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)
470237000867	221	Walter J. Baird Middle School	Public	6-8	131 W J B Pride LN	Lebanon	37087	Wilson County	Lebanon	No	No	No	No	(615) 444-2190	656	39	17		377 (57.5%)	128 (19.5%)	107 (16.3%)	9 (1.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (5.0%)	$11,558			$640			$10,399	57.3	54.1	247	26
470345001440	222	Copper Basin High School	Public	7-12	205 Cougar DR	Copperhill	37317	Polk County	Polk County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 496-3291	265	27	9.9		259 (97.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.5%)	$15,622			$1,756			$13,192	56.8	66.8	164	58
470455001816	223	Carroll Oakland Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	4664 Hunters Point PIKE	Lebanon	37087	Wilson County	Wilson County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 444-5208	744	48	15.5		584 (78.5%)	26 (3.5%)	97 (13.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	36 (4.8%)	$9,665			$773			$8,398	56.7	70	139	84
470333001420	224	Livingston Middle School	Public	5-8	216 Bilbrey ST	Livingston	38570	Overton County	Overton County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 823-5917	276	16	17.1		258 (93.5%)	2 (0.7%)	10 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.2%)	$10,395			$1,584			$8,141	56.4	58.1	216	8
470085001920	225	Crockett County Middle School	Public	6-8	497 North Cavalier DR	Alamo	38001	Crockett County	Crockett County	No	No	No	Yes	(731) 696-5583	614	40	15.3		405 (66.0%)	82 (13.4%)	113 (18.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.3%)	$9,153			$975			$7,353	56.3	55.8	233	8
470255000910	226	Macon County Junior High School	Public	6-8	1003 Hwy 52 By Pass East	Lafayette	37083	Macon County	Macon County	No	No	No	No	(615) 666-7545	771	44	17.7		632 (82.0%)	5 (0.6%)	119 (15.4%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.3%)	$9,326			$664			$7,846	56.3	62	193	33
470276000979	227	Santa Fe Unit School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	2629 Santa Fe PIKE	Santa Fe	38482	Maury County	Maury County	No	No	No	No	(931) 682-2172	538	38	14.3		481 (89.4%)	16 (3.0%)	24 (4.5%)	5 (0.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.9%)	$12,337			$876			$10,785	56.3	59.5	207	20
470141000433	228	Richland School	Public	6-12	10610 Columbia HWY	Lynnville	38472	Giles County	Giles County	No	No	No	No	(931) 527-3577	646	46	14		569 (88.1%)	18 (2.8%)	34 (5.3%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.1%)	$10,208			$911			$8,752	56.2	49.1	281	53
470333001425	229	Wilson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	2210 Hanging Limb HWY	Crawford	38554	Overton County	Overton County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 445-3335	185	15	12.2		183 (98.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,053			$2,062			$9,818	56.1	49.3	279	50
470243000872	230	Lewis County Middle School	Public	6-8	207 South Court ST	Hohenwald	38462	Lewis County	Lewis County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 796-4586	379	28	13.6		348 (91.8%)	5 (1.3%)	8 (2.1%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.0%)	$10,421						$4,414	55.8	50.4	270	40

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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.