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)
470063000246	531	Ellen Myers Primary	Public	PK, KG-4	275 Nettleton RD	Harrogate	37752	Claiborne County	Claiborne County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 869-2172	331	21	15.8		313 (94.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.0%)	$11,213			$1,449			$8,841	45.9	61.6	330	201
470015002676	532	Millington Intermediate School	Public	4-6	4964 Cuba-Millington RD	Millington	38053	Shelby County	Millington Municipal Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 873-8130	553	30	18.4		203 (36.7%)	183 (33.1%)	83 (15.0%)	9 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	74 (13.4%)	$12,245			$1,780			$9,601	45.8	42.3	583	51
470030001669	533	Eagleton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	708 Sam Houston School RD	Maryville	37804	Blount County	Blount County	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 980-1455	482	34	14.1		337 (69.9%)	15 (3.1%)	116 (24.1%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.1%)	$13,165			$2,003			$10,438	45.8	37.5	644	111
470014802017	534	Chimneyrock Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	8601 Chimneyrock Blvd	Cordova	38016	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 416-2067	884	59	14.9		80 (9.0%)	569 (64.4%)	161 (18.2%)	9 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (7.4%)	$13,121			$2,312			$9,991	45.8	39.6	616	82
470423001724	535	Unicoi Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	404 Massachusetts AVE	Unicoi	37692	Unicoi County	Unicoi County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 743-1665	317	24	13.4		262 (82.6%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (16.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	$12,363			$1,653			$9,989	45.8	41.2	598	63
470276000969	536	Hampshire Unit School	Public, Alternative	K-12	4235 Old State RD	Hampshire	38461	Maury County	Maury County	No	No	No	No	(931) 285-2300	422	37	11.4		370 (87.7%)	11 (2.6%)	26 (6.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.1%)	$12,686			$846			$11,162	45.7	46.5	519	17
470387001607	537	Union Heights Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	663 Lebanon HWY	Carthage	37030	Smith County	Smith County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 735-1975	216	16	13.3		185 (85.6%)	2 (0.9%)	16 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (6.0%)	$10,440			$993			$8,516	45.5	36.3	653	116
470327001964	538	Black Oak Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	365 North Shawtown RD	Hornbeak	38232	Obion County	Obion County	No	No	No	Yes	(731) 538-2271	240	24	10.2		230 (95.8%)	4 (1.7%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)	$13,970			$2,396			$10,555	45.5	56.7	384	154
470303001121	539	Glenellen Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	825 Needmore RD	Clarksville	37040	Montgomery County	Montgomery County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 920-6158	1,002	61	16.3		411 (41.0%)	249 (24.9%)	196 (19.6%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.5%)	137 (13.7%)	$11,038			$1,078			$9,336	45.5	49.8	476	63
470030001916	540	Montvale Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3128 Montvale RD	Maryville	37803	Blount County	Blount County	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 983-2666	291	20	14.9		262 (90.0%)	5 (1.7%)	13 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.1%)	$13,764			$2,324			$10,613	45.4	48.2	494	46

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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.