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)
470276001473	411	Mt. Pleasant Middle Visual Perform. Arts	Public	5-8	410 Gray LN	Mount Pleasant	38474	Maury County	Maury County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 379-1100	421	29	14.3		291 (69.1%)	67 (15.9%)	27 (6.4%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (7.4%)	$12,285			$1,172			$10,307	31.2	29.7	422	11
470014801568	412	Barret's Chapel Elementary/Middle	Public	PK, KG-8	10280 Godwin Rd	Arlington	38002	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 416-0325	365	32	11.5		91 (24.9%)	216 (59.2%)	39 (10.7%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.8%)	$17,684			$2,735			$14,013	31	20.8	467	55
470399002604	413	Sullivan East Middle School	Public	6-8	4500 Weaver PIKE	Bluff City	37618	Sullivan County	Sullivan County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 354-1000	573	36	15.9		527 (92.0%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (4.9%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.1%)	$11,077			$1,104			$9,400	31	34.7	375	38
470066000258	414	Celina K-8	Public	PK, KG-8	1324 Mitchell ST	Celina	38551	Clay County	Clay County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 243-2391	551	39	14.3		507 (92.0%)	5 (0.9%)	16 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.8%)	$11,579			$1,923			$8,903	30.8	32.7	396	18
470192000631	415	Houston County Middle School	Public	6-8	3460 West Main	Erin	37061	Houston County	Houston County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 289-5591	317	17	18.6		276 (87.1%)	8 (2.5%)	13 (4.1%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.0%)	$10,259			$1,286			$8,332	30.7	28.5	431	16
470141000428	416	Elkton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	176 College ST	Elkton	38477	Giles County	Giles County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 468-2285	277	25	11		198 (71.5%)	37 (13.4%)	19 (6.9%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (7.2%)	$13,777			$1,638			$11,326	30.6	31.4	405	11
470435001741	417	Dibrell Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	1759 Mike Muncey RD	Mc Minnville	37110	Warren County	Warren County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 259-4588	390	31	12.7		268 (68.7%)	7 (1.8%)	102 (26.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	9 (2.3%)	$11,439			$1,613			$8,824	30.6	34.3	381	36
470186000024	418	East Hickman Middle School	Public	6-8	9414 East Eagle DR	Lyles	37098	Hickman County	Hickman County	No	No	No	No	(931) 670-4237	385	21	18.3		355 (92.2%)	4 (1.0%)	17 (4.4%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.6%)	$10,971			$1,394			$8,889	30.4	23.4	455	37
470252000896	419	Greenback School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	6945 Morganton RD	Greenback	37742	Loudon County	Loudon County	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 856-3028	669	49	13.7		638 (95.4%)	1 (0.1%)	18 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (1.0%)	$11,648			$1,266			$9,866	30.2	56	231	188
470014801158	420	Snowden Elementary/Middle	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	1870 N Parkway	Memphis	38112	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(901) 416-4621	1,373	82	16.6		185 (13.5%)	966 (70.4%)	126 (9.2%)	19 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.2%)	74 (5.4%)	$12,587			$2,357			$9,566	29.9	24.8	447	27

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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.