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)
470210000685	321	Rush Strong Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	3081 W Old Andrew Johnson HWY	Strawberry Plains	37871	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 933-5313	492	33	14.9		433 (88.0%)	3 (0.6%)	33 (6.7%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.1%)	$11,587			$2,025			$8,847	43.4	46.8	291	30
470018002218	322	Community Middle School	Public	6-8	3470 Hwy 41A RD	Unionville	37180	Bedford County	Bedford County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 685-1426	370	26	14.3		302 (81.6%)	2 (0.5%)	52 (14.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	12 (3.2%)	$10,553			$1,465			$9,089	43.4	37.6	354	32
470282000030	323	Rogers Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	137 County Road 82	Athens	37303	McMinn County	McMinn County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 745-2123	283	21	13.8		260 (91.9%)	8 (2.8%)	6 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.8%)	$13,838			$2,042			$10,742	43.3	76.8	100	223
470240000869	324	Lenoir City Intermediate/Middle School	Public	4-8	2141 Harrison AVE	Lenoir City	37771	Loudon County	Lenoir City	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 986-2038	677	41	16.6		301 (44.5%)	14 (2.1%)	340 (50.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	19 (2.8%)	$12,370			$1,907			$9,730	43.1	38.7	347	23
470348001461	325	Upperman Middle School	Public	5-8	6700 Nashville HWY	Baxter	38544	Putnam County	Putnam County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 858-6601	853	43	19.7		757 (88.7%)	22 (2.6%)	57 (6.7%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	14 (1.6%)	$9,992			$1,192			$8,242	43	40.3	340	15
470159000781	326	Lookout Valley Middle / High School	Public	6-12	350 Lookout High ST	Chattanooga	37419	Hamilton County	Hamilton County	No	No	No	No	(423) 825-7352	318	26	12.4		190 (59.7%)	55 (17.3%)	33 (10.4%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (11.3%)	$14,701			$1,099			$12,920	42.7	46.1	300	26
470033000104	327	Lake Forest Middle School	Public	6-8	610 Kile Lake RD	Cleveland	37323	Bradley County	Bradley County	No	No	No	No	(423) 478-8821	1,127	73	15.5		956 (84.8%)	27 (2.4%)	92 (8.2%)	8 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	42 (3.7%)	$10,105			$915			$8,429	42.3	45.1	312	15
470009000021	328	Norwood Middle School	Public	6-8	803 Tri- County BLVD	Oliver Springs	37840	Roane County	Anderson County	No	No	No	No	(865) 435-7749	159	16	9.8		137 (86.2%)	3 (1.9%)	7 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (7.5%)	$17,171			$1,207			$15,000	42.1	27.8	433	105
470348001454	329	Monterey High School	Public	7-12	710 East Commercial AVE	Monterey	38574	Putnam County	Putnam County	No	No	No	No	(931) 839-2970	572	38	15.2		389 (68.0%)	3 (0.5%)	177 (30.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	$10,885			$1,265			$8,809	42.1	38.1	351	22
470372001965	330	Fairview Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	8702 Baker HWY	Huntsville	37756	Scott County	Scott County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 663-3700	261	24	11.1		258 (98.9%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$14,354			$2,221			$10,891	42	36.8	359	29

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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.