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)
470014802126	561	Kingsbury Middle	Public	6-8	1276 N Graham St	Memphis	38122	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 416-6040	556	42	13.3		38 (6.8%)	118 (21.2%)	374 (67.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.3%)	$12,229			$2,704			$9,210	8.8	6.5	580	19
470014801069	562	Georgian Hills Middle	Public	6-8	3925 Denver St	Memphis	38127	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 416-3740	320	19	17.1		0 (0.0%)	313 (97.8%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.6%)	$13,746			$3,122			$9,648	8.8	7.6	570	8
470195000636	563	Humboldt Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	2600 Viking DR	Humboldt	38343	Gibson County	Humboldt City Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(731) 784-2781	424	34	12.5		65 (15.3%)	314 (74.1%)	38 (9.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.7%)	$15,938			$2,060			$12,604	8.2	8.4	562	1
470258002664	564	Jackson Central Merry Middle School	Public	6-8	332 Lane AVE	Jackson	38301	Madison County	Madison County	No	No	No	Yes	(731) 664-2588	378	21	18.4		16 (4.2%)	300 (79.4%)	40 (10.6%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.8%)	$10,568			$2,280			$8,189	8.2	7.6	569	5
470318001389	565	Wright Middle	Public	5-8	180 McCall ST	Nashville	37211	Davidson County	Davidson County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 333-5189	686	50	13.7		71 (10.3%)	100 (14.6%)	479 (69.8%)	23 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (1.9%)	$18,198			$2,416			$15,054	8.1	6.3	582	17
470318001052	566	Antioch Middle	Public	6-8	5050 Blue Hole RD	Antioch	37013	Davidson County	Davidson County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 333-5642	637	49	13.1		79 (12.4%)	210 (33.0%)	296 (46.5%)	32 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (3.0%)	$18,325			$2,498			$15,087	7.9	8.5	561	5
470222000820	567	Vine Middle/Magnet	Public, Magnet	6-8	1807 Martin Luther King Jr AVE	Knoxville	37915	Knox County	Knox County	No	Yes	No	Yes	(865) 594-4461	440	41	10.8		77 (17.5%)	281 (63.9%)	52 (11.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (6.4%)	$14,775			$2,390			$11,641	7.6	8.8	558	9
470276000846	568	E. A. Cox Middle School	Public	5-8	633 Bear Creek PIKE	Columbia	38401	Maury County	Maury County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 840-3902	656	43	15.4		235 (35.8%)	210 (32.0%)	174 (26.5%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (4.9%)	$11,272			$1,460			$9,154	7.3	9.5	549	19
470318001260	569	Moses McKissack Middle	Public	6-8	915 38th Ave N	Nashville	37209	Davidson County	Davidson County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 329-8170	172	15	11.4		5 (2.9%)	152 (88.4%)	8 (4.7%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.5%)	$24,845			$2,375			$21,469	6.9	3.9	593	24
470318001323	570	Jere Baxter Middle	Public	6-8	350 Hart LN	Nashville	37207	Davidson County	Davidson County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 262-6710	440	24	18.5		49 (11.1%)	254 (57.7%)	122 (27.7%)	6 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.8%)	$18,341			$2,909			$14,581	6.9	6	583	13

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About our rankings:

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.

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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.