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)
470099001246	701	Northside Elementary	Public	2-5	400 North Congress BLVD	Smithville	37166	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 597-1575	558	44	12.7		427 (76.5%)	11 (2.0%)	99 (17.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.4%)	$11,565			$1,888			$8,886	32.8	29.4	735	34
470300001203	702	Vonore Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	1135 Hwy 411	Vonore	37885	Monroe County	Monroe County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 884-6485	343	22	15.9		294 (85.7%)	2 (0.6%)	39 (11.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.3%)	$13,927			$1,348			$11,635	32.7	27.3	760	58
470108000346	703	Dyersburg Intermediate School	Public	3-5	725 Tibbs ST	Dyersburg	38024	Dyer County	Dyersburg	No	No	No	Yes	(731) 286-3620	570	39	14.8		252 (44.2%)	208 (36.5%)	42 (7.4%)	7 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (10.7%)	$12,998			$2,949			$9,130	32.7	34.5	674	29
470282000030	704	Rogers Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	137 County Road 82	Athens	37303	McMinn County	McMinn County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 745-2123	283	21	13.8		260 (91.9%)	8 (2.8%)	6 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.8%)	$13,838			$2,042			$10,742	32.7	50.8	460	244
470231000549	705	Ripley Elementary	Public	3-5	100 Hwy 19 East AVE	Ripley	38063	Lauderdale County	Lauderdale County	No	No	No	Yes	(731) 221-3066	480	41	11.8		182 (37.9%)	255 (53.1%)	11 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (6.0%)	$12,796			$2,147			$9,724	32.6	23.7	791	86
470339001432	706	Linden Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	331 Brooklyn AVE	Linden	37096	Perry County	Perry County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 589-2531	303	23	12.9		277 (91.4%)	9 (3.0%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.0%)	$15,329			$4,324			$10,299	32.6	32	706
470014802481	707	Power Center Academy Elementary - Southeast	Public, Charter	K-5	8146 E Shelby DR	Memphis	38125	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(901) 602-5530	415	23	18.1		4 (1.0%)	365 (88.0%)	43 (10.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	$13,126			$3,791			$9,019	32.6	22.6	798	91
470051000159	708	Hunter Elementary	Public	K-8	145 Hope ST	Elizabethton	37643	Carter County	Carter County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 547-4074	433	32	13.6		409 (94.5%)	3 (0.7%)	15 (3.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	$12,102			$1,808			$9,604	32.4	32.1	705	3
470168000559	709	Pickwick Southside School	Public	PK, KG-8	1970 Hwy 57	Counce	38326	Hardin County	Hardin County	No	No	No	Yes	(731) 689-5185	197	16	12.3		180 (91.4%)	3 (1.5%)	6 (3.0%)	5 (2.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	$16,188			$2,601			$12,549	32.3	32.6	701	8
470399001631	710	Emmett Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	753 Emmett RD	Bristol	37620	Sullivan County	Sullivan County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 354-1865	333	27	12.2		316 (94.9%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.8%)	$12,695			$1,458			$10,330	32.2	51.6	451	259

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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.