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)
470030001991	581	Mary Blount Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	131 South Old Glory RD	Maryville	37801	Blount County	Blount County	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 980-1430	594	40	14.8		467 (78.6%)	19 (3.2%)	62 (10.4%)	7 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (6.4%)	$13,002			$1,927			$10,286	42.3	50.7	463	118
470390000064	582	Clarksburg School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	145 Clarksburg RD	Clarksburg	38324	Carroll County	South Carroll	No	No	No	Yes	(731) 986-3165	325	23	14.1		287 (88.3%)	11 (3.4%)	7 (2.2%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	15 (4.6%)	$12,434			$2,048			$9,508	42.3	46.7	517	65
470014801568	583	Barret's Chapel Elementary/Middle	Public	PK, KG-8	10280 Godwin Rd	Arlington	38002	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 416-0325	365	32	11.5		91 (24.9%)	216 (59.2%)	39 (10.7%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.8%)	$17,684			$2,735			$14,013	42.2	30.4	721	138
470359000569	584	Bowers Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	120 Breazeale ST	Harriman	37748	Roane County	Roane County	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 882-1185	568	38	14.8		472 (83.1%)	33 (5.8%)	21 (3.7%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (6.3%)	$11,912			$2,081			$8,815	42.2	38	635	51
470120000372	585	Ralph Askins School	Public	PK, KG-5	901 Shady LN	Fayetteville	37334	Lincoln County	Fayetteville	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 433-5311	555	34	16.5		287 (51.7%)	158 (28.5%)	30 (5.4%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	74 (13.3%)	$12,063			$1,789			$9,567	42.1	54.5	413	172
470000101937	586	West Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	235 W Converse	Morristown	37814	Hamblen County	Hamblen County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 586-1263	432	33	13.2		180 (41.7%)	21 (4.9%)	164 (38.0%)	4 (0.9%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (0.9%)	57 (13.2%)	$11,415			$1,562			$9,027	42.1	48.3	493	93
470303000410	587	Hazelwood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2623 Tiny Town RD	Clarksville	37042	Montgomery County	Montgomery County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 553-2075	924	57	16.3		369 (39.9%)	257 (27.8%)	148 (16.0%)	16 (1.7%)	4 (0.4%)	11 (1.2%)	119 (12.9%)	$10,504			$1,007			$8,868	42.1	47	510	77
470429002279	588	Paulette Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1001 Maynardville	Maynardville	37807	Union County	Union County	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 745-0517	374	27	13.8		353 (94.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.9%)	$11,469			$2,521			$8,060	42.1	38.9	624	36
470222000724	589	Carter Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8455 Strawberry Plains PIKE	Knoxville	37924	Knox County	Knox County	No	No	No	No	(865) 933-4172	536	37	14.6		456 (85.1%)	13 (2.4%)	32 (6.0%)	9 (1.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.5%)	$12,330			$1,101			$10,467	42	45.5	541	48
470090001050	590	Stone Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	1219 Cook RD	Crossville	38555	Cumberland County	Cumberland County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 456-5636	624	37	16.9		522 (83.7%)	12 (1.9%)	70 (11.2%)	6 (1.0%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.4%)	$11,360			$897			$9,321	42	28.2	745	155

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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.