Best School Districts in Tennessee

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Rank (of 139)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2025)	Rank (2024)	Rank change from 2024
	Achievement School District	6-12	0	2	1	0	Nashville	Davidson County			(n/a)
7^th	Alamo	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Alamo	Crockett County	0.882	11	4
10^th	Alcoa	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Alcoa	Blount County	0.834	18	8
67^th	Alvin C. York Agricultural Institute	9-12	0	0	1	0	Jamestown	Fentress County	0.571	106	39
78^th	Anderson County	PK, KG-12	9	4	4	1	Clinton	Anderson County	0.522	86	8
4^th	Arlington	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Arlington	Shelby County	0.952	1	3
47^th	Athens	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	0	Athens	McMinn County	0.622	37	10
12^th	Bartlett	PK, KG-12	6	3	1	0	Bartlett	Shelby County	0.829	13	1
89^th	Bedford County	PK, KG-12	9	3	3	0	Shelbyville	Bedford County	0.482	93	4
34^th	Bells	PK, KG-5	1	0	0	0	Bells	Crockett County	0.677	25	9
112^th	Benton County	PK, KG-12	2	1	3	2	Camden	Benton County	0.384	105	7
65^th	Bledsoe County	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Pikeville	Bledsoe County	0.572	92	27
59^th	Blount County	PK, KG-12	14	3	3	1	Maryville	Blount County	0.587	52	7
33^rd	Bradford	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Bradford	Gibson County	0.68	49	16
45^th	Bradley County	PK, KG-12	11	2	4	1	Cleveland	Bradley County	0.629	57	12
22^nd	Bristol	PK, KG-12	6	1	2	0	Bristol	Sullivan County	0.738	17	5
130^th	Campbell County	PK, KG-12	8	2	6	0	Jacksboro	Campbell County	0.266	127	3
136^th	Cannon County	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Woodbury	Cannon County	0.192	136
	Carroll County	10-12	0	0	1	0	Huntingdon	Carroll County			(n/a)
98^th	Carter County	PK, KG-12	7	1	5	1	Elizabethton	Carter County	0.442	85	13
64^th	Cheatham County	PK, KG-12	6	3	4	1	Ashland City	Cheatham County	0.574	65	1
14^th	Chester County	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Henderson	Chester County	0.804	12	2
105^th	Claiborne County	PK, KG-12	7	2	3	1	Tazewell	Claiborne County	0.41	102	3
132^nd	Clay County	PK, KG-12	2	0	2	0	Celina	Clay County	0.261	122	10
116^th	Cleveland	PK, KG-12	7	1	1	0	Cleveland	Bradley County	0.369	118	2
17^th	Clinton	PK, KG-6	3	0	0	0	Clinton	Anderson County	0.788	32	15
60^th	Cocke County	PK, KG-12	9	0	3	0	Newport	Cocke County	0.581	79	19
86^th	Coffee County	PK, KG-12	6	1	3	1	Manchester	Coffee County	0.486	97	11
1^st	Collierville	PK, KG-12	6	2	1	0	Collierville	Shelby County	0.956	4	3
58^th	Crockett County	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Alamo	Crockett County	0.59	61	3
70^th	Cumberland County	PK, KG-12	9	0	3	0	Crossville	Cumberland County	0.555	67	3
122^nd	Davidson County	PK, KG-12	81	38	33	3	Nashville	Coffee County	0.333	123	1
29^th	Dayton	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Dayton	Rhea County	0.701	39	10
38^th	Decatur County	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	1	Decaturville	Decatur County	0.667	23	15
94^th	DeKalb County	PK, KG-12	3	1	3	0	Smithville	DeKalb County	0.469	89	5
	Department Of Children's Services Education Division	K-12	0	0	1	0	Nashville	Davidson County			(n/a)
35^th	Dickson County	PK, KG-12	8	4	2	3	Dickson	Dickson County	0.673	30	5
23^rd	Dyer County	PK, KG-12	5	2	1	0	Dyersburg	Dyer County	0.733	20	3
85^th	Dyersburg	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Dyersburg	Dyer County	0.49	73	12
18^th	Elizabethton	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Elizabethton	Carter County	0.788	19	1
121^st	Etowah	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Etowah	McMinn County	0.343	87	34
137^th	Fayette County Public Schools	PK, KG-12	4	2	1	0	Somerville	Fayette County	0.124	137
125^th	Fayetteville	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Fayetteville	Lincoln County	0.3	121	4
92^nd	Fentress County	PK, KG-12	4	0	2	0	Jamestown	Fentress County	0.474	76	16
103^rd	Franklin County	PK, KG-12	7	2	1	1	Winchester	Franklin County	0.422	111	8
9^th	Franklin SSD	PK, KG-8	5	3	0	0	Franklin	Williamson County	0.839	8	1
3^rd	Germantown	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	1	Germantown	Shelby County	0.952	7	4
27^th	Gibson County Sp District	PK, KG-12	6	1	2	0	Dyer	Gibson County	0.713	16	11
79^th	Giles County	PK, KG-12	5	1	2	0	Pulaski	Giles County	0.521	70	9
88^th	Grainger County	PK, KG-12	4	1	3	1	Rutledge	Grainger County	0.483	110	22
