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)
470359001475	121	Cherokee Middle School	Public	6-8	200 Paint Rock Ferry RD	Kingston	37763	Roane County	Roane County	No	No	No	No	(865) 376-9281	470	31	15.2		415 (88.3%)	6 (1.3%)	22 (4.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.5%)	$11,400			$1,148			$9,663	72	76.5	103	18
470336001429	122	W O Inman Middle School	Public	6-8	400 Harrison ST	Paris	38242	Henry County	Paris	No	No	No	Yes	(731) 642-8131	507	37	13.5		350 (69.0%)	108 (21.3%)	14 (2.8%)	6 (1.2%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (4.7%)	$13,021			$2,538			$9,596	71.9	73.6	118	4
470249002660	123	Blanche School	Public	PK, KG-8	1491 Ardmore HWY	Taft	38488	Lincoln County	Lincoln County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 425-6141	327	25	13.3		294 (89.9%)	2 (0.6%)	18 (5.5%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.4%)	$12,148			$1,609			$9,793	71.8	71.2	132	9
470105000339	124	Northview Middle School	Public	6-8	820 Williams ST	Newbern	38059	Dyer County	Dyer County	No	No	No	Yes	(731) 627-3713	413	26	16.1		333 (80.6%)	34 (8.2%)	30 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.9%)	$12,257			$852			$10,776	71.6	67.5	159	35
470455001823	125	Southside Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	1224 Murfreesboro RD	Lebanon	37087	Wilson County	Wilson County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 444-6330	691	49	14.2		524 (75.8%)	39 (5.6%)	93 (13.5%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	29 (4.2%)	$10,622			$842			$9,232	71.6	68	155	30
470093000315	126	Dayton City Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	520 Cherry ST	Dayton	37321	Rhea County	Dayton	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 775-8414	848	53	16.1		639 (75.4%)	40 (4.7%)	121 (14.3%)	16 (1.9%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	30 (3.5%)	$11,163			$1,494			$8,752	71.4	67.8	156	30
470318001382	127	West End Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	3529 West End AVE	Nashville	37205	Davidson County	Davidson County	No	Yes	No	No	(615) 298-8425	343	25	13.9		158 (46.1%)	135 (39.4%)	25 (7.3%)	10 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (4.1%)	$18,802			$1,840			$16,306	71	60.1	202	75
470351002035	128	Spring City Middle School	Public	6-8	751 Wasson Memorial Hwy 68	Spring City	37381	Rhea County	Rhea County	No	No	No	No	(423) 365-9105	293	16	18.3		278 (94.9%)	2 (0.7%)	8 (2.7%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	$12,930			$1,329			$10,684	71	61.5	197	69
470387002047	129	Gordonsville High School	Public	7-12	110 Main Street East	Gordonsville	38563	Smith County	Smith County	No	No	No	No	(615) 683-8245	540	34	15.7		491 (90.9%)	9 (1.7%)	18 (3.3%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.0%)	$9,913			$594			$8,562	70.8	58	217	88
470015301579	130	Elmore Park Middle School	Public	6-8	6330 Althorne RD	Bartlett	38134	Shelby County	Bartlett	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 373-2642	730	41	17.8		435 (59.6%)	139 (19.0%)	83 (11.4%)	21 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	51 (7.0%)	$10,768			$1,447			$8,915	70.7	77.3	98	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, 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.