	4
45^th	Manchester	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	0	Manchester	Coffee County	0.642	48	3
81^st	Marion County	PK, KG-12	5	2	5	0	Jasper	Marion County	0.512	104	23
63^rd	Marshall County	PK, KG-12	4	3	3	0	Lewisburg	Marshall County	0.565	75	12
5^th	Maryville	PK, KG-12	3	2	1	1	Maryville	Blount County	0.906	5
95^th	Maury County	PK, KG-12	10	5	5	3	Columbia	Maury County	0.449	110	15
42^nd	McKenzie	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Mc Kenzie	Carroll County	0.66	35	7
64^th	McMinn County	PK, KG-12	7	0	2	0	Athens	McMinn County	0.563	59	5
74^th	McNairy County	PK, KG-12	5	1	2	2	Selmer	McNairy County	0.52	84	10
94^th	Meigs County	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Decatur	Meigs County	0.459	80	14
135^th	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	PK, KG-12	121	33	50	5	Memphis	Shelby County	0.23	136	1
27^th	Milan	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Milan	Gibson County	0.717	33	6
117^th	Millington Municipal Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Millington	Shelby County	0.371	117
125^th	Monroe County	PK, KG-12	6	3	3	1	Madisonville	Monroe County	0.301	123	2
56^th	Montgomery County	PK, KG-12	25	8	10	1	Clarksville	Montgomery County	0.596	52	4
35^th	Moore County	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Lynchburg	Moore County	0.688	49	14
133^rd	Morgan County	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	3	Wartburg	Morgan County	0.273	135	2
77^th	Murfreesboro	PK, KG-6	13	0	0	0	Murfreesboro	Rutherford County	0.515	72	5
15^th	Newport	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Newport	Cocke County	0.792	8	7
9^th	Oak Ridge	PK, KG-12	4	2	1	0	Oak Ridge	Anderson County	0.839	10	1
26^th	Obion County	PK, KG-12	5	0	2	0	Union City	Obion County	0.719	21	5
78^th	Oneida	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Oneida	Scott County	0.515	85	7
66^th	Overton County	PK, KG-12	6	1	1	0	Livingston	Overton County	0.553	71	5
24^th	Paris	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	0	Paris	Henry County	0.728	18	6
132^nd	Perry County	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	1	Linden	Perry County	0.275	128	4
101^st	Pickett County	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Byrdstown	Pickett County	0.432	118	17
91^st	Polk County	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	1	Benton	Polk County	0.462	81	10
71^st	Putnam County	PK, KG-12	11	4	4	2	Cookeville	Putnam County	0.536	78	7
36^th	Rhea County	PK, KG-12	4	2	1	0	Dayton	Rhea County	0.685	30	6
	Richard City	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	South Pittsburg	Marion County			(n/a)
51^st	Roane County	PK, KG-12	6	5	6	1	Kingston	Roane County	0.606	53	2
113^th	Robertson County	PK, KG-12	11	2	6	2	Springfield	Robertson County	0.383	120	7
108^th	Rogersville	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Rogersville	Hawkins County	0.407	76	32
33^rd	Rutherford County	PK, KG-12	25	11	13	2	Murfreesboro	Rutherford County	0.689	37	4
98^th	Scott County	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Huntsville	Scott County	0.446	111	13
83^rd	Sequatchie County	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Dunlap	Sequatchie County	0.5	90	7
88^th	Sevier County	PK, KG-12	14	9	8	1	Kodak	Sevier County	0.473	91	3
38^th	Smith County	PK, KG-12	6	1	2	0	Carthage	Smith County	0.682	41	3
	South Carroll	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Clarksburg	Carroll County			(n/a)
54^th	Stewart County	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Dover	Stewart County	0.6	74	20
69^th	Sullivan County	PK, KG-12	10	4	2	1	Blountville	Sullivan County	0.541	73	4
28^th	Sumner County	PK, KG-12	27	12	11	2	Gallatin	Sumner County	0.704	27	1
72^nd	Sweetwater	PK, KG-8	2	2	0	0	Sweetwater	Monroe County	0.533	55	17
124^th	Tennessee Public Charter School Commission	PK, KG-12	7	4	2	0	Nashville	Davidson County	0.31	126	2
	Tennessee School for Blind	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Nashville	Davidson County			(n/a)
	Tennessee Schools for the Deaf	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Knoxville	Knox County			(n/a)
100^th	Tipton County	PK, KG-12	7	3	3	1	Covington	Tipton County	0.441	98	2
75^th	Trenton	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Trenton	Gibson County	0.519	68	7
10^th	Trousdale County	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Hartsville	Trousdale County	0.835	7	3
116^th	Tullahoma	PK, KG-12	4	2	2	0	Tullahoma	Coffee County	0.372	101	15
68^th	Unicoi County	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Erwin	Unicoi County	0.549	65	3
34^th	Union City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Union City	Obion County	0.689	51	17
134^th	Union County	PK, KG-12	7	2	2	0	Maynardville	Union County	0.271	124	10
60^th	Van Buren County	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Spencer	Van Buren County	0.574	96	36
119^th	Warren County	PK, KG-12	8	1	2	1	Mc Minnville	Warren County	0.367	121	2
43^rd	Washington County	PK, KG-12	10	0	3	2	Jonesborough	Washington County	0.657	40	3
120^th	Wayne County	PK, KG-12	2	2	4	1	Waynesboro	Wayne County	0.366	114	6
31^st	Weakley County	PK, KG-12	4	2	3	2	Dresden	Weakley County	0.692	34	3
115^th	West Carroll Sp District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Atwood	Carroll County	0.374	129	14
	West Tennessee School for the Deaf	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Jackson	Madison County			(n/a)
22^nd	White County	PK, KG-12	6	1	1	0	Sparta	White County	0.737	38	16
2^nd	Williamson County	PK, KG-12	30	11	11	0	Franklin	Williamson County	0.939	3	1
21^st	Wilson County	PK, KG-12	13	4	7	1	Lebanon	Wilson County	0.744	24	3

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