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)
470378001552	421	Northview Primary	Public	PK, KG-3	3293 Douglas Dam RD	Kodak	37764	Sevier County	Sevier County	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 933-2415	597	30	20		504 (84.4%)	14 (2.3%)	55 (9.2%)	10 (1.7%)	3 (0.5%)	3 (0.5%)	8 (1.3%)	$12,882			$1,567			$10,652	54.1	66.9	266	155
470378000971	422	Seymour Intermediate	Public	4-6	737 Boyds Creek HWY	Seymour	37865	Sevier County	Sevier County	No	No	No	No	(865) 609-0030	558	34	16.2		498 (89.2%)	11 (2.0%)	29 (5.2%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.7%)	$12,143			$1,295			$10,064	54.1	46.3	527	105
470144000435	423	Joppa Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	4745 Rutledge PIKE	Rutledge	37861	Grainger County	Grainger County	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 828-5721	413	29	14.4		396 (95.9%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.9%)	$11,714			$1,756			$9,146	54	61.9	328	95
470399001634	424	Holston Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2348 Hwy 75	Blountville	37617	Sullivan County	Sullivan County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 354-1550	635	56	11.4		603 (95.0%)	5 (0.8%)	8 (1.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (2.5%)	$12,643			$1,623			$10,329	53.9	60.3	348	76
470318002059	425	May Werthan Shayne Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	6217 Nolensville RD	Nashville	37211	Davidson County	Davidson County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 332-3020	735	44	16.7		355 (48.3%)	175 (23.8%)	86 (11.7%)	75 (10.2%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.5%)	39 (5.3%)	$17,544			$1,926			$15,067	53.9	58.5	370	55
470402000975	426	J W Wiseman Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	922 South Broadway	Portland	37148	Sumner County	Sumner County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 325-8580	384	29	13.2		266 (69.3%)	15 (3.9%)	83 (21.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.9%)	$13,746			$1,359			$11,660	53.9	68.9	242	184
470129000069	427	North Lake Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	10626 Old Tullahoma RD	Tullahoma	37388	Coffee County	Franklin County	No	No	No	No	(931) 455-6239	225	18	12.8		210 (93.3%)	6 (2.7%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.1%)	$14,194			$1,854			$11,362	53.7	64.7	299	128
470147000447	428	Doak Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	70 West ST	Greeneville	37745	Greene County	Greene County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 638-3197	569	36	16		511 (89.8%)	1 (0.2%)	36 (6.3%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.2%)	$10,465			$1,778			$8,125	53.6	53.7	422	6
470351002353	429	Rhea Central Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1005 Delaware AVE	Dayton	37321	Rhea County	Rhea County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 775-7842	607	52	11.7		448 (73.8%)	5 (0.8%)	140 (23.1%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	10 (1.6%)	$13,225			$2,023			$10,246	53.6	51.3	455	26
470030000081	430	Rockford Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3728 Williams Mill RD	Rockford	37853	Blount County	Blount County	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 982-1415	403	25	15.9		303 (75.2%)	13 (3.2%)	71 (17.6%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.5%)	$14,013			$1,960			$11,274	53.5	65.7	286	144

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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.