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T. W. Hunter Middle School

Public Grades 6-8

2^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 583 Tennessee Middle Schools

Better than 100% of Tennessee middle schools

Summary

T. W. Hunter Middle School is a high-performing public middle school in Hendersonville, Tennessee, serving 570 students in grades 6-8 and part of the Sumner County School District, which is ranked 30 out of 139 districts in the state.

T. W. Hunter Middle School consistently ranks among the top 10-15 middle schools in Tennessee, earning a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger for the 2024-2025 school year. The school's academic performance is exceptional, with proficiency rates significantly higher than the Sumner County and Tennessee state averages in all subject areas, particularly in mathematics where the school has maintained proficiency rates above 80% for all grade levels. The school's success extends to diverse student populations, with high rankings for female, male, Asian, African American, Hispanic, and white students, as well as students with special needs and those from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

While T. W. Hunter Middle School outperforms its peers, nearby middle schools like Robert E. Ellis Middle, Station Camp Middle, and Liberty Creek Middle also demonstrate strong academic performance, with proficiency rates significantly higher than the district and state averages. However, T. W. Hunter Middle School consistently ranks higher than these nearby schools, indicating its exceptional quality and the effectiveness of its educational programs.

532

Students ?

15.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,999

Per pupil spending ?

18.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2101 New Hope RD
Hendersonville, TN 37075

(615) 822-4720

District: Sumner County

Students who attend T. W. Hunter Middle School usually attend:

High:

Beech Senior High School

Feeder schools for T. W. Hunter Middle School:

Elementary:	Beech Elementary
	Madison Creek Elementary

Racial breakdown:

White:

73.9%

African American:

11.5%

Hispanic:

6.8%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 78th percentile in 2014 → 100th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Tennessee average (82% vs 43% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 1% of Tennessee middle schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 22 percentile points since 2014

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school82%

District avg56%

Tennessee avg43%

2^nd of 583

Tennessee public middle schools ?

Top 1%▲ up 6 pts since 2015

From top 6% (2015) to top 1% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 12Middle Schools in the Sumner County

30^th of 139Sumner County among Tennessee districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	99.1	2 of 583	99.7%	★★★★★
2024	99.1	6 of 587	99.0%	★★★★★
2023	99.2	3 of 594	99.5%	★★★★★
2022	98.6	5 of 569	99.1%	★★★★★
2021	97.4	10 of 576	98.3%	★★★★★
2019	97.1	12 of 574	97.9%	★★★★★
2018	94.6	15 of 563	97.3%	★★★★★
2017	90.0	10 of 362	97.2%	★★★★★
2015	85.6	31 of 492	93.7%	★★★★★
2014	69.8	108 of 485	77.7%	★★★★☆
2013	76.1	89 of 475	81.3%	★★★★☆
2012	75.9	102 of 466	78.1%	★★★★☆
2011	76.1	98 of 462	78.8%	★★★★☆
2010	83.9	55 of 435	87.4%	★★★★☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	94.4	11 of 312	96.5%	★★★★★
2024	94.8	14 of 318	95.6%	★★★★★
2023	97.5	5 of 316	98.4%	★★★★★
2022	92.8	13 of 299	95.7%	★★★★★
2021	87.1	18 of 277	93.5%	★★★★★
2019	89.3	18 of 293	93.9%	★★★★★
2018	86.7	24 of 284	91.5%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2022	76.0	16 of 62	74.2%	★★★★☆
2021	72.1	18 of 62	71.0%	★★★★☆
2018	57.6	29 of 58	50.0%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	98.2	6 of 546	98.9%	★★★★★
2024	98.5	5 of 554	99.1%	★★★★★
2023	98.8	3 of 560	99.5%	★★★★★
2022	97.7	5 of 552	99.1%	★★★★★
2021	97.3	7 of 538	98.7%	★★★★★
2019	96.6	12 of 529	97.7%	★★★★★

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2021	76.4	9 of 39	76.9%	★★★★☆
2019	80.8	1 of 35	97.1%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	92.8	15 of 286	94.8%	★★★★★
2024	89.6	24 of 285	91.6%	★★★★★
2023	83.5	34 of 285	88.1%	★★★★☆
2022	94.5	7 of 275	97.5%	★★★★★
2021	98.8	1 of 261	99.6%	★★★★★
2019	82.3	26 of 228	88.6%	★★★★☆
2018	84.5	19 of 219	91.3%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	97.6	5 of 490	99.0%	★★★★★
2024	97.3	4 of 510	99.2%	★★★★★
2023	97.3	1 of 514	99.8%	★★★★★
2022	93.1	9 of 495	98.2%	★★★★★
2021	86.1	12 of 483	97.5%	★★★★★
2019	93.5	8 of 490	98.4%	★★★★★
2018	91.0	8 of 481	98.3%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	98.7	4 of 550	99.3%	★★★★★
2024	98.7	6 of 560	98.9%	★★★★★
2023	99.1	2 of 557	99.6%	★★★★★
2022	98.6	5 of 540	99.1%	★★★★★
2021	95.5	14 of 529	97.4%	★★★★★
2019	95.7	16 of 523	96.9%	★★★★★