50^th	Greene County	PK, KG-12	7	4	4	1	Greeneville	Greene County	0.614	53	3
28^th	Greeneville	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	1	Greeneville	Greene County	0.704	41	13
101^st	Grundy County	PK, KG-12	4	0	1	0	Altamont	Grundy County	0.428	99	2
69^th	Hamblen County	PK, KG-12	11	4	2	1	Morristown	Hamblen County	0.562	58	11
87^th	Hamilton County	PK, KG-12	42	16	22	2	Chattanooga	Hamilton County	0.484	82	5
127^th	Hancock County	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Sneedville	Hancock County	0.276	130	3
133^rd	Hardeman County Schools	PK, KG-12	6	1	2	0	Bolivar	Hardeman County	0.246	131	2
102^nd	Hardin County	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Savannah	Hardin County	0.426	103	1
114^th	Hawkins County	PK, KG-12	9	3	3	2	Rogersville	Hawkins County	0.373	96	18
	Haywood County	PK, KG-12	4	2	1	0	Brownsville	Haywood County			(n/a)
36^th	Henderson County	PK, KG-12	7	0	3	0	Lexington	Henderson County	0.671	40	4
49^th	Henry County	PK, KG-12	3	0	1	2	Paris	Henry County	0.614	47	2
109^th	Hickman County	PK, KG-12	4	2	2	1	Centerville	Hickman County	0.404	109
55^th	Hollow Rock - Bruceton	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Bruceton	Carroll County	0.603	107	52
129^th	Houston County	PK, KG-12	2	1	3	0	Erin	Houston County	0.273	126	3
139^th	Humboldt City Schools	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Humboldt	Gibson County	0.041	139
100^th	Humphreys County	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	0	Waverly	Humphreys County	0.43	90	10
73^rd	Huntingdon Special School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Huntingdon	Carroll County	0.548	55	18
48^th	Jackson County	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Gainesboro	Jackson County	0.615	50	2
57^th	Jefferson County	PK, KG-12	8	2	3	0	Dandridge	Jefferson County	0.594	62	5
8^th	Johnson City	PK, KG-12	8	2	1	0	Johnson City	Washington County	0.88	6	2
134^th	Johnson County	PK, KG-12	4	2	2	0	Mountain City	Johnson County	0.237	114	20
24^th	Kingsport	PK, KG-12	8	2	1	0	Kingsport	Sullivan County	0.732	29	5
77^th	Knox County	PK, KG-12	54	17	19	2	Knoxville	Knox County	0.53	80	3
138^th	Lake County	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Tiptonville	Lake County	0.102	138
2^nd	Lakeland	PK, KG-11	1	1	0	0	Lakeland	Shelby County	0.953	3	1
119^th	Lauderdale County	PK, KG-12	3	2	2	0	Ripley	Lauderdale County	0.357	128	9
53^rd	Lawrence County	PK, KG-12	8	2	4	1	Lawrenceburg	Lawrence County	0.61	59	6
32^nd	Lebanon	PK, KG-8	5	2	0	0	Lebanon	Wilson County	0.681	46	14
82^nd	Lenoir City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	1	Lenoir City	Loudon County	0.497	104	22
106^th	Lewis County	PK, KG-12	3	2	2	0	Hohenwald	Lewis County	0.409	112	6
15^th	Lexington	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Lexington	Henderson County	0.801	14	1
46^th	Lincoln County	PK, KG-12	5	0	1	2	Fayetteville	Lincoln County	0.627	48	2
42^nd	Loudon County	PK, KG-12	5	2	1	1	Loudon	Loudon County	0.648	44	2
91^st	Macon County	PK, KG-12	5	1	2	0	Lafayette	Macon County	0.475	84	7
126^th	Madison County	PK, KG-12	12	5	6	2	Jackson	Madison County	0.284	129	3
61^st	Manchester	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	0	Manchester	Coffee County	0.58	45	16
99^th	Marion County	PK, KG-12	5	2	5	0	Jasper	Marion County	0.434	81	18
52^nd	Marshall County	PK, KG-12	4	3	3	0	Lewisburg	Marshall County	0.611	63	11
6^th	Maryville	PK, KG-12	3	2	1	2	Maryville	Blount County	0.907	5	1
95^th	Maury County	PK, KG-12	10	5	6	3	Columbia	Maury County	0.449	95
43^rd	McKenzie	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Mc Kenzie	Carroll County	0.637	42	1
51^st	McMinn County	PK, KG-12	7	0	2	0	Athens	McMinn County	0.613	64	13
72^nd	McNairy County	PK, KG-12	5	1	2	2	Selmer	McNairy County	0.552	74	2
75^th	Meigs County	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Decatur	Meigs County	0.537	94	19
135^th	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	PK, KG-12	122	33	50	5	Memphis	Shelby County	0.226	135
44^th	Milan	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Milan	Gibson County	0.632	27	17
113^th	Millington Municipal Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Millington	Shelby County	0.379	117	4
128^th	Monroe County	PK, KG-12	6	3	3	1	Madisonville	Monroe County	0.274	125	3
56^th	Montgomery County	PK, KG-12	24	8	10	1	Clarksville	Montgomery County	0.6	56
31^st	Moore County	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Lynchburg	Moore County	0.694	35	4
