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)
470014801158	681	Snowden Elementary/Middle	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	1870 N Parkway	Memphis	38112	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(901) 416-4621	1,272	80	15.9		156 (12.3%)	892 (70.1%)	130 (10.2%)	20 (1.6%)	3 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	68 (5.3%)	$12,587			$2,357			$9,566	34.5	32.9	698	17
470216001836	682	Roan Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	2410 Roan Creek RD	Mountain City	37683	Johnson County	Johnson County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 727-4964	341	29	11.8		311 (91.2%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	$17,732			$1,871			$15,050	34.5	39.6	617	65
470222000473	683	Christenberry Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	927 Oglewood AVE	Knoxville	37917	Knox County	Knox County	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 594-8500	476	37	12.7		183 (38.4%)	102 (21.4%)	145 (30.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (9.7%)	$16,149			$2,319			$12,921	34.4	39.3	619	64
470315001249	684	Bradley Academy - An Arts Integrated School	Public	K-6	511 Doctor Martin Luther King	Murfreesboro	37130	Rutherford County	Murfreesboro	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 895-2672	342	30	11.4		51 (14.9%)	135 (39.5%)	132 (38.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	21 (6.1%)	$15,566			$1,230			$12,787	34	25.4	777	93
470303001217	685	Norman Smith Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	740 Greenwood AVE	Clarksville	37040	Montgomery County	Montgomery County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 648-5660	578	41	14		202 (34.9%)	212 (36.7%)	98 (17.0%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	59 (10.2%)	$12,953			$1,424			$10,675	34	24.2	787	102
470258000915	686	Denmark Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1945 Denmark RD	Denmark	38391	Madison County	Madison County	No	No	No	Yes	(731) 427-5986	430	27	15.9		170 (39.5%)	161 (37.4%)	53 (12.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (10.5%)	$12,773			$2,363			$9,559	34	35.9	656	30
470447001788	687	Sharon School	Public	PK, KG-8	254 North Woodlawn DR	Sharon	38255	Weakley County	Weakley County	No	No	No	Yes	(731) 456-2672	188	23	8.1		147 (78.2%)	19 (10.1%)	10 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (6.4%)	$20,801			$5,538			$13,873	33.8	42.2	585	102
470014801144	688	Riverview Elementary/Middle	Public	PK, KG-8	241 Majuba Ave	Memphis	38109	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 416-7340	471	19	24.8		3 (0.6%)	448 (95.1%)	13 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.5%)	$14,490			$2,753			$10,800	33.7	14.4	890	202
470033000105	689	Valley View Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5607 Spring Place RD	Cleveland	37323	Bradley County	Bradley County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 478-8825	340	23	15.1		292 (85.9%)	3 (0.9%)	37 (10.9%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.5%)	$10,577			$1,308			$8,416	33.7	35.4	661	28
470018000042	690	Liberty Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	500 Snell RD	Shelbyville	37160	Bedford County	Bedford County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 684-7809	685	45	15.2		522 (76.2%)	11 (1.6%)	104 (15.2%)	8 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	36 (5.3%)	$10,544			$1,396			$8,382	33.3	39.1	621	69

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About our rankings:

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.
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.