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	99.8	1 of 332	99.7%	★★★★★
2024	94.3	5 of 299	98.3%	★★★★★
2023	95.4	3 of 288	99.0%	★★★★★
2022	84.9	12 of 260	95.4%	★★★★★
2021	91.9	5 of 238	97.9%	★★★★★
2019	78.4	13 of 222	94.1%	★★★★★
2018	81.8	5 of 279	98.2%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	98.9	2 of 492	99.6%	★★★★★
2024	99.0	5 of 504	99.0%	★★★★★
2023	99.2	3 of 503	99.4%	★★★★★
2022	98.3	4 of 500	99.2%	★★★★★
2021	96.0	13 of 496	97.4%	★★★★★
2019	96.1	13 of 484	97.3%	★★★★★
2018	94.5	11 of 481	97.7%	★★★★★

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Special Education (2025)100th percentile~ school

White (2025)100th percentile~ school

Male (2025)99th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)99th percentile~ school

Female (2025)99th percentile~ school

African American (2025)96th percentile-3 vs school

Hispanic (2025)95th percentile-5 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2021)77th percentile-21 vs school

Asian (2022)74th percentile-25 vs school

By subject vs Tennessee (2024-2025) ?

Social Studies89%+40 vs state

Mathematics88%+46 vs state

Science82%+36 vs state

English Language Arts70%+31 vs state

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by a student
Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Great school. Good memories of fun teachers and administrators. I was well prepared for high school. Close Quote

