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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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)
470453001240	31	Kenrose Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1702 Raintree PKWY	Brentwood	37027	Williamson County	Williamson County	No	No	No	No	(615) 472-4630	701	47	14.9		324 (46.2%)	15 (2.1%)	49 (7.0%)	273 (38.9%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (5.1%)	$12,119			$252			$11,395	97	97.7	25	6
470453001867	32	Scales Elementary	Public	K-5	6430 Murray LN	Brentwood	37027	Williamson County	Williamson County	No	No	No	No	(615) 472-4830	712	44	16.1		637 (89.5%)	7 (1.0%)	26 (3.7%)	17 (2.4%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (2.9%)	$11,988			$276			$11,199	96.8	96.2	42	10
470453001807	33	Grassland Elementary	Public	K-5	6803 Manley LN	Brentwood	37027	Williamson County	Williamson County	No	No	No	No	(615) 472-4480	463	31	14.9		406 (87.7%)	6 (1.3%)	22 (4.8%)	10 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.1%)	$12,928			$305			$11,945	96.8	98.9	8	25
470453002027	34	Winstead Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4080 Columbia PIKE	Franklin	37064	Williamson County	Williamson County	No	No	No	No	(615) 472-4910	632	48	13.1		523 (82.8%)	8 (1.3%)	69 (10.9%)	12 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.2%)	$13,365			$602			$12,123	96.7	96.4	40	6
470453001814	35	Trinity Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4410 Murfreesboro RD	Franklin	37067	Williamson County	Williamson County	No	No	No	No	(615) 472-4850	765	49	15.5		480 (62.7%)	15 (2.0%)	49 (6.4%)	176 (23.0%)	7 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	37 (4.8%)	$12,496			$295			$11,685	96.7	95.2	51	16
470402001864	36	Indian Lake Elementary	Public	K-5	505 Indian Lake RD	Hendersonville	37075	Sumner County	Sumner County	No	No	No	No	(615) 824-6810	480	33	14.7		439 (91.5%)	3 (0.6%)	18 (3.8%)	4 (0.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.9%)	$10,772			$672			$9,663	96.7	95.9	44	8
470126000390	37	Franklin Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	1501 Figuers DR	Franklin	37064	Williamson County	Franklin SSD	No	No	No	No	(615) 794-1187	333	33	10		232 (69.7%)	27 (8.1%)	50 (15.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (6.9%)	$20,706			$605			$19,173	96.6	97.5	29	8
470015201567	38	Arlington Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	11825 Douglas	Arlington	38002	Shelby County	Arlington	No	No	No	No	(901) 867-6000	898	60	14.9		674 (75.1%)	95 (10.6%)	46 (5.1%)	27 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (6.2%)	$12,024			$929			$10,781	96.6	95.4	49	11
470015102602	39	Forest Hill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3366 Forest Hill Irene RD	Germantown	38138	Shelby County	Germantown	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 752-7900	689	50	13.8		525 (76.2%)	51 (7.4%)	41 (6.0%)	33 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	37 (5.4%)	$12,732			$1,265			$11,032	96.5	97.7	26	13
470014902515	40	Schilling Farms Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	935 S. Colbert ST	Collierville	38017	Shelby County	Collierville	No	No	No	No	(901) 853-3330	595	52	11.4		99 (16.6%)	99 (16.6%)	42 (7.1%)	299 (50.3%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (8.6%)	$13,913			$1,626			$11,902	96.5	95.1	52	12

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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.