Best Elementary Schools in Tennessee

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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)
470000100477	171	Alpha Elementary	Public	K-5	5620 Old Us 11e HWY	Morristown	37814	Hamblen County	Hamblen County	No	No	No	No	(423) 586-3332	606	38	15.8		456 (75.2%)	15 (2.5%)	43 (7.1%)	31 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.7%)	51 (8.4%)	$11,136			$1,034			$9,414	77.3	68.5	249	78
470369002670	172	Plainview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	7182 Otter Pond Way	Christiana	37037	Rutherford County	Rutherford County	No	No	No	No	(615) 904-6790	534	32	16.9		366 (68.5%)	63 (11.8%)	61 (11.4%)	8 (1.5%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	32 (6.0%)	$11,792			$532			$10,666	77.3	71.5	217	45
470234000849	173	Lawrenceburg Public	Public	PK, KG-5	600 Prosser RD	Lawrenceburg	38464	Lawrence County	Lawrence County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 762-3282	500	31	16.3		457 (91.4%)	20 (4.0%)	9 (1.8%)	7 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.4%)	$10,606			$1,242			$8,591	77.3	76.8	174	1
470003000001	174	Alamo Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	265 E Park ST	Alamo	38001	Crockett County	Alamo	No	No	No	Yes	(731) 696-5515	578	39	15		392 (67.8%)	52 (9.0%)	112 (19.4%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.3%)	$12,723			$1,776			$9,773	77.2	73.8	196	22
470015301566	175	Altruria Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6641 Deermont DR	Bartlett	38134	Shelby County	Bartlett	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 373-2600	771	53	14.5		524 (68.0%)	108 (14.0%)	57 (7.4%)	22 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (7.8%)	$11,772			$1,738			$9,605	76.9	72.2	210	35
470399001646	176	Miller Perry Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	904 Fordtown RD	Kingsport	37663	Sullivan County	Sullivan County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 354-1760	264	23	11.4		242 (91.7%)	6 (2.3%)	8 (3.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	6 (2.3%)	$13,547			$1,132			$11,341	76.9	87.8	105	71
470126001381	177	Poplar Grove K-4	Public	PK, KG-4	2959 Del Rio PIKE	Franklin	37064	Williamson County	Franklin SSD	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 790-4720	324	31	10.6		151 (46.6%)	8 (2.5%)	136 (42.0%)	5 (1.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (7.1%)	$21,884			$1,246			$19,604	76.9	76.8	173	4
470030002099	178	Carpenters Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	915 Huffstetler RD	Maryville	37803	Blount County	Blount County	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 980-1490	540	35	15.4		479 (88.7%)	10 (1.9%)	30 (5.6%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.8%)	$11,716			$1,675			$9,344	76.8	65.7	288	110
470369001511	179	Christiana Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4701 Shelbyville HWY	Christiana	37037	Rutherford County	Rutherford County	No	No	No	No	(615) 896-0614	664	47	14.1		479 (72.1%)	62 (9.3%)	61 (9.2%)	11 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (7.7%)	$11,832			$840			$10,411	76.6	75.2	187	8
470036000112	180	Haynesfield Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	201 Bluff City HWY	Bristol	37620	Sullivan County	Bristol	No	No	No	No	(423) 652-9292	386	23	16.6		329 (85.2%)	5 (1.3%)	23 (6.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (7.0%)	$11,902			$1,436			$9,801	76.5	78.6	157	23

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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.

Educational resources:

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

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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.