Schools Near T. W. Hunter Middle School

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				TNReady Mathematics (2025)						TNReady English Language Arts (2025)						TNReady Algebra I (2025)		TNReady Integrated Math I (2025)		TNReady Science (2025)						TNReady Social Studies (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	TNReady Mathematics 4th Grade	TNReady Mathematics 5th Grade	TNReady Mathematics 6th Grade	TNReady Mathematics 7th Grade	TNReady Mathematics 8th Grade	TNReady Mathematics All Grades	TNReady English Language Arts 4th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts 5th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts 6th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts 7th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts 8th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts All Grades	TNReady Algebra I 8th Grade	TNReady Algebra I All Grades	TNReady Integrated Math I 8th Grade	TNReady Integrated Math I All Grades	TNReady Science 4th Grade	TNReady Science 5th Grade	TNReady Science 6th Grade	TNReady Science 7th Grade	TNReady Science 8th Grade	TNReady Science All Grades	TNReady Social Studies 6th Grade	TNReady Social Studies 7th Grade	TNReady Social Studies 8th Grade	TNReady Social Studies All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
T. W. Hunter Middle School	Public	6-8	2101 New Hope RD	Hendersonville	37075	Sumner County	Sumner County	No	No	No	No	(615) 822-4720	570	37	15.2		416 (73.0%)	77 (13.5%)	37 (6.5%)	13 (2.3%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.7%)	22 (3.9%)	99.1	2^nd of 583 public middle schools	99.7%		99.1	6^th of 587 public middle schools	99.0%	4			85.9	89.6	89.1	88.4			68.3	69.2	72.9	70.3							84.5	82.4	79.2	81.8	85.2	91.2	88.5	88.6	$12,999	$344	$12,133
Liberty Creek Middle School	Public	6-8	200 Wolfpack Way	Gallatin	37066	Sumner County	Sumner County	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(615) 206-3506	601	39	15.2		479 (79.7%)	43 (7.2%)	36 (6.0%)	15 (2.5%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.2%)	94.4	26^th of 583 public middle schools	95.5%		92.7	30^th of 587 public middle schools	94.9%	4			82.8	82.1	69.9	78.4			64.2	54.8	51.5	56.9							75.3	66.5	64.6	68.9	68.8	82.1	66.5	72.6	$11,314	$241	$10,590
Knox Doss Middle School at Drakes Creek	Public	6-8	1338 Drakes Creek RD	Hendersonville	37075	Sumner County	Sumner County	No	No	No	No	(615) 824-8383	587	39	15.0		360 (61.3%)	52 (8.9%)	132 (22.5%)	15 (2.6%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (4.3%)	81.3	77^th of 583 public middle schools	86.8%		83.5	68^th of 587 public middle schools	88.4%	9			65.7	63.2	62.0	63.6			53.7	46.6	37.5	46.0							57.7	58.9	50.8	55.8	57.7	69.0	45.5	57.6	$12,087	$538	$11,028
Station Camp Middle School	Public	6-8	281 Big Station Camp BLVD	Gallatin	37066	Sumner County	Sumner County	No	No	No	No	(615) 206-0116	861	57	15.1		647 (75.1%)	83 (9.6%)	64 (7.4%)	27 (3.1%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (4.2%)	95.1	21^st of 583 public middle schools	96.4%		94.9	24^th of 587 public middle schools	95.9%	3			74.4	71.6	78.4	74.9			61.6	56.9	54.7	57.8							72.1	82.6	78.6	77.7	65.9	76.9	66.3	69.5	$10,903	$297	$10,118
Robert E Ellis Middle	Public	6-8	100 Indian Lake RD	Hendersonville	37075	Sumner County	Sumner County	No	No	No	No	(615) 264-6093	556	42	13.2		459 (82.6%)	40 (7.2%)	40 (7.2%)	6 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.6%)	95.3	20^th of 583 public middle schools	96.6%		94.7	25^th of 587 public middle schools	95.7%	5			79.8	76.9	83.9	80.4			71.2	59.6	52.2	60.7							68.5	63.5	67.2	66.5	77.8	80.8	70.0	75.9	$12,951	$241	$12,206
White House Middle School	Public	5-8	2020 Highway 31 West	White House	37188	Sumner County	Sumner County	No	No	No	No	(615) 672-4379	779	50	15.7		624 (80.1%)	35 (4.5%)	95 (12.2%)	6 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	17 (2.2%)	84.7	60^th of 583 public middle schools	89.7%		88	48^th of 587 public middle schools	91.8%	12			68.6	68.7	54.9	64.3			48.8	50.5	35.7	45.2							60.4	59.2	46.4	55.5	75.4	71.5	64.8	70.7	$11,898	$453	$10,703
V G Hawkins Middle School	Public	6-8	487 A. Walton Ferry RD	Hendersonville	37075	Sumner County	Sumner County	No	No	No	No	(615) 824-3456	433	33	13.3		276 (63.7%)	51 (11.8%)	75 (17.3%)	14 (3.2%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.0%)	73.6	121^st of 583 public middle schools	79.2%		69.6	136^th of 587 public middle schools	76.8%	15			60.5	51.4	59.2	56.7			45.5	37.1	34.2	38.9							46.4	46.5	58.3	50.1	53.2	55.6	70.0	59.3	$14,110	$241	$13,176
Goodlettsville Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	300 South Main ST	Goodlettsville	37072	Davidson County	Davidson County	No	Yes	No	Yes	(615) 859-8956	412	21	19.7		70 (17.0%)	155 (37.6%)	163 (39.6%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	17 (4.1%)	12.7	518^th of 583 public middle schools	11.1%		9.7	549^th of 587 public middle schools	6.5%	31			9.4	31.8	15.8	18.6			16.4	14.3	8.1	13.0							17.4	25.0	14.8	19.0	11.6	25.0	20.6	18.8	$17,514	$966	$15,461
Tennessee Connections Academy Johnson County 4-8	Public, Virtual	4-8	117 Edenway DR	White House	37188	Robertson County	Johnson County	No	No	Yes	No	(615) 235-3672	1,315	48	27.6		814 (61.9%)	282 (21.4%)	94 (7.1%)	18 (1.4%)	6 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	100 (7.6%)	15.6	502^nd of 583 public middle schools	13.9%		18.4	481^st of 587 public middle schools	18.1%	21	12.8	11.1	12.7	11.0	13.9	12.4	16.5	11.7	22.4	13.6	14.4	15.6	73.3	75.0			29.1	15.2	32.0	28.1	27.3	26.7	15.2	25.1	21.1	20.8	$5,894	$173	$5,693
DuPont Hadley Middle	Public	6-8	1901 Old Hickory BLVD	Old Hickory	37138	Davidson County	Davidson County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 847-7300	379	24	16.0		188 (49.6%)	93 (24.5%)	62 (16.4%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	30 (7.9%)	39.7	351^st of 583 public middle schools	39.8%		33.8	392^nd of 587 public middle schools	33.2%	41			32.1	22.0		20.1			47.7	23.7	15.8	28.5			80.0	80.0			56.0	38.1	15.8	37.6	44.0	39.8	35.2	39.5	$18,082	$1,203	$15,912

Frequently Asked Questions about T. W. Hunter Middle School

What district is T. W. Hunter Middle School in?

Sumner County

How many students attend T. W. Hunter Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 532 students attended T. W. Hunter Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of T. W. Hunter Middle School?

Students at T. W. Hunter Middle School are 74% White, 11% African American, 7% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 3% Asian.

Is T. W. Hunter Middle School a good school?

Yes! T. W. Hunter Middle School is one of the best middle schools in the state. It ranks 2^nd of 583 Tennessee middle schools.

What high school do graduates of T. W. Hunter Middle School attend?

Students who attend T. W. Hunter Middle School usually go on to attend Beech Senior High School

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