131^st	Morgan County	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	3	Wartburg	Morgan County	0.261	133	2
84^th	Murfreesboro	PK, KG-6	13	0	0	0	Murfreesboro	Rutherford County	0.495	77	7
16^th	Newport	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Newport	Cocke County	0.791	15	1
13^th	Oak Ridge	PK, KG-12	4	2	1	0	Oak Ridge	Anderson County	0.817	9	4
54^th	Obion County	PK, KG-12	5	0	2	0	Union City	Obion County	0.605	26	28
90^th	Oneida	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Oneida	Scott County	0.479	78	12
76^th	Overton County	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Livingston	Overton County	0.537	66	10
26^th	Paris	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	0	Paris	Henry County	0.719	24	2
110^th	Perry County	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	1	Linden	Perry County	0.395	132	22
123^rd	Pickett County	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Byrdstown	Pickett County	0.318	101	22
107^th	Polk County	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	1	Benton	Polk County	0.408	91	16
71^st	Putnam County	PK, KG-12	11	4	4	2	Cookeville	Putnam County	0.554	71
40^th	Rhea County	PK, KG-12	4	2	1	0	Dayton	Rhea County	0.651	36	4
	Richard City	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	South Pittsburg	Marion County			(n/a)
63^rd	Roane County	PK, KG-12	6	5	6	1	Kingston	Roane County	0.575	51	12
104^th	Robertson County	PK, KG-12	11	2	7	2	Springfield	Robertson County	0.42	113	9
97^th	Rogersville	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Rogersville	Hawkins County	0.443	108	11
39^th	Rutherford County	PK, KG-12	28	11	14	2	Murfreesboro	Rutherford County	0.656	33	6
115^th	Scott County	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Huntsville	Scott County	0.372	98	17
80^th	Sequatchie County	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Dunlap	Sequatchie County	0.515	83	3
96^th	Sevier County	PK, KG-12	14	9	8	1	Kodak	Sevier County	0.446	88	8
37^th	Smith County	PK, KG-12	6	1	2	0	Carthage	Smith County	0.668	38	1
	South Carroll	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Clarksburg	Carroll County			(n/a)
62^nd	Stewart County	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Dover	Stewart County	0.578	54	8
66^th	Sullivan County	PK, KG-12	10	4	2	1	Blountville	Sullivan County	0.571	69	3
30^th	Sumner County	PK, KG-12	28	12	11	2	Gallatin	Sumner County	0.695	28	2
93^rd	Sweetwater	PK, KG-8	2	2	0	0	Sweetwater	Monroe County	0.473	72	21
117^th	Tennessee Public Charter School Commission	PK, KG-12	10	5	2	0	Nashville	Davidson County	0.363	124	7
	Tennessee School for Blind	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Nashville	Davidson County			(n/a)
	Tennessee Schools for the Deaf	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Knoxville	Knox County			(n/a)
83^rd	Tipton County	PK, KG-12	7	3	3	1	Covington	Tipton County	0.496	100	17
74^th	Trenton	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Trenton	Gibson County	0.541	75	1
11^th	Trousdale County	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Hartsville	Trousdale County	0.83	10	1
108^th	Tullahoma	PK, KG-12	4	2	2	0	Tullahoma	Coffee County	0.404	116	8
81^st	Unicoi County	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Erwin	Unicoi County	0.504	68	13
21^st	Union City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Union City	Obion County	0.759	34	13
124^th	Union County	PK, KG-12	7	2	2	0	Maynardville	Union County	0.309	134	10
	University Schools	K-12	1	1	1	0	Memphis	Shelby County			(n/a)
68^th	Van Buren County	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Spencer	Van Buren County	0.568	60	8
111^th	Warren County	PK, KG-12	8	1	1	2	McMinnville	Warren County	0.386	119	8
41^st	Washington County	PK, KG-12	10	0	3	2	Jonesborough	Washington County	0.65	43	2
120^th	Wayne County	PK, KG-12	2	2	4	1	Waynesboro	Wayne County	0.354	120
20^th	Weakley County	PK, KG-12	4	2	3	2	Dresden	Weakley County	0.767	31	11
118^th	West Carroll Sp District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Atwood	Carroll County	0.363	115	3
	West Tennessee School for the Deaf	PK, KG-5	1	0	0	0	Jackson	Madison County			(n/a)
19^th	White County	PK, KG-12	6	1	1	0	Sparta	White County	0.767	22	3
5^th	Williamson County	PK, KG-12	30	11	11	0	Franklin	Williamson County	0.942	2	3
25^th	Wilson County	PK, KG-12	13	4	6	2	Lebanon	Wilson County	0.721	21	4

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