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)
470018000582	301	Community Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3480 Highway 41a	Unionville	37180	Bedford County	Bedford County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 685-1417	663	38	17.4		538 (81.1%)	5 (0.8%)	107 (16.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.0%)	$10,265			$1,395			$7,884	64	60.6	341	40
470033002224	302	Park View Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	300 Minnis RD	Cleveland	37323	Bradley County	Bradley County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 476-6622	463	27	17.4		389 (84.0%)	14 (3.0%)	41 (8.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.7%)	$10,800			$1,372			$8,562	63.9	72.2	211	91
470359001481	303	Midway Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	130 Laurel Bluff RD	Kingston	37763	Roane County	Roane County	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 376-2341	424	28	15.3		388 (91.5%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.0%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.8%)	$12,217			$1,567			$9,822	63.8	62.3	323	20
470399001623	304	Central Heights Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	158 Central Heights RD	Blountville	37617	Sullivan County	Sullivan County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 354-1575	252	19	13.6		234 (92.9%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.2%)	$11,978			$1,367			$9,875	63.4	53.6	425	121
470255000913	305	Westside Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8025 Old Highway 52	Westmoreland	37186	Sumner County	Macon County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 666-3128	405	23	17.6		373 (92.1%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.0%)	$11,509			$1,797			$8,023	63.4	49.1	486	181
470267001869	306	Cornersville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	485 North Main ST	Cornersville	37047	Marshall County	Marshall County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 246-4230	468	30	15.7		442 (94.4%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.4%)	$11,424			$948			$9,704	63.2	60.6	342	36
470159000527	307	Soddy Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	260 School ST	Soddy Daisy	37379	Hamilton County	Hamilton County	No	No	No	No	(423) 332-8823	515	33	15.6		464 (90.1%)	4 (0.8%)	18 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.2%)	$12,219			$1,344			$10,198	63.2	71.2	222	85
470417001708	308	Trousdale County Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	115 Lock Six RD	Hartsville	37074	Trousdale County	Trousdale County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 374-3752	674	44	15.2		533 (79.1%)	45 (6.7%)	54 (8.0%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (5.6%)	$11,014			$1,922			$8,266	63.2	67.5	260	48
470183002063	309	Dorothy And Noble Harrelson School	Public	PK, KG-8	143 Puryear Country Club RD	Puryear	38251	Henry County	Henry County	No	No	No	Yes	(731) 227-2101	448	36	12.4		410 (91.5%)	3 (0.7%)	19 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.6%)	$14,153			$2,594			$10,678	63.2	76.3	176	133
470249000080	310	Unity School	Public	PK, KG-8	259 Boonshill-Petersburg	Petersburg	37144	Lincoln County	Lincoln County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 433-9018	436	26	17		404 (92.7%)	12 (2.8%)	10 (2.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.1%)	$10,846			$1,412			$8,366	63.2	66.2	278	32

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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.