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)
470057000230	111	Kingston Springs Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	166 West Kingston Springs RD	Kingston Springs	37082	Cheatham County	Cheatham County	No	No	No	No	(615) 952-9060	352	25	13.9		317 (90.1%)	6 (1.7%)	23 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.4%)	$10,790			$1,399			$8,798	86.8	72.5	208	97
470222000768	112	Bearden Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5717 Kingston PIKE	Knoxville	37919	Knox County	Knox County	No	No	No	No	(865) 909-9000	363	24	15		245 (67.5%)	53 (14.6%)	43 (11.8%)	8 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (3.6%)	$11,216			$771			$9,915	86.4	89.8	96	16
470303001208	113	Montgomery Central Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4011 Highway 48	Cunningham	37052	Montgomery County	Montgomery County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 387-3208	476	31	15.6		412 (86.6%)	7 (1.5%)	29 (6.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.7%)	$12,539			$1,052			$10,806	86.3	87.9	104	9
470159000513	114	Ooltewah Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	8890 Snowy Owl RD	Ooltewah	37363	Hamilton County	Hamilton County	No	No	No	No	(423) 498-6900	874	53	16.4		636 (72.8%)	45 (5.1%)	94 (10.8%)	25 (2.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	73 (8.4%)	$11,769			$1,129			$10,103	86.3	88	103	11
470159001995	115	McConnell Elementary School	Public	K-5	8629 Columbus RD	Hixson	37343	Hamilton County	Hamilton County	No	No	No	No	(423) 843-4704	457	27	17.2		386 (84.5%)	14 (3.1%)	20 (4.4%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (7.4%)	$11,554			$986			$9,931	86.2	80.4	145	30
470159002004	116	Wallace A. Smith Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6930 Lebron Sterchi DR	Ooltewah	37363	Hamilton County	Hamilton County	No	No	No	No	(423) 344-1425	617	40	15.4		401 (65.0%)	74 (12.0%)	70 (11.3%)	6 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (10.7%)	$11,522			$1,026			$9,883	86.1	91.3	84	32
470453001808	117	Hillsboro Elementary/ Middle School	Public	PK, KG-8	5412 Pinewood RD	Franklin	37064	Williamson County	Williamson County	No	No	No	No	(615) 472-4560	477	44	10.8		416 (87.2%)	7 (1.5%)	34 (7.1%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.4%)	$15,731			$657			$14,431	86	80.5	143	26
470450001797	118	Findlay Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	560 Hale ST	Sparta	38583	White County	White County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 738-2412	418	29	14.6		375 (89.7%)	9 (2.2%)	13 (3.1%)	6 (1.4%)	7 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.9%)	$10,743			$1,581			$8,245	85.9	76.2	177	59
470213000687	119	South Side Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1011 Southwest AVE	Johnson City	37604	Washington County	Johnson City	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 434-5290	407	29	14		244 (60.0%)	26 (6.4%)	78 (19.2%)	12 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (11.5%)	$12,927			$1,702			$10,540	85.6	86	115	4
470318001280	120	Crieve Hall Elementary	Public	K-5	498 Hogan RD	Nashville	37220	Davidson County	Davidson County	No	No	No	No	(615) 333-5059	459	39	11.7		236 (51.4%)	15 (3.3%)	122 (26.6%)	61 (13.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.2%)	$17,577			$1,769			$15,175	85.5	83.2	126	6

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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.
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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.