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)
470222000742	241	Halls Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7502 Andersonville PIKE	Knoxville	37938	Knox County	Knox County	No	No	No	No	(865) 922-7445	745	48	15.3		662 (88.9%)	17 (2.3%)	29 (3.9%)	12 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	24 (3.2%)	$11,198			$945			$9,699	69.1	73.7	197	44
470015301578	242	Ellendale Elementary	Public	K-5	6950 Dawn Hill	Bartlett	38135	Shelby County	Bartlett	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 373-2636	505	36	13.9		315 (62.4%)	86 (17.0%)	48 (9.5%)	19 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (7.3%)	$12,045			$2,014			$9,521	69	65.3	295	53
470159000490	243	Alpine Crest Elementary School	Public	K-5	4700 Stagg RD	Chattanooga	37415	Hamilton County	Hamilton County	No	No	No	No	(423) 874-1921	319	18	17.8		174 (54.5%)	50 (15.7%)	66 (20.7%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (8.5%)	$12,064			$1,007			$10,248	68.8	70.5	229	14
470369001525	244	Rockvale Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6550 Hwy 99	Rockvale	37153	Rutherford County	Rutherford County	No	No	No	No	(615) 904-3881	906	58	15.5		711 (78.5%)	44 (4.9%)	83 (9.2%)	13 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	54 (6.0%)	$10,765			$620			$9,657	68.8	80.4	144	100
470276002120	245	Marvin Wright Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	4714 Derryberry LN	Spring Hill	37174	Maury County	Maury County	No	No	No	No	(931) 486-3586	629	37	17.2		436 (69.3%)	66 (10.5%)	77 (12.2%)	15 (2.4%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (4.9%)	$11,129			$1,061			$9,523	68.8	65.1	297	52
470369002212	246	Brown's Chapel Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6128 Baker RD	Murfreesboro	37129	Rutherford County	Rutherford County	No	No	No	No	(615) 904-6755	842	49	17.2		488 (58.0%)	128 (15.2%)	154 (18.3%)	27 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	44 (5.2%)	$9,821			$531			$8,845	68.7	75.5	183	63
470402001663	247	Howard Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	805 Long Hollow PIKE	Gallatin	37066	Sumner County	Sumner County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 452-3025	554	40	13.8		343 (61.9%)	74 (13.4%)	94 (17.0%)	13 (2.3%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.4%)	25 (4.5%)	$12,418			$1,277			$10,557	68.7	66.1	280	33
470282000986	248	Calhoun Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	150 Sherwood AVE	Calhoun	37309	McMinn County	McMinn County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 336-2974	319	22	14.8		275 (86.2%)	8 (2.5%)	21 (6.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.4%)	$12,632			$2,168			$9,424	68.7	82.1	134	114
470105000341	249	Finley Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	72 Poplar Street	Finley	38030	Dyer County	Dyer County	No	No	No	Yes	(731) 285-7050	242	16	14.9		222 (91.7%)	1 (0.4%)	11 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.3%)	$13,118			$862			$11,339	68.6	71.3	221	28
470141000432	250	Richland Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	10333 Columbia HWY	Lynnville	38472	Giles County	Giles County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 527-0663	524	36	14.7		472 (90.1%)	4 (0.8%)	29 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (3.1%)	$10,571			$1,924			$7,873	68.5	61.1	338	88

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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.