Best Cities in Tennessee for Schools

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Rank (of 349)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2025)	Rank (2024)	Rank change from 2024
1^st	Signal Mtn	1	0	0	0	0	0.992	1
2^nd	College Grove	1	0	0	0	0	0.984	3	1
3^rd	Signal Mountain	1	0	1	0	1	0.972	5	2
4^th	Brentwood	9	4	2	0	6	0.966	4
5^th	Sewanee	1	0	0	0	1	0.964	11	6
6^th	Cottontown	1	0	0	0	0	0.962	6
7^th	Collierville	11	4	2	1	3	0.956	14	7
8^th	Thompsons Station	3	2	1	0	0	0.954	8
9^th	Lakeland	2	1	0	0	0	0.953	13	4
10^th	Lookout Mtn	1	0	0	0	0	0.951	2	8
11^th	Nolensville	2	1	1	0	0	0.949	9	2
12^th	Arrington	1	0	0	0	0	0.941	7	5
13^th	Medina	1	1	1	0	0	0.937	12	1
14^th	Franklin	14	6	5	0	13	0.917	15	1
15^th	Norris	1	1	0	0	1	0.888	49	34
16^th	Limestone	1	0	0	0	1	0.877	16
17^th	Lascassas	1	0	0	0	0	0.876	31	14
18^th	Rockvale	1	1	1	0	0	0.874	32	14
19^th	Mount Juliet	8	3	2	0	4	0.866	19
20^th	Buchanan	1	0	0	0	0	0.865	44	24
21^st	Christiana	2	1	0	0	1	0.862	46	25
22^nd	Apison	1	1	0	0	1	0.861	21	1
23^rd	Hendersonville	9	4	2	1	9	0.854	18	5
24^th	Finley	1	0	0	0	0	0.852	66	42
25^th	Ten Mile	0	1	0	0	0	0.849	22	3
26^th	Sale Creek	1	0	1	0	0	0.845	40	14
27^th	Gladeville	1	0	0	0	0	0.844	20	7
28^th	Jacks Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.838	10	18
29^th	Wartrace	1	1	1	0	0	0.837	53	24
30^th	Doyle	1	0	0	0	0	0.834	55	25
31^st	Alcoa	2	1	1	0	0	0.834	65	34
32^nd	Dresden	1	1	2	0	0	0.834	25	7
33^rd	Hartsville	1	1	1	0	0	0.83	30	3
34^th	Burns	1	1	0	0	1	0.826	27	7
35^th	Calhoun	1	0	0	0	1	0.819	34	1
36^th	Decaturville	2	0	1	0	0	0.818	43	7
37^th	Louisville	1	0	0	0	3	0.817	28	9
38^th	Oak Ridge	5	2	1	0	2	0.817	29	9
39^th	Afton	0	1	1	0	0	0.815	57	18
40^th	Spring Hill	7	3	1	0	5	0.811	47	7
41^st	Hartford	1	0	0	0	0	0.809	58	17
42^nd	Kingston	2	1	2	0	3	0.807	62	20
43^rd	Atoka	1	0	0	0	0	0.805	24	19
44^th	Riceville	1	0	0	0	1	0.804	42	2
45^th	Fairview	2	1	1	0	0	0.802	41	4
46^th	Chapel Hill	1	1	1	0	0	0.797	71	25
47^th	Henderson	3	1	1	0	0	0.797	39	8
48^th	Gray	3	0	1	0	1	0.791	48
49^th	Woodlawn	1	0	0	0	0	0.789	36	13
50^th	Johnson City	12	3	2	2	7	0.784	56	6
51^st	Spring City	1	1	0	0	0	0.783	52	1
52^nd	Gadsden	1	0	0	0	0	0.782	104	52
53^rd	Bethpage	2	0	0	0	0	0.78	123	70
54^th	Bartlett	13	6	2	0	3	0.777	54
55^th	Reagan	1	0	1	0	0	0.776	73	18
56^th	Cunningham	1	1	1	0	0	0.775	33	23
57^th	Ethridge	1	0	0	0	7	0.774	106	49
58^th	Talbott	1	0	0	0	0	0.771	88	30
59^th	Del Rio	1	0	0	0	1	0.766	211	152
60^th	Heiskell	1	0	0	0	0	0.766	26	34
61^st	Mt Carmel	1	0	0	0	0	0.761	23	38
62^nd	Minor Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0.759	89	27
63^rd	Munford	1	1	1	0	0	0.759	67	4
64^th	Sparta	5	1	1	0	3	0.758	75	11
65^th	Germantown	9	3	3	1	7	0.756	92	27
66^th	Gordonsville	2	0	1	0	0	0.754	59	7
67^th	Martin	2	1	1	0	1	0.753	74	7
68^th	Whitesburg	1	1	0	0	0	0.752	35	33
69^th	Rutherford	1	0	0	0	0	0.75	102	33
70^th	Loretto	1	0	1	0	1	0.746	87	17
71^st	Evensville	0	1	1	0	0	0.746	110	39
