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)
470300001202	341	Tellico Plains Junior High School	Public	5-8	120 Old High School RD	Tellico Plains	37385	Monroe County	Monroe County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 253-2250	272	15	18.3		256 (94.1%)	4 (1.5%)	4 (1.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.6%)	$16,578			$5,526			$10,015	39.4	36.4	366	25
470063000251	342	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	39.2	56	232	110
470222000726	343	Carter Middle School	Public	6-8	204 North Carter School RD	Strawberry Plains	37871	Jefferson County	Knox County	No	No	No	No	(865) 933-3426	586	41	14.2		484 (82.6%)	36 (6.1%)	48 (8.2%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.4%)	$11,695			$909			$10,272	39.2	33.7	387	44
470342001438	344	Pickett County Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	1016 Woodlawn DR	Byrdstown	38549	Pickett County	Pickett County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 864-3496	445	34	13.2		436 (98.0%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,746			$1,976			$9,098	39.2	23.7	453	109
470288001002	345	Ramer Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	4173 Hwy 57 West	Ramer	38367	McNairy County	McNairy County	No	No	No	Yes	(731) 645-3996	380	32	12		348 (91.6%)	23 (6.1%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	$12,392			$2,196			$9,269	39.1	47.3	289	56
470090001877	346	North Cumberland Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	7657 Hwy 127 North	Crossville	38571	Cumberland County	Cumberland County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 484-5174	551	38	14.5		519 (94.2%)	3 (0.5%)	21 (3.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.1%)	$10,181			$1,311			$7,538	38.9	37.7	353	7
470027001035	347	Bledsoe County Middle School	Public	6-8	857 Main ST	Pikeville	37367	Bledsoe County	Bledsoe County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 447-3212	378	24	15.6		341 (90.2%)	5 (1.3%)	30 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$12,446			$1,940			$9,264	38.9	34.3	380	33
470144002165	348	Rutledge Middle School	Public	7-8	140 Pioneer DR	Rutledge	37861	Grainger County	Grainger County	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 828-3366	402	28	14.1		376 (93.5%)	4 (1.0%)	19 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	$10,305			$1,110			$8,339	38.8	46.1	302	46
470276000967	349	Culleoka Unit School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1921 Warrior LN	Culleoka	38451	Maury County	Maury County	No	No	No	No	(931) 987-2511	937	63	14.8		864 (92.2%)	16 (1.7%)	41 (4.4%)	6 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.0%)	$11,383			$845			$10,090	38.7	33.5	390	41
470372001540	350	Huntsville Middle School	Public	5-8	3101 Baker HWY	Huntsville	37756	Scott County	Scott County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 663-2192	243	16	14.8		232 (95.5%)	2 (0.8%)	2 (0.8%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.6%)	$12,344			$2,172			$9,097	38.6	44.7	314	36

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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.