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)
470126000219	51	Freedom Middle School	Public	7-8	750 Hwy 96 West	Franklin	37064	Williamson County	Franklin SSD	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 794-0987	511	45	11.4		275 (53.8%)	65 (12.7%)	126 (24.7%)	20 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (4.7%)	$18,327			$441			$16,971	86.7	86.3	56	5
470015101591	52	Riverdale Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	7391 Neshoba RD	Germantown	38138	Shelby County	Germantown	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 756-2300	1,171	83	14		867 (74.0%)	105 (9.0%)	76 (6.5%)	60 (5.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (5.3%)	$11,856			$915			$10,622	86.6	90.8	39	13
470183002063	53	Dorothy And Noble Harrelson School	Public	PK, KG-8	143 Puryear Country Club RD	Puryear	38251	Henry County	Henry County	No	No	No	Yes	(731) 227-2101	448	36	12.4		410 (91.5%)	3 (0.7%)	19 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.6%)	$14,153			$2,594			$10,678	86.1	84	63	10
470030002557	54	Samuel Everett School of Innovation	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1500 Jett RD	Maryville	37802	Blount County	Blount County	No	No	No	No	(865) 984-9420	369	15	24.1		344 (93.2%)	7 (1.9%)	7 (1.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.7%)	$10,590			$888			$9,521	85.9	92.1	33	21
470438001765	55	West View School	Public	K-8	2847 Old State Rt 34	Limestone	37681	Washington County	Washington County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 753-1175	311	27	11.6		276 (88.7%)	3 (1.0%)	21 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.6%)	$13,568			$1,857			$11,331	85.8	77.7	96	41
470258000656	56	Community Montessori School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	716 Westwood AVE	Jackson	38301	Madison County	Madison County	No	Yes	No	No	(731) 422-3116	650	39	16.6		458 (70.5%)	123 (18.9%)	20 (3.1%)	12 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (5.7%)	$11,125			$1,851			$8,670	85.3	78.1	93	37
470014801983	57	J. P. Freeman Elementary/Middle	Public, Magnet	K-8	5250 Tulane Rd	Memphis	38109	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(901) 416-3156	548	34	16		1 (0.2%)	508 (92.7%)	11 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.1%)	$13,936			$2,487			$10,728	85.2	79.8	82	25
470438002603	58	Boones Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	132 Highland Church RD	Johnson City	37615	Washington County	Washington County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 283-3500	788	49	16		691 (87.7%)	13 (1.6%)	38 (4.8%)	7 (0.9%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (4.4%)	$11,346			$1,099			$9,721	84.7	92.5	30	28
470015302161	59	Bon Lin Middle School	Public	6-8	3862 Germantown RD	Bartlett	38133	Shelby County	Bartlett	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 347-1520	729	42	17.3		335 (46.0%)	250 (34.3%)	51 (7.0%)	41 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	51 (7.0%)	$10,463			$1,085			$8,962	84.7	82.3	70	11
470015402476	60	Lakeland Preparatory School	Public	5-10	5020 Lions Crest DR	Lakeland	38002	Shelby County	Lakeland	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 867-5412	1,094	69	15.8		701 (64.1%)	136 (12.4%)	129 (11.8%)	74 (6.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (4.8%)	$10,811			$626			$9,830	84.6	88.9	47	13

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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.