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)
470123000373	351	Allardt Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	220 Portland Avenue	Allardt	38504	Fentress County	Fentress County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 879-9515	390	25	15.8		371 (95.1%)	1 (0.3%)	12 (3.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	$10,616						$8,448	59.7	63.2	312	39
470075000284	352	Smoky Mountain Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	135 South 32 HWY	Cosby	37722	Cocke County	Cocke County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 487-2255	178	14	12.7		170 (95.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.7%)	$11,890			$1,497			$8,670	59.3	65.5	291	61
470420001714	353	Robert E Lee Elementary	Public	K-5	313 Layne ST	Tullahoma	37388	Coffee County	Tullahoma	No	No	No	No	(931) 454-2637	500	29	17.2		421 (84.2%)	9 (1.8%)	20 (4.0%)	13 (2.6%)	7 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	29 (5.8%)	$14,462			$2,700			$10,913	59.3	61.5	331	22
470234000841	354	David Crockett Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2301 Waynesboro HWY	Lawrenceburg	38464	Lawrence County	Lawrence County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 762-2288	462	31	14.9		444 (96.1%)	8 (1.7%)	4 (0.9%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,777			$1,970			$8,840	59.3	62.1	325	29
470249000079	355	South Lincoln School	Public	PK, KG-8	362 Smith Mill RD	Fayetteville	37334	Lincoln County	Lincoln County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 937-7385	652	38	17.1		571 (87.6%)	33 (5.1%)	20 (3.1%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (3.8%)	$9,638			$1,323			$7,625	59.2	61.4	332	23
470258000924	356	Pope School	Public	K-6	1071 Old Humboldt RD	Jackson	38305	Madison County	Madison County	No	No	No	Yes	(731) 668-0350	626	37	17		172 (27.5%)	319 (51.0%)	52 (8.3%)	27 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (8.9%)	$10,760			$2,065			$8,207	59.1	39.7	614	258
470222000747	357	Karns Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8108 Beaver Ridge RD	Knoxville	37931	Knox County	Knox County	No	No	No	No	(865) 539-7767	1,210	81	14.8		896 (74.0%)	78 (6.4%)	150 (12.4%)	11 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.2%)	71 (5.9%)	$11,753			$835			$10,227	59.1	41.3	596	239
470000101931	358	Lincoln Heights Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	215 Lincoln AVE	Morristown	37813	Hamblen County	Hamblen County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 586-2062	525	39	13.5		178 (33.9%)	32 (6.1%)	264 (50.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.3%)	38 (7.2%)	$11,688			$1,665			$9,264	59.1	58.6	367	9
470207000665	359	Gainesboro Elementary	Public	PK, KG-3	611 Main ST	Gainesboro	38562	Jackson County	Jackson County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 268-9775	341	23	14.6		318 (93.3%)	7 (2.1%)	10 (2.9%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	$11,834			$2,619			$8,234	59.1	42.9	571	212
470014801177	360	White Station Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4840 Chickasaw Rd	Memphis	38117	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 416-8900	766	44	17.6		164 (21.4%)	403 (52.6%)	135 (17.6%)	20 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	43 (5.6%)	$13,736			$2,555			$10,431	59.1	81	141	219

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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.

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.