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)
470282000996	71	Riceville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	3592 Hwy 11 South	Riceville	37370	McMinn County	McMinn County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 462-2488	614	39	15.9		524 (85.3%)	20 (3.3%)	42 (6.8%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.7%)	$11,421			$2,010			$8,618	83	79.9	80	9
470369002145	72	Rockvale Middle School	Public	6-8	6543 Hwy 99	Rockvale	37153	Rutherford County	Rutherford County	No	No	No	No	(615) 904-6745	1,383	77	17.9		775 (56.0%)	253 (18.3%)	203 (14.7%)	49 (3.5%)	2 (0.1%)	6 (0.4%)	95 (6.9%)	$9,578			$530			$8,651	83	81.1	75	3
470455001824	73	Tuckers Crossroads Elementary	Public	K-8	5905 Trousdale Ferry PIKE	Lebanon	37087	Wilson County	Wilson County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 444-3956	381	31	12.2		300 (78.7%)	15 (3.9%)	49 (12.9%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.7%)	$11,834			$1,223			$9,950	82.4	77.9	94	21
470246000875	74	Lexington Middle School	Public	6-8	112 Airways	Lexington	38351	Henderson County	Lexington	No	No	No	Yes	(731) 968-8457	261	18	14.5		175 (67.0%)	39 (14.9%)	23 (8.8%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (8.4%)	$12,222			$1,675			$9,532	82	86.4	54	20
470102002610	75	Burns Middle School	Public	6-8	88 Bobcat TRL	Burns	37029	Dickson County	Dickson County	No	No	No	No	(615) 740-1860	475	32	14.8		385 (81.1%)	7 (1.5%)	50 (10.5%)	5 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.7%)	$11,169			$1,097			$9,395	81.6	81.9	71	4
470090000306	76	Homestead Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	3889 Highway 127 South	Crossville	38572	Cumberland County	Cumberland County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 456-8344	722	39	18.6		680 (94.2%)	2 (0.3%)	33 (4.6%)	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$10,908			$1,525			$7,970	81.3	75	111	35
470321001390	77	Newport Grammar School	Public	PK, KG-8	301 College ST	Newport	37821	Cocke County	Newport	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 623-3811	701	55	12.7		582 (83.0%)	22 (3.1%)	27 (3.9%)	28 (4.0%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	37 (5.3%)	$11,936			$2,134			$9,055	81.1	84.1	62	15
470063000249	78	H. Y. Livesay Middle School	Public	5-8	475 Hwy 63	Harrogate	37752	Claiborne County	Claiborne County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 869-4663	262	15	17.8		246 (93.9%)	4 (1.5%)	9 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	$11,165			$1,454			$8,820	81	75	112	34
470438002154	79	Ridgeview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	252 Sam Jenkins RD	Gray	37615	Washington County	Washington County	No	No	No	No	(423) 788-7340	819	46	17.6		777 (94.9%)	8 (1.0%)	16 (2.0%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	14 (1.7%)	$10,473			$1,011			$9,070	80.9	83.6	67	12
470318001346	80	John Trotwood Moore Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	4425 Granny White PIKE	Nashville	37204	Davidson County	Davidson County	No	Yes	No	No	(615) 298-8095	528	37	14.2		325 (61.6%)	151 (28.6%)	24 (4.5%)	8 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.6%)	$17,314			$1,822			$15,057	80.5	76	106	26

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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.