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)
470014901575	31	Collierville Middle School	Public	6-8	580 Quinn RD	Collierville	38017	Shelby County	Collierville	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 853-3320	773	56	13.9		429 (55.5%)	174 (22.5%)	67 (8.7%)	62 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (5.3%)	$13,129			$2,064			$10,694	91.9	88.3	51	20
470213002268	32	Liberty Bell Middle School	Public	6-8	718 Morningside DR	Johnson City	37604	Washington County	Johnson City	No	No	No	No	(423) 232-2179	898	60	15		597 (66.5%)	79 (8.8%)	127 (14.1%)	26 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	69 (7.7%)	$11,954			$1,077			$10,465	91.8	91.5	34	2
470014802590	33	University Middle	Public	6-8	330 Innovation DR	Memphis	38152	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	No	No	No	(901) 678-2285	271	19	14.5		137 (50.6%)	96 (35.4%)	17 (6.3%)	10 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.1%)	$7,206			$2,001			$4,626	91.8	92.3	31	2
470159000763	34	Chattanooga School For The Liberal Arts	Public, Magnet, Alternative	K-12	4850 Jersey Pike	Chattanooga	37416	Hamilton County	Hamilton County	No	Yes	No	No	(423) 855-2614	792	55	14.5		478 (60.4%)	169 (21.3%)	25 (3.2%)	54 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (8.3%)	$11,334			$975			$10,085	91.4	93.8	26	8
470318002423	35	Valor Flagship Academy	Public, Charter	5-12	4527 Nollensville RD	Nashville	37211	Davidson County	Davidson County	Yes	No	No	Yes	(615) 823-7982	1,400	81	17.2		707 (50.5%)	240 (17.1%)	340 (24.3%)	98 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	14 (1.0%)	$21,399			$2,698			$18,316	91.4	89.5	45	10
470270000959	36	Maryville Junior High School	Public	8-9	805 Montvale Sta RD	Maryville	37803	Blount County	Maryville	No	No	No	No	(865) 983-2070	878	57	15.3		712 (81.1%)	25 (2.8%)	83 (9.5%)	25 (2.8%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	29 (3.3%)	$10,724			$170			$10,062	91.3	86.4	55	19
470360001504	37	Innovation Academy of Robertson County	Public	6-11	715 5th Avenue West	Springfield	37172	Robertson County	Robertson County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 384-4821	562	37	15		256 (45.6%)	60 (10.7%)	221 (39.3%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (3.9%)	$11,883			$792			$10,383	90.7	55.3	240	203
470140001247	38	South Gibson County Middle School	Public	5-8	1300 Middle School ST	Medina	38355	Gibson County	Gibson County Sp District	No	No	No	No	(731) 783-1962	800	36	22.5		690 (86.3%)	50 (6.3%)	24 (3.0%)	14 (1.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (2.5%)	$8,584			$957			$7,005	90.5	90.1	42	4
470015201358	39	Arlington Middle	Public	6-8	5470 Lamb RD	Arlington	38002	Shelby County	Arlington	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 867-6015	992	50	19.8		722 (72.8%)	121 (12.2%)	94 (9.5%)	16 (1.6%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	36 (3.6%)	$10,404			$910			$9,173	90.4	89.8	43	4
470159000389	40	Loftis Middle School	Public	6-8	8611 Columbus RD	Hixson	37343	Hamilton County	Hamilton County	No	No	No	No	(423) 843-4749	593	39	15.2		509 (85.8%)	9 (1.5%)	33 (5.6%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (6.2%)	$12,205			$1,073			$10,564	89.9	84.7	61	21

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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.
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.