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)
470180001953	111	South Side Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	29855 Hwy 104 South	Reagan	38368	Henderson County	Henderson County	No	No	No	Yes	(731) 549-3718	300	24	12.2		281 (93.7%)	6 (2.0%)	10 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	$12,699			$1,759			$10,026	74.4	65.7	171	60
470140000423	112	Yorkville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	56 Nebo - Yorkville RD	Yorkville	38389	Gibson County	Gibson County Sp District	No	No	No	Yes	(731) 643-6598	134	12	11.4		128 (95.5%)	2 (1.5%)	3 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	$13,980			$1,502			$11,460	74.3	77.6	97	15
470264000943	113	Whitwell Middle School	Public	5-8	1 Butterfly LN	Whitwell	37397	Sequatchie County	Marion County	No	No	No	No	(423) 658-5635	308	19	16.4		284 (92.2%)	5 (1.6%)	14 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.6%)	$10,791			$697			$9,026	74	58.3	215	102
470327001964	114	Black Oak Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	365 North Shawtown RD	Hornbeak	38232	Obion County	Obion County	No	No	No	Yes	(731) 538-2271	240	24	10.2		230 (95.8%)	4 (1.7%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)	$13,970			$2,396			$10,555	73.9	78.3	90	24
470303001985	115	Montgomery Central Middle	Public	6-8	3941 Highway 48	Cunningham	37052	Montgomery County	Montgomery County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 387-2575	806	51	15.9		588 (73.0%)	96 (11.9%)	56 (6.9%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	6 (0.7%)	55 (6.8%)	$11,306			$996			$9,673	73.6	61	199	84
470327001409	116	South Fulton Middle / High School	Public	6-12	1302 South Fulton DR	South Fulton	38257	Obion County	Obion County	No	No	No	No	(731) 479-1441	344	30	11.4		278 (80.8%)	36 (10.5%)	10 (2.9%)	5 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.4%)	$17,625			$877			$15,834	73.4	87.4	53	63
470369002251	117	Oakland Middle School	Public	6-8	853 DeJarnette LN	Murfreesboro	37130	Rutherford County	Rutherford County	No	No	No	No	(615) 904-6760	1,103	72	15.2		584 (52.9%)	288 (26.1%)	152 (13.8%)	12 (1.1%)	3 (0.3%)	3 (0.3%)	61 (5.5%)	$10,480			$566			$9,517	73.4	68.7	147	30
470075000284	118	Smoky Mountain Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	135 South 32 HWY	Cosby	37722	Cocke County	Cocke County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 487-2255	178	14	12.7		170 (95.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.7%)	$11,890			$1,497			$8,670	73.2	61.7	195	77
470348002230	119	Prescott South Middle School	Public	5-8	1859 S. Jefferson ST	Cookeville	38506	Putnam County	Putnam County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 528-3647	812	53	15.2		676 (83.3%)	27 (3.3%)	79 (9.7%)	10 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (2.5%)	$10,640			$1,052			$8,918	72.8	64.4	182	63
470018002276	120	Cascade Middle School	Public	6-8	1165 Bell Buckle Wartrace RD	Wartrace	37183	Bedford County	Bedford County	No	No	No	No	(931) 389-9389	378	25	15.1		294 (77.8%)	13 (3.4%)	49 (13.0%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.5%)	$9,875			$883			$8,348	72.1	66.6	165	45

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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.

Educational resources:

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Virtual Schools: The Future of Online Education

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Tennessee Department of Education.