72^nd	Russellville	1	0	0	0	0	0.744	50	22
73^rd	Charleston	1	0	0	0	1	0.742	136	63
74^th	Piney Flats	1	0	0	0	0	0.739	109	35
75^th	Maryville	11	4	3	4	4	0.738	63	12
76^th	Puryear	1	0	0	0	0	0.735	45	31
77^th	Telford	1	0	0	0	0	0.734	95	18
78^th	New Market	1	0	0	0	0	0.734	171	93
79^th	Dandridge	2	1	1	0	1	0.734	77	2
80^th	Paris	2	1	1	1	3	0.729	94	14
81^st	Rickman	1	0	0	0	0	0.728	84	3
82^nd	Dyer	1	0	1	0	0	0.726	72	10
83^rd	Summertown	1	1	1	0	1	0.726	132	49
84^th	Cumberland Gap	0	0	1	0	2	0.725	168	84
85^th	Crab Orchard	1	0	0	0	0	0.714	100	15
86^th	Kingsport	14	3	1	0	7	0.713	111	25
87^th	Maury City	1	0	0	0	1	0.71	151	64
88^th	Michie	1	0	0	0	0	0.709	122	34
89^th	Lexington	4	1	1	0	3	0.707	91	2
90^th	White Bluff	1	1	0	0	0	0.705	96	6
91^st	Taft	1	0	0	0	0	0.705	93	2
92^nd	South Fulton	1	0	1	0	0	0.705	69	23
93^rd	Elmwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.704	38	55
94^th	Alamo	1	1	1	0	0	0.698	83	11
95^th	Bristol	7	1	2	0	2	0.696	85	10
96^th	Lynchburg	1	0	1	0	0	0.694	99	3
97^th	Altamont	1	0	0	0	0	0.689	107	10
98^th	Newbern	1	1	1	0	0	0.688	61	37
99^th	Charlotte	1	1	2	1	0	0.688	103	4
100^th	Andersonville	1	0	0	0	1	0.685	138	38
101^st	Philadelphia	1	0	0	0	0	0.684	129	28
102^nd	Sharon	1	0	0	0	0	0.684	272	170
103^rd	Bradford	1	0	1	0	0	0.68	142	39
104^th	Bells	1	0	0	0	0	0.677	79	25
105^th	Ooltewah	4	2	3	0	3	0.676	76	29
106^th	Cosby	3	0	1	0	0	0.675	145	39
107^th	Troy	1	0	1	0	0	0.675	51	56
108^th	Kingston Springs	1	1	1	0	1	0.67	86	22
109^th	Arlington	5	2	3	0	2	0.667	119	10
110^th	Greeneville	12	3	4	2	5	0.666	120	10
111^th	Ridgetop	1	0	0	0	1	0.665	183	72
112^th	Petersburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.663	130	18
113^th	Yorkville	1	0	0	0	0	0.661	60	53
114^th	Watertown	1	1	1	0	0	0.66	82	32
115^th	Scotts Hill	1	0	0	0	1	0.66	64	51
116^th	Westmoreland	2	1	1	0	0	0.656	90	26
117^th	Soddy Daisy	4	1	3	0	0	0.654	116	1
118^th	Seymour	2	2	1	0	2	0.651	117	1
119^th	Lynnville	1	0	1	0	0	0.65	97	22
120^th	Liberty	1	0	0	0	0	0.65	144	24
121^st	Hixson	4	2	1	0	3	0.648	113	8
122^nd	Crawford	1	0	0	0	0	0.646	141	19
123^rd	Huron	1	0	0	0	0	0.646	125	2
124^th	Dyersburg	4	2	1	0	3	0.646	124
125^th	Englewood	1	0	1	0	1	0.644	115	10
126^th	Dickson	4	1	1	2	2	0.644	108	18
127^th	Parrottsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.641	114	13
128^th	Mc Kenzie	1	1	1	0	0	0.637	118	10
129^th	Lenoir City	3	2	1	1	2	0.636	158	29
130^th	Milan	1	1	2	0	0	0.632	81	49
131^st	Cornersville	1	0	1	0	0	0.629	196	65
132^nd	Corryton	2	1	1	0	1	0.627	134	2
133^rd	Pleasant View	1	1	1	0	2	0.626	105	28
134^th	Blountville	2	2	1	1	1	0.624	137	3
135^th	Union City	3	1	1	0	0	0.623	98	37
136^th	Pinson	1	0	0	0	3	0.621	68	68
137^th	Carthage	3	1	1	0	0	0.62	143	6
138^th	Dover	1	1	2	0	0	0.619	140	2
139^th	Murfreesboro	22	4	8	0	17	0.618	121	18
140^th	Whitwell	1	1	1	0	0	0.615	78	62
141^st	Surgoinsville	1	1	0	0	0	0.614	218	77
142^nd	Lebanon	8	2	6	1	5	0.611	135	7
