Best Middle Schools in Tennessee for Homeless Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Tennessee!

Every year, the Tennessee Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Homeless students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

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 (Homeless vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 23)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Homeless)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Homeless)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
470432001738	1	Van Buren County High School	Public	6-12	337 Sparta Street	Spencer	38585	Van Buren County	Van Buren County	No	No	No	No	(931) 946-2442	400	30	13.3		393 (98.3%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,390						$10,497	95.7%	66.3%	29.38%
470369001529	2	Smyrna Middle School	Public	6-8	712 Hazelwood DR	Smyrna	37167	Rutherford County	Rutherford County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 904-3845	868	72	12.1		268 (30.9%)	125 (14.4%)	372 (42.9%)	60 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	41 (4.7%)	$12,551			$1,153			$10,855	91.3%	46.3%	44.97%
470369002253	3	Whitworth-Buchanan Middle School	Public	6-8	555 Manchester HWY	Murfreesboro	37127	Rutherford County	Rutherford County	No	No	No	No	(615) 904-6765	759	55	13.9		338 (44.5%)	169 (22.3%)	202 (26.6%)	10 (1.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (5.0%)	$12,142			$620			$10,925	87.0%	74.4%	12.51%
470369002145	4	Rockvale Middle School	Public	6-8	6543 Hwy 99	Rockvale	37153	Rutherford County	Rutherford County	No	No	No	No	(615) 904-6745	1,383	77	17.9		775 (56.0%)	253 (18.3%)	203 (14.7%)	49 (3.5%)	2 (0.1%)	6 (0.4%)	95 (6.9%)	$9,578			$530			$8,651	82.6%	87.7%	5.13%
470219000714	5	John Sevier Middle School	Public	6-8	1200 Wateree ST	Kingsport	37660	Sullivan County	Kingsport	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 378-2450	750	56	13.2		540 (72.0%)	54 (7.2%)	58 (7.7%)	9 (1.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	87 (11.6%)	$12,469			$1,404			$10,456	78.3%	56.0%	22.21%
470369001904	6	Blackman Middle School	Public	6-8	3945 Blaze DR	Murfreesboro	37128	Rutherford County	Rutherford County	No	No	No	No	(615) 904-3860	1,625	93	17.5		846 (52.1%)	310 (19.1%)	254 (15.6%)	101 (6.2%)	9 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	104 (6.4%)	$9,295			$623			$8,288	73.9%	83.8%	9.90%
470348002230	7	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	69.6%	79.7%	10.16%
470303010361	8	Kenwood Middle	Public	6-8	241 E Pine Mountain RD	Clarksville	37042	Montgomery County	Montgomery County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 553-2080	1,121	63	17.8		359 (32.0%)	430 (38.4%)	173 (15.4%)	8 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	148 (13.2%)	$10,811			$1,239			$8,949	65.2%	36.3%	28.93%
470159000518	9	Red Bank Middle School	Public	6-8	3701 Tom Weathers DR	Chattanooga	37415	Hamilton County	Hamilton County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 874-1908	535	41	13.2		226 (42.2%)	135 (25.2%)	105 (19.6%)	7 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (11.6%)	$12,764			$1,468			$10,607	60.9%	28.3%	32.59%
470303002011	10	Northeast Middle	Public	6-8	3703 Trenton RD	Clarksville	37040	Montgomery County	Montgomery County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 648-5665	1,026	63	16.4		388 (37.8%)	342 (33.3%)	168 (16.4%)	9 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	11 (1.1%)	107 (10.4%)	$11,065			$902			$9,522	56.5%	49.1%	7.46%

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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.

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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.