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)
470237002283	281	Winfree Bryant Middle School	Public	6-8	1213 Leeville PIKE	Lebanon	37087	Wilson County	Lebanon	No	No	No	No	(615) 449-6060	597	37	16.3		324 (54.3%)	77 (12.9%)	143 (24.0%)	11 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (7.0%)	$12,198			$651			$11,041	49	45.2	310	29
470303002123	282	West Creek Middle	Public	6-8	1200 W Creek Coyote TRL	Clarksville	37042	Montgomery County	Montgomery County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 503-3288	1,172	64	18.2		377 (32.2%)	384 (32.8%)	259 (22.1%)	23 (2.0%)	2 (0.2%)	8 (0.7%)	119 (10.2%)	$10,207			$944			$8,665	48.9	53	254	28
470147002616	283	West Greene Middle Schools	Public	6-8	250 West School ST	Mosheim	37818	Greene County	Greene County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 422-6470	360	27	13.3		323 (89.7%)	6 (1.7%)	20 (5.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.8%)	$11,751			$1,838			$9,180	48.8	62.5	189	94
470330000031	284	Oneida Middle School	Public	6-8	376 N Main ST	Oneida	37841	Scott County	Oneida	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 569-2468	264	15	17.6		250 (94.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.5%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.0%)	$12,812			$1,020			$10,089	48.7	46.6	295	11
470264000941	285	South Pittsburg High School	Public	7-12	717 Elm AVE	South Pittsburg	37380	Marion County	Marion County	No	No	No	No	(423) 837-7561	425	26	16.3		316 (74.4%)	71 (16.7%)	19 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.2%)	$10,769			$876			$8,823	48.6	40	342	57
470288001004	286	Selmer Middle School	Public	6-8	635 East Poplar Avenue	Selmer	38375	McNairy County	McNairy County	No	No	No	Yes	(731) 645-7977	232	25	9.4		178 (76.7%)	28 (12.1%)	14 (6.0%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.3%)	$14,327			$2,325			$11,162	48.6	49.2	280	6
470033002312	287	Bradley County Virtual School	Public, Virtual	6-12	2369 Parker Street NE	Cleveland	37311	Bradley County	Bradley County	No	No	Yes	No	(423) 709-8414	174	11	15.8		152 (87.4%)	7 (4.0%)	3 (1.7%)	5 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.0%)	$4,808			$1,426			$3,329	48.6	51.1	266	21
470024001033	288	Camden Junior High School	Public	6-8	75 Schools DR	Camden	38320	Benton County	Benton County	No	No	No	Yes	(731) 584-4518	371	25	14.6		334 (90.0%)	11 (3.0%)	10 (2.7%)	7 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.2%)	$11,372			$1,292			$9,166	48.3	53.2	253	35
470318001261	289	Bellevue Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	655 Colice Jeanne RD	Nashville	37221	Davidson County	Davidson County	No	Yes	No	Yes	(615) 662-3000	509	34	14.9		243 (47.7%)	129 (25.3%)	78 (15.3%)	25 (4.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (6.3%)	$17,200			$1,808			$14,740	48	46.6	294	5
470264001850	290	Jasper Middle School	Public	5-8	601 Elm Avenue	Jasper	37347	Marion County	Marion County	No	No	No	No	(423) 942-6251	491	26	18.7		439 (89.4%)	22 (4.5%)	17 (3.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.4%)	$9,323			$738			$7,770	47.9	45.2	311	21

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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.