Best High 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 392)	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)
470186000625	201	Hickman County Senior High School	Public	9-12	1645 Bulldog BLVD	Centerville	37033	Hickman County	Hickman County	No	No	No	No	(931) 729-2616	447	37	12.1		415 (92.8%)	8 (1.8%)	8 (1.8%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.7%)	$12,639			$1,261			$10,704	44.3	31.6	267	66
470359000567	202	Harriman High School	Public	9-12	920 North Roane ST	Harriman	37748	Roane County	Roane County	No	No	No	No	(865) 882-1821	347	23	15.3		278 (80.1%)	24 (6.9%)	18 (5.2%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (6.9%)	$12,537			$1,218			$10,564	44.1	37.1	233	31
470159002211	203	Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy	Public, Charter	6-12	1802 Bailey AVE	Chattanooga	37404	Hamilton County	Hamilton County	Yes	No	No	Yes	(423) 702-7230	355	25	14.4		16 (4.5%)	144 (40.6%)	180 (50.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.2%)	$15,872			$844			$14,294	44	60.2	110	93
470018000039	204	Community High School	Public	9-12	100 Community Crossing	Unionville	37180	Bedford County	Bedford County	No	No	No	No	(931) 685-1418	566	38	14.9		437 (77.2%)	9 (1.6%)	93 (16.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.4%)	$9,322			$887			$7,944	43.9	42.5	201	3
470009001871	205	Anderson County High School	Public	9-12	130 Maverick CIR	Clinton	37716	Anderson County	Anderson County	No	No	No	No	(865) 457-4716	1,036	71	14.5		965 (93.1%)	19 (1.8%)	27 (2.6%)	5 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	16 (1.5%)	$11,561			$899			$10,259	43.8	47.5	172	33
470222000743	206	Halls High School	Public	9-12	4321 East Emory RD	Knoxville	37938	Knox County	Knox County	No	No	No	No	(865) 922-7757	1,265	79	16		1,054 (83.3%)	19 (1.5%)	141 (11.1%)	12 (0.9%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (2.8%)	$10,172			$841			$9,058	43.7	40	217	11
470291001009	207	Meigs County High School	Public	9-12	105 Abel Avenue	Decatur	37322	Meigs County	Meigs County	No	No	No	No	(423) 334-5797	538	34	15.9		504 (93.7%)	2 (0.4%)	14 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.2%)	$10,948			$1,365			$8,998	43.6	51.7	151	56
470216000696	208	Johnson County High School	Public	9-12	290 Fairground Hill	Mountain City	37683	Johnson County	Johnson County	No	No	No	No	(423) 727-2620	643	46	13.8		602 (93.6%)	1 (0.2%)	35 (5.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	$13,673			$622			$12,687	43.5	35.5	246	38
470354001474	209	Richard Hardy Memorial School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1620 Hamilton Avenue	South Pittsburg	37380	Marion County	Richard City	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 837-7282	182	16	11.3		151 (83.0%)	17 (9.3%)	1 (0.5%)	6 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.8%)	$14,082			$1,488			$12,594	43.2	40.3	214	5
470288000998	210	Adamsville High School	Public	9-12	815 West Main	Adamsville	38310	McNairy County	McNairy County	No	No	No	No	(731) 439-4122	441	38	11.5		423 (95.9%)	7 (1.6%)	9 (2.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$11,892			$1,110			$10,279	43.1	48.4	164	46

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on TNReady Algebra I, TNReady Algebra II, TNReady Biology I, TNReady Integrated Math I, TNReady Integrated Math II, TNReady Integrated Math III, TNReady US History, TNReady English I, TNReady English II, 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.