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)
470000100485	541	Union Heights Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3366 Tornado TRL	Morristown	37813	Hamblen County	Hamblen County	No	No	No	No	(423) 586-1502	304	21	14.7		245 (80.6%)	2 (0.7%)	41 (13.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.3%)	$11,942			$1,162			$9,897	45.4	45.3	543	2
470210000685	542	Rush Strong Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	3081 W Old Andrew Johnson HWY	Strawberry Plains	37871	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 933-5313	492	33	14.9		433 (88.0%)	3 (0.6%)	33 (6.7%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.1%)	$11,587			$2,025			$8,847	45.2	49.8	474	68
470291001007	543	Meigs North Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	22015 State Highway 58 N	Decatur	37322	Meigs County	Meigs County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 334-5454	434	31	14.1		406 (93.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.4%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.4%)	$11,893			$2,043			$8,977	45.1	56.6	385	158
470359001485	544	Ridge View Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	625 Pumphouse RD	Rockwood	37854	Roane County	Roane County	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 354-2111	594	41	14.5		519 (87.4%)	18 (3.0%)	22 (3.7%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.4%)	$12,480			$1,636			$9,926	45	47.3	506	38
470216000694	545	Doe Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	7164 Highway 67 West	Mountain City	37683	Johnson County	Johnson County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 727-2682	217	17	12.6		206 (94.9%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	$17,838			$1,697			$15,473	44.9	51.5	452	93
470014802594	546	Compass Community School Hickory Hill Campus	Public, Charter	K-8	3572 Emerald	Memphis	38115	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(901) 546-9926	255	20	12.7		5 (2.0%)	42 (16.5%)	204 (80.0%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	$16,434			$3,441			$12,677	44.9	34.3	678	132
470014802471	547	Freedom Prep Elementary - Millbranch	Public, Charter	K-5	3750 Millbranch RD	Memphis	38116	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(901) 538-9500	551	36	15.5		7 (1.3%)	462 (83.8%)	76 (13.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	$12,934			$3,616			$9,003	44.7	26.3	770	223
470252000899	548	Loudon Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2175 Roberts RD	Loudon	37774	Loudon County	Loudon County	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 458-2001	648	45	14.5		375 (57.9%)	18 (2.8%)	236 (36.4%)	5 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.9%)	$11,776			$1,887			$9,158	44.6	43.8	561	13
470264000935	549	Jasper Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	495 Warrior DR	Jasper	37347	Marion County	Marion County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 942-2110	629	37	16.9		562 (89.3%)	23 (3.7%)	18 (2.9%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.3%)	$10,068			$1,213			$7,756	44.6	28	749	200
470123000381	550	Pine Haven Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	800 N York HWY	Jamestown	38556	Fentress County	Fentress County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 879-9525	561	31	18.3		538 (95.9%)	3 (0.5%)	15 (2.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	$9,728						$7,760	44.4	52.8	440	110

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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.