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)
470453002469	71	Mill Creek Elementary School	Public	K-5	100 York TRL	Nolensville	37135	Williamson County	Williamson County	No	No	No	No	(615) 472-5230	730	49	15		613 (84.0%)	13 (1.8%)	35 (4.8%)	39 (5.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (4.0%)	$11,778			$213			$10,839	92.2	94.6	59	12
470453001811	72	Nolensville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2338 Rocky Fork RD	Nolensville	37135	Williamson County	Williamson County	No	No	No	No	(615) 472-4690	946	62	15.3		708 (74.8%)	45 (4.8%)	49 (5.2%)	97 (10.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	45 (4.8%)	$11,682			$237			$10,990	92.2	95.7	46	26
470222000720	73	Blue Grass Elementary	Public	K-5	8901 Blue Grass RD	Knoxville	37922	Knox County	Knox County	No	No	No	No	(865) 539-7864	569	34	16.7		469 (82.4%)	16 (2.8%)	25 (4.4%)	23 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (6.3%)	$10,834			$724			$9,560	92	95.1	53	20
470303002669	74	Spanish Immersion @ Barksdale	Public	K-5	1920 Madison ST	Clarksville	37043	Montgomery County	Montgomery County	No	No	No	No	(931) 648-5685	218	16	14		131 (60.1%)	22 (10.1%)	51 (23.4%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	12 (5.5%)	$9,535			$764			$8,625	91.9	98.3	20	54
470159000763	75	Chattanooga School For The Liberal Arts	Public, Magnet, Alternative	K-12	4850 Jersey Pike	Chattanooga	37416	Hamilton County	Hamilton County	No	Yes	No	No	(423) 855-2614	792	55	14.5		478 (60.4%)	169 (21.3%)	25 (3.2%)	54 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (8.3%)	$11,334			$975			$10,085	91.9	94.4	60	15
470453002097	76	Sunset Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Sunset TRL	Brentwood	37027	Williamson County	Williamson County	No	No	No	No	(615) 472-5020	623	42	14.9		427 (68.5%)	31 (5.0%)	29 (4.7%)	106 (17.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (4.7%)	$11,956			$413			$10,797	91.7	92.4	77	1
470014901573	77	Collierville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	590 Peterson Lake RD	Collierville	38017	Shelby County	Collierville	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 853-3300	813	56	14.6		598 (73.6%)	69 (8.5%)	75 (9.2%)	19 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (6.4%)	$13,296			$2,017			$10,936	91.7	90.2	95	18
470222000814	78	South Knox Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	801 Sevier AVE	Knoxville	37920	Knox County	Knox County	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 579-2100	196	18	11.1		133 (67.9%)	41 (20.9%)	6 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (8.2%)	$15,238			$2,032			$12,133	91.6	81.4	138	60
470402002427	79	Dr. William Burrus Elementary at Drakes Creek	Public	K-5	1336 Drakes Creek RD	Hendersonville	37075	Sumner County	Sumner County	No	No	No	No	(615) 338-7142	741	47	15.9		542 (73.1%)	58 (7.8%)	59 (8.0%)	37 (5.0%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	40 (5.4%)	$10,396			$969			$9,045	91.5	90.8	89	10
470402000978	80	Madison Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1040 Madison Creek RD	Goodlettsville	37072	Davidson County	Sumner County	No	No	No	No	(615) 859-4991	621	39	15.8		431 (69.4%)	87 (14.0%)	36 (5.8%)	26 (4.2%)	4 (0.6%)	5 (0.8%)	32 (5.2%)	$10,436			$890			$9,061	91.4	97	36	44

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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.