Best Elementary 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 17)	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)
470198000643	1	Waverly Elementary	Public	PK, KG-3	601 E. Railroad ST	Waverly	37185	Humphreys County	Humphreys County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 296-2371	359	33	10.8		314 (87.5%)	28 (7.8%)	11 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.7%)	$14,007			$2,339			$11,025	94.1%	85.0%	9.15%
470042000118	2	Caryville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	120 Cardinal CIR	Caryville	37714	Campbell County	Campbell County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 562-2687	630	47	13.3		616 (97.8%)	3 (0.5%)	5 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.8%)	$10,130			$2,398			$6,886	88.2%	35.0%	53.26%
470042002128	3	LaFollette Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	195 Myers LN	La Follette	37766	Campbell County	Campbell County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 562-3439	507	49	10.2		466 (91.9%)	7 (1.4%)	15 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	17 (3.4%)	$11,749			$3,070			$7,708	82.4%	37.9%	44.44%
470012010486	4	Athens City Intermediate	Public	3-5	255 Keith LN	Athens	37303	McMinn County	Athens	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(423) 745-2863	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								76.5%	63.4%	13.11%
470432001737	5	Spencer Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	311 Sparta Street	Spencer	38585	Van Buren County	Van Buren County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 946-2171	394	28	14.3		387 (98.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	$13,466						$10,539	70.6%	51.3%	19.31%
470000101929	6	Hillcrest Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	407 S Liberty Hill RD	Morristown	37813	Hamblen County	Hamblen County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 586-7472	604	41	14.8		203 (33.6%)	17 (2.8%)	339 (56.1%)	8 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.8%)	32 (5.3%)	$10,961			$1,872			$8,307	64.7%	23.7%	41.03%
470378002629	7	Pigeon Forge Intermediate	Public	4-6	3003 Jess Wilson	Pigeon Forge	37863	Sevier County	Sevier County	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 366-9100	388	29	13.6		230 (59.3%)	6 (1.5%)	141 (36.3%)	6 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	$14,169			$1,756			$11,663	58.8%	43.4%	15.41%
470348001449	8	Cornerstone Elementary	Public	2-4	371 First Avenue South	Baxter	38544	Putnam County	Putnam County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 858-9190	358	20	18		335 (93.6%)	3 (0.8%)	13 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.7%)	$12,237			$1,392			$10,027	52.9%	51.2%	1.76%
470309001238	9	Sunbright School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	205 Burrville RD	Sunbright	37872	Morgan County	Morgan County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 628-2244	510	32	16.1		487 (95.5%)	4 (0.8%)	7 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.2%)	$12,480			$1,956			$9,270	47.1%	23.3%	23.78%
470159000500	10	East Ridge Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1014 John Ross RD	Chattanooga	37412	Hamilton County	Hamilton County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 493-9296	996	69	14.4		258 (25.9%)	262 (26.3%)	371 (37.2%)	12 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	93 (9.3%)	$12,510			$1,737			$10,024	41.2%	12.0%	29.19%

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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.