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)
470014801084	771	Hawkins Mill Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4295 Mountain Terrace St	Memphis	38127	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 416-3944	295	17	17.8		2 (0.7%)	282 (95.6%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.7%)	$15,699			$2,910			$11,474	26.8	18.3	849	78
470309001226	772	Central Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1315 Knoxville HWY	Wartburg	37887	Morgan County	Morgan County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 346-6683	553	30	18.3		518 (93.7%)	2 (0.4%)	14 (2.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.1%)	$12,774			$2,420			$9,095	26.8	34.5	676	96
470015710446	773	Rocketship Dream Community Prep	Public, Charter	K-4	5450 Mt. View RD	Antioch	37013	Davidson County	Tennessee Public Charter School Commission	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(615) 637-2210	340	15	22.6		20 (5.9%)	168 (49.4%)	141 (41.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.9%)	$15,041			$1,053			$13,176	26.8	35.2	663	110
470333001977	774	A H Roberts Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	301 Zachary ST	Livingston	38570	Overton County	Overton County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 823-5551	342	25	13.8		327 (95.6%)	2 (0.6%)	8 (2.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	$12,470			$1,941			$9,380	26.7	28.4	741	33
470063000256	775	Tazewell-New Tazewell Elementary	Public	K-4	501 Davis DR	New Tazewell	37825	Claiborne County	Claiborne County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 626-9502	504	33	15.3		475 (94.2%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.2%)	$11,200			$2,096			$8,197	26.7	33.5	683	92
470300001198	776	Rural Vale Elementary	Public	K-8	395 Daugherty Springs RD	Tellico Plains	37385	Monroe County	Monroe County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 253-3551	219	12	17.7		199 (90.9%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.9%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.7%)	$11,699			$835			$9,896	26.7	20.6	817	41
470000101929	777	Hillcrest Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	407 S Liberty Hill RD	Morristown	37813	Hamblen County	Hamblen County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 586-7472	604	41	14.8		203 (33.6%)	17 (2.8%)	339 (56.1%)	8 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.8%)	32 (5.3%)	$10,961			$1,872			$8,307	26.5	30.4	720	57
470309001236	778	Petros Joyner Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	125 Petros Joyner School RD	Oliver Springs	37840	Roane County	Morgan County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 324-8600	179	13	13.5		175 (97.8%)	1 (0.6%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	$14,335			$2,001			$10,804	26.5	21.7	804	26
470057000227	779	Ashland City Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	108 Elizabeth ST	Ashland City	37015	Cheatham County	Cheatham County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 792-4296	443	30	15		355 (80.1%)	11 (2.5%)	51 (11.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.4%)	$11,638			$1,450			$9,179	26.4	36.2	654	125
470123000383	780	York Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	218 School AVE	Jamestown	38556	Fentress County	Fentress County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 879-5832	425	33	13		409 (96.2%)	3 (0.7%)	12 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$12,699						$9,793	26.3	22.7	795	15

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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.