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)
470318002288	711	Cane Ridge Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3884 Asheford Trace	Antioch	37013	Davidson County	Davidson County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 641-7824	744	40	18.8		123 (16.5%)	321 (43.1%)	233 (31.3%)	26 (3.5%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	38 (5.1%)	$17,237			$1,980			$14,418	32.2	24.1	788	77
470420001710	712	Bel Aire Elementary	Public	K-5	504 Stone Blvd	Tullahoma	37388	Coffee County	Tullahoma	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 454-2610	370	22	16.9		289 (78.1%)	20 (5.4%)	21 (5.7%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (10.0%)	$14,462			$2,700			$10,913	32.2	29.1	736	24
470027000057	713	Cecil B Rigsby Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8231 New Harmony RD	Pikeville	37367	Bledsoe County	Bledsoe County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 447-2891	173	11	16.1		145 (83.8%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (15.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	$13,815			$2,696			$9,516	32	30.2	724	11
470318001284	714	Dodson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4401 Chandler RD	Hermitage	37076	Davidson County	Davidson County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 885-8806	423	29	14.8		93 (22.0%)	188 (44.4%)	102 (24.1%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	36 (8.5%)	$20,803			$3,063			$16,651	31.8	17.7	855	141
470009000005	715	Briceville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	103 Slatestone RD	Briceville	37710	Anderson County	Anderson County	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 426-2289	108	9	11.6		103 (95.4%)	2 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.9%)	$16,582			$2,187			$13,027	31.7	32.6	700	15
470174000572	716	Bulls Gap School	Public	PK, KG-8	315 Allen DR	Bulls Gap	37711	Hawkins County	Hawkins County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 235-5201	332	27	12.2		314 (94.6%)	2 (0.6%)	5 (1.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.0%)	$13,273			$1,562			$10,869	31.4	27.8	751	35
470408002049	717	Charger Academy	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	760 Bert Johnston AVE	Covington	38019	Tipton County	Tipton County	No	Yes	No	Yes	(901) 476-1444	418	31	13.4		88 (21.1%)	301 (72.0%)	12 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.1%)	$13,852			$2,292			$10,230	31.3	37.8	642	75
470408002094	718	Austin Peay Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	474 Academic DR	Covington	38019	Tipton County	Tipton County	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 475-5121	586	42	13.9		386 (65.9%)	164 (28.0%)	14 (2.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.4%)	$13,056			$1,811			$10,388	31.3	33.2	692	26
470042000138	719	Wynn Habersham Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	174 Habersham RD	Duff	37729	Campbell County	Campbell County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 784-9482	138	13	10.4		136 (98.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	$11,723			$2,482			$8,155	31.3	19	836	117
470063000251	720	Midway Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	4411 Clouds RD	New Tazewell	37825	Claiborne County	Claiborne County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 626-3067	402	22	18.6		380 (94.5%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (2.2%)	$10,786			$1,754			$8,162	31.2	41.8	587	133

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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.