Best Elementary Schools in Tennessee

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Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Tennessee test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the TNReady test scores by the Tennessee Department of Education. The most recent update was on Monday, June 24, 2024.

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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.

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 1018)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
470276000980	341	Spring Hill Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	5359 S Main ST	Spring Hill	37174	Maury County	Maury County	No	No	No	No	(931) 486-2291	428	32	13.5		301 (70.3%)	45 (10.5%)	55 (12.9%)	7 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.7%)	$13,434			$1,389			$11,230	60.4	56.3	388	47
470033000087	342	Black Fox Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3119 Varnell RD	Cleveland	37311	Bradley County	Bradley County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 478-8800	510	31	16.4		446 (87.5%)	12 (2.4%)	37 (7.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.7%)	$10,262			$1,043			$8,436	60.3	59.6	355	13
470336001110	343	Paris Elementary	Public	3-5	650 B Volunteer DR	Paris	38242	Henry County	Paris	No	No	No	Yes	(731) 642-3675	507	35	14.5		363 (71.6%)	72 (14.2%)	17 (3.4%)	12 (2.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (8.1%)	$13,031			$2,571			$8,919	60.2	68.2	254	89
470222000722	344	Brickey McCloud Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1810 Dry Gap PIKE	Knoxville	37918	Knox County	Knox County	No	No	No	No	(865) 689-1499	888	63	14		760 (85.6%)	21 (2.4%)	60 (6.8%)	6 (0.7%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	37 (4.2%)	$11,099			$965			$9,626	60.1	68	257	87
470408001699	345	Munford Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1200 McLaughlin DR	Munford	38058	Tipton County	Tipton County	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 837-5761	797	50	15.9		618 (77.5%)	69 (8.7%)	48 (6.0%)	8 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (6.8%)	$10,042			$1,039			$8,425	60.1	76.9	172	173
470450001980	346	Woodland Park Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	88 Panther DR	Sparta	38583	White County	White County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 738-3505	497	35	14.3		443 (89.1%)	17 (3.4%)	8 (1.6%)	6 (1.2%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (4.0%)	$11,714			$2,089			$8,669	59.9	38.5	631	285
470402001865	347	Watt Hardison Elementary	Public	K-5	300 Gibson ST	Portland	37148	Sumner County	Sumner County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 325-3233	445	28	15.8		345 (77.5%)	19 (4.3%)	55 (12.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (5.6%)	$10,312			$1,259			$8,531	59.9	45.2	544	197
470105000343	348	Newbern Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	401 North York ST	Newbern	38059	Dyer County	Dyer County	No	No	No	Yes	(731) 627-2139	561	34	16.2		451 (80.4%)	74 (13.2%)	26 (4.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.4%)	$11,595			$752			$10,207	59.8	60.4	344	4
470000100481	349	Manley Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	551 West Economy RD	Morristown	37814	Hamblen County	Hamblen County	No	No	No	No	(423) 586-7400	612	41	14.8		382 (62.4%)	15 (2.5%)	150 (24.5%)	13 (2.1%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (2.8%)	34 (5.6%)	$11,955			$1,326			$9,780	59.7	58.4	371	22
470318002258	350	East End Preparatory School	Public, Charter	K-8	1460 McGavock PIKE	Nashville	37216	Davidson County	Davidson County	Yes	No	No	Yes	(615) 630-7470	756	33	22.9		44 (5.8%)	583 (77.1%)	106 (14.0%)	6 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.0%)	$27,021			$4,502			$21,618	59.7	49.7	480	130

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on TNReady Mathematics, TNReady English Language Arts, TNReady Science, TNReady Social Studies test scores released by the Tennessee Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on June 24, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Tennessee Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Tennessee Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Tennessee Department of Education.