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)
470159000518	421	Red Bank Middle School	Public	6-8	3701 Tom Weathers DR	Chattanooga	37415	Hamilton County	Hamilton County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 874-1908	535	41	13.2		226 (42.2%)	135 (25.2%)	105 (19.6%)	7 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (11.6%)	$12,764			$1,468			$10,607	29.6	23.5	454	33
470318002343	422	Intrepid College Preparatory Charter School	Public, Charter	5-12	5432 Bell Forge Lane East	Antioch	37013	Davidson County	Davidson County	Yes	No	No	Yes	(615) 200-0131	867	42	20.6		81 (9.3%)	161 (18.6%)	614 (70.8%)	7 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.5%)	$19,191			$3,707			$15,000	29.5	26.3	440	18
470378002438	423	Northview Junior Academy	Public	7-9	2723 Northview Academy LN	Kodak	37764	Sevier County	Sevier County	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 933-9994	664	38	17.3		575 (86.6%)	11 (1.7%)	61 (9.2%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.0%)	$9,835			$1,230			$7,965	29.4	27.1	436	13
470369002072	424	LaVergne Middle School	Public	6-8	382 Stone River RD	La Vergne	37086	Rutherford County	Rutherford County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 904-3877	1,091	78	13.9		217 (19.9%)	325 (29.8%)	478 (43.8%)	27 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	42 (3.8%)	$11,266			$867			$9,797	29.3	28.6	429	5
470255000912	425	Red Boiling Springs School	Public	6-12	415 Hillcrest DR	Red Boiling Springs	37150	Macon County	Macon County	No	No	No	No	(615) 699-3125	334	31	10.8		276 (82.6%)	4 (1.2%)	52 (15.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	$12,713			$592			$10,975	29.2	16.7	495	70
470168000559	426	Pickwick Southside School	Public	PK, KG-8	1970 Hwy 57	Counce	38326	Hardin County	Hardin County	No	No	No	Yes	(731) 689-5185	197	16	12.3		180 (91.4%)	3 (1.5%)	6 (3.0%)	5 (2.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	$16,188			$2,601			$12,549	29	30.4	417	9
470309001236	427	Petros Joyner Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	125 Petros Joyner School RD	Oliver Springs	37840	Roane County	Morgan County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 324-8600	179	13	13.5		175 (97.8%)	1 (0.6%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	$14,335			$2,001			$10,804	28.9	9.6	548	121
470318001695	428	Croft Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	482 Elysian Fields DR	Nashville	37211	Davidson County	Davidson County	No	Yes	No	Yes	(615) 332-0217	495	38	13.1		136 (27.5%)	69 (13.9%)	266 (53.7%)	11 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.4%)	$19,026			$2,040			$16,209	28.8	32.4	399	29
470018000042	429	Liberty Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	500 Snell RD	Shelbyville	37160	Bedford County	Bedford County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 684-7809	630	45	13.8		498 (79.0%)	13 (2.1%)	81 (12.9%)	8 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.8%)	25 (4.0%)	$10,544			$1,396			$8,382	28.5	34.8	373	56
470162010477	430	Hancock Middle School	Public	6-8	2700 Main ST	Sneedville	37869	Hancock County	Hancock County	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(423) 733-4611	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								28.3			(n/a)

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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.

Educational resources:

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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.