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)
470222001117	21	West Valley Middle School	Public	6-8	9118 George Williams RD	Knoxville	37922	Knox County	Knox County	No	No	No	No	(865) 539-5145	1,132	65	17.3		871 (76.9%)	73 (6.4%)	82 (7.2%)	52 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (4.8%)	$9,700			$901			$8,446	95.2	86.2	57	36
470455002593	22	Gladeville Middle School	Public	6-8	8275 Stewarts Ferry PIKE	Mount Juliet	37122	Wilson County	Wilson County	No	No	No	No	(615) 444-3282	1,008	53	18.9		731 (72.5%)	102 (10.1%)	64 (6.3%)	78 (7.7%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	30 (3.0%)	$8,578			$414			$7,771	95.2	95.8	21	1
470159000666	23	Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts	Public, Magnet	6-12	1301 Dallas RD	Chattanooga	37405	Hamilton County	Hamilton County	No	Yes	No	No	(423) 498-7365	649	40	16.2		404 (62.2%)	98 (15.1%)	58 (8.9%)	22 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (10.3%)	$11,442			$996			$10,048	95	90.9	38	15
470402002048	24	Station Camp Middle School	Public	6-8	281 Big Station Camp BLVD	Gallatin	37066	Sumner County	Sumner County	No	No	No	No	(615) 206-0116	861	56	15.2		649 (75.4%)	75 (8.7%)	71 (8.2%)	32 (3.7%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (3.7%)	$10,088			$645			$9,047	94.9	94.8	23	1
470402000408	25	Robert E Ellis Middle	Public	6-8	100 Indian Lake RD	Hendersonville	37075	Sumner County	Sumner County	No	No	No	No	(615) 264-6093	607	44	13.9		496 (81.7%)	46 (7.6%)	41 (6.8%)	9 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.1%)	$11,004			$575			$10,015	94.7	94.9	22	3
470369001516	26	Eagleville School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	500 Hwy 99	Eagleville	37060	Rutherford County	Rutherford County	No	No	No	No	(615) 274-6336	990	70	14.1		873 (88.2%)	23 (2.3%)	65 (6.6%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (2.4%)	$12,415			$530			$11,336	94.2	94.5	25	1
470015102018	27	Houston Middle School	Public	6-8	9400 Wolf River BLVD	Germantown	38139	Shelby County	Germantown	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 756-2366	897	54	16.7		680 (75.8%)	60 (6.7%)	48 (5.4%)	69 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	37 (4.1%)	$10,751			$990			$9,448	94.1	93.6	27
470453002638	28	Legacy Middle School	Public	6-8	2380 Henpeck LN	Franklin	37064	Williamson County	Williamson County	No	No	No	No	(615) 472-4000	527	39	13.5		449 (85.2%)	7 (1.3%)	30 (5.7%)	24 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.2%)	$11,807			$298			$10,936	93.1	95.9	18	10
470318002432	29	Valor Voyager Academy	Public, Charter	5-8	4531 Nolensville PIKE	Nashville	37211	Davidson County	Davidson County	Yes	No	No	Yes	(615) 823-7982	503	22	22.8		207 (41.2%)	84 (16.7%)	161 (32.0%)	35 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (3.0%)	$19,021			$3,213			$15,389	92.9	91.2	35	6
470402010442	30	Liberty Creek Middle School	Public	6-8	200 Wolfpack Way	Gallatin	37066	Sumner County	Sumner County	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(615) 206-3506	510	31	16.5		405 (79.4%)	43 (8.4%)	28 (5.5%)	11 (2.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	20 (3.9%)	$9,691			$593			$8,691	92.7	91.1	37	7

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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.
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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.