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)
470303001218	311	New Providence Middle	Public	6-8	146 Cunningham LN	Clarksville	37042	Montgomery County	Montgomery County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 648-5655	1,058	63	16.9		483 (45.7%)	279 (26.4%)	168 (15.9%)	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.6%)	117 (11.1%)	$10,552			$984			$8,984	45.5	47.6	287	24
470051000166	312	Unaka Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	120 Unaka DR	Elizabethton	37643	Carter County	Carter County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 474-4110	210	15	13.7		196 (93.3%)	1 (0.5%)	9 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.9%)	$13,653			$2,608			$10,085	45.4	36	368	56
470210000693	313	White Pine Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	3060 Roy Messer HWY	White Pine	37890	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 674-2596	754	50	15		520 (69.0%)	4 (0.5%)	193 (25.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (4.8%)	$10,913			$1,909			$8,280	45.2	38.4	350	37
470042000123	314	Jacksboro Middle School	Public	6-8	150 Eagle CIR	Jacksboro	37757	Campbell County	Campbell County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 562-3773	493	34	14.3		478 (97.0%)	2 (0.4%)	5 (1.0%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	$10,739			$2,339			$7,616	45.1	46.7	293	21
470369001529	315	Smyrna Middle School	Public	6-8	712 Hazelwood DR	Smyrna	37167	Rutherford County	Rutherford County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 904-3845	868	72	12.1		268 (30.9%)	125 (14.4%)	372 (42.9%)	60 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	41 (4.7%)	$12,551			$1,153			$10,855	45	38.4	349	34
470399002679	316	Sullivan Heights Middle School	Public	6-8	1236 Moreland DR	Kingsport	37664	Sullivan County	Sullivan County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 354-1300	692	48	14.4		649 (93.8%)	10 (1.4%)	18 (2.6%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.6%)	$11,417			$1,072			$9,792	44.8	49.6	277	39
470348000497	317	Avery Trace Middle School	Public	5-8	230 Raider DR	Cookeville	38501	Putnam County	Putnam County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 520-2200	720	45	15.8		432 (60.0%)	31 (4.3%)	219 (30.4%)	16 (2.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (2.8%)	$10,818			$1,050			$8,975	44.6	54.9	243	74
470318002332	318	Nashville Classical East	Public, Charter	K-8	2000 Greenwood AVE	Nashville	37206	Davidson County	Davidson County	Yes	No	No	Yes	(615) 538-5841	529	19	27.8		141 (26.7%)	322 (60.9%)	47 (8.9%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.0%)	$20,189			$3,319			$16,158	44.2	45.5	307	11
470057000890	319	Harpeth Middle School	Public	5-8	170 Harpeth View TRL	Kingston Springs	37082	Cheatham County	Cheatham County	No	No	No	No	(615) 952-2293	438	29	14.9		379 (86.5%)	6 (1.4%)	42 (9.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.3%)	$11,186			$1,005			$9,340	43.9	47.4	288	31
470123002029	320	South Fentress Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	5018 Wilder RD	Grimsley	38565	Fentress County	Fentress County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 863-3131	632	33	19.3		598 (94.6%)	3 (0.5%)	28 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	$9,337						$7,575	43.8	41.6	332	12

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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.