Best Middle 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 587)	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)
470014801907	471	Dexter School	Public	PK, KG-8	7105 Dexter RD	Cordova	38016	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 416-0355	1,513	80	18.8		116 (7.7%)	1,040 (68.7%)	263 (17.4%)	20 (1.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	72 (4.8%)	$12,604			$2,496			$9,355	20.6	15.9	504	33
470015702370	472	Lester Prep	Public, Charter	6-8	320 Carpenter ST	Memphis	38112	Shelby County	Tennessee Public Charter School Commission	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(901) 416-3640	211	21	10		4 (1.9%)	195 (92.4%)	10 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$19,262			$4,584			$14,678	20.5	17	493	21
470159000502	473	East Ridge Middle School	Public	6-8	4400 Bennett RD	Chattanooga	37412	Hamilton County	Hamilton County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 867-6214	701	49	14.3		139 (19.8%)	183 (26.1%)	314 (44.8%)	6 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (8.4%)	$12,568			$1,703			$10,150	20.4	19.5	474	1
470117001752	474	West Junior High School	Public	6-8	13100 Highway 194	Oakland	38060	Fayette County	Fayette County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 465-0798	378	20	18.9		146 (38.6%)	181 (47.9%)	40 (10.6%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.1%)	$13,197			$3,051			$9,388	19.8	17.7	490	16
470014800176	475	Cordova Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	900 N Sanga Rd	Cordova	38018	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(901) 416-2189	650	27	23.9		57 (8.8%)	448 (68.9%)	91 (14.0%)	14 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (6.2%)	$12,595			$2,458			$9,233	19.5	19	478	3
470014802582	476	Compass Community School Orange Mound Campus	Public, Charter	K-8	2718 Lamar AVE	Memphis	38114	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(901) 743-6700	200	18	10.8		2 (1.0%)	139 (69.5%)	55 (27.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.0%)	$17,368			$4,648			$12,404	19.3	8.7	559	83
470051000151	477	Central Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	252 Taylor RD	Johnson City	37601	Washington County	Carter County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 547-4045	286	25	11.4		250 (87.4%)	6 (2.1%)	15 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (4.9%)	$13,894			$2,445			$10,438	19.3	31.4	406	71
470014801928	478	KIPP Memphis Collegiate Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	230 Henry AVE	Memphis	38107	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(901) 791-9390	211	20	10.5		2 (0.9%)	201 (95.3%)	3 (1.4%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	$20,529			$5,499			$14,714	18.8	19.2	477	1
470014802539	479	Memphis Business Academy Hickory Hill Middle School	Public, Charter	6-8	4443 S. Germantown RD	Memphis	38125	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(901) 505-0551	51	8	6.7		0 (0.0%)	44 (86.3%)	6 (11.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.0%)	$27,051			$5,710			$21,025	18.8	24.6	448	31
470429001732	480	H Maynard Middle School	Public	6-8	435 Main ST	Maynardville	37807	Union County	Union County	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 992-1030	656	42	15.4		620 (94.5%)	4 (0.6%)	22 (3.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.2%)	$9,252			$1,203			$7,453	18.4	18.4	484	4

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on TNReady Mathematics, TNReady English Language Arts, TNReady Science, TNReady Social Studies, TNReady Algebra I, TNReady Integrated Math I, TNReady Integrated Math II, TNReady English I, TNReady Geometry 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.