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)
470258002259	891	Andrew Jackson Elementary School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	211 Old Hickory BLVD	Jackson	38305	Madison County	Madison County	No	Yes	No	Yes	(731) 668-8023	475	24	19.7		35 (7.4%)	336 (70.7%)	51 (10.7%)	13 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (8.4%)	$11,661			$2,452			$8,520	15.2	9.9	952	61
470018000040	892	East Side Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	421 Elliott ST	Shelbyville	37160	Bedford County	Bedford County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 684-7112	424	33	12.8		148 (34.9%)	42 (9.9%)	190 (44.8%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (9.7%)	$11,375			$1,736			$8,787	15.2	17.5	857	35
470318001376	893	Una Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2018 Murfreesboro RD	Nashville	37214	Davidson County	Davidson County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 360-2921	749	49	15.4		132 (17.6%)	187 (25.0%)	389 (51.9%)	24 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	16 (2.1%)	$17,348			$2,309			$14,126	15.2	14.6	885	8
470429002280	894	Tennessee Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual	K-6	1924 Dutch Valley DR	Knoxville	37918	Knox County	Union County	No	No	Yes	(n/a)	(865) 992-9026	2,168	132	16.3		1,090 (50.3%)	709 (32.7%)	152 (7.0%)	18 (0.8%)	10 (0.5%)	1 (0.0%)	188 (8.7%)	$1,329			$320			$1,009	15	14.1	897	3
470014802582	895	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	14.9	9.8	956	61
470159000500	896	East Ridge Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1014 John Ross RD	Chattanooga	37412	Hamilton County	Hamilton County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 493-9296	996	69	14.4		258 (25.9%)	262 (26.3%)	371 (37.2%)	12 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	93 (9.3%)	$12,510			$1,737			$10,024	14.8	20	824	72
470014801023	897	Bruce Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	581 S Bellevue Blvd	Memphis	38104	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 416-4495	495	38	13.2		14 (2.8%)	407 (82.2%)	59 (11.9%)	9 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.0%)	$14,404			$2,879			$10,462	14.8	10.6	943	46
470318001255	898	Amqui Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	319 Anderson LN	Madison	37115	Davidson County	Davidson County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 612-3678	510	34	15		58 (11.4%)	199 (39.0%)	227 (44.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.9%)	$19,055			$2,634			$15,308	14.7	13.4	909	11
470014802087	899	Star Academy	Public, Charter	K-6	3240 James RD	Memphis	38108	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(901) 387-5050	285	9	31.6		2 (0.7%)	267 (93.7%)	10 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	$17,104			$3,263			$13,523	14.6	12.3	925	26
470117002364	900	Buckley-Carpenter Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	12580 S Main ST	Somerville	38068	Fayette County	Fayette County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 465-5260	514	32	16.1		172 (33.5%)	296 (57.6%)	22 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.7%)	$13,682			$1,934			$10,622	14.6	12.4	924	24

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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.