143^rd	Jefferson City	3	1	1	0	0	0.605	172	29
144^th	Bruceton	1	0	1	0	0	0.603	249	105
145^th	Bean Station	1	0	0	0	0	0.603	207	62
146^th	Chapmansboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.602	70	76
147^th	Clarkrange	0	0	1	0	0	0.602	80	67
148^th	Rutledge	3	1	3	0	0	0.598	232	84
149^th	Monterey	1	0	1	0	3	0.594	154	5
150^th	Gatlinburg	2	1	1	0	0	0.589	150
151^st	Cookeville	10	3	2	2	5	0.586	162	11
152^nd	Powell	3	1	1	0	3	0.586	173	21
153^rd	Allardt	1	0	1	0	0	0.583	139	14
154^th	Clarksville	23	8	9	1	17	0.581	159	5
155^th	Smyrna	9	4	3	1	2	0.581	127	28
156^th	Gallatin	7	4	5	1	3	0.581	174	18
157^th	Clinton	6	1	3	2	1	0.581	185	28
158^th	Dayton	4	0	0	0	1	0.58	126	32
159^th	Crossville	6	0	3	0	3	0.575	156	3
160^th	Pikeville	3	1	1	0	0	0.572	223	63
161^st	Athens	4	1	1	0	2	0.571	198	37
162^nd	Trenton	2	1	1	0	0	0.569	153	9
163^rd	Spencer	1	0	1	0	0	0.568	157	6
164^th	Copperhill	1	0	1	0	0	0.556	133	31
165^th	Selmer	1	1	1	2	0	0.556	149	16
166^th	Huntingdon	2	1	2	0	1	0.548	148	18
167^th	Lafayette	3	1	1	0	1	0.547	152	15
168^th	Jonesborough	3	0	1	0	0	0.547	189	21
169^th	Portland	4	2	2	0	3	0.545	147	22
170^th	Greenbrier	1	1	1	0	1	0.545	204	34
171^st	Elizabethton	6	2	4	1	2	0.543	160	11
172^nd	Trimble	1	0	0	0	0	0.541	131	41
173^rd	Roan Mountain	1	0	1	0	0	0.539	170	3
174^th	Cleveland	17	3	7	1	9	0.538	188	14
175^th	Decatur	2	1	1	0	0	0.537	224	49
176^th	Hillsboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.535	182	6
177^th	Ramer	1	0	0	0	0	0.531	250	73
178^th	Loudon	2	1	1	0	0	0.53	163	15
179^th	Joelton	1	0	0	0	0	0.529	164	15
180^th	Brighton	1	1	1	0	0	0.528	178	2
181^st	Mt Pleasant	1	0	1	0	0	0.528	221	40
182^nd	Centerville	2	1	1	1	1	0.526	199	17
183^rd	Erwin	4	1	1	0	0	0.526	165	18
184^th	Lawrenceburg	4	1	2	1	3	0.526	186	2
185^th	Morristown	9	3	2	1	6	0.524	181	4
186^th	Drummonds	1	0	0	0	0	0.523	191	5
187^th	Hornbeak	1	0	0	0	0	0.521	128	59
188^th	Vonore	1	1	0	0	0	0.52	257	69
189^th	Mosheim	1	1	1	0	0	0.519	208	19
190^th	Gainesboro	1	1	1	0	0	0.517	193	3
191^st	Knoxville	55	15	19	2	45	0.517	202	11
192^nd	Wildersville	1	0	0	0	0	0.516	219	27
193^rd	Flintville	1	0	0	0	0	0.516	205	12
194^th	Parsons	1	1	0	0	0	0.516	112	82
195^th	Dunlap	1	1	1	0	3	0.515	201	6
196^th	Adamsville	2	0	1	0	0	0.513	190	6
197^th	Unionville	1	1	1	0	0	0.512	176	21
198^th	Friendsville	2	1	0	0	0	0.511	220	22
199^th	Manchester	6	2	3	1	1	0.509	195	4
200^th	Ashland City	2	1	3	1	1	0.506	275	75
201^st	Trezevant	1	0	0	0	0	0.504	231	30
202^nd	Fayetteville	3	2	2	2	2	0.504	180	22
203^rd	Halls	1	1	1	0	0	0.504	248	45
204^th	White House	3	2	3	0	3	0.5	166	38
205^th	Pelham	1	0	0	0	0	0.499	192	13
206^th	Harrogate	2	1	0	0	1	0.499	146	60
207^th	Oliver Springs	3	2	1	0	1	0.497	227	20
208^th	Camden	2	1	3	0	1	0.49	242	34
209^th	Monteagle	1	0	0	0	0	0.49	197	12
210^th	Grimsley	1	0	0	0	0	0.488	203	7
211^th	Rockford	1	0	0	0	0	0.487	155	56
212^th	Etowah	2	0	0	0	0	0.484	175	37
213^th	Baxter	2	1	1	0	0	0.484	222	9
214^th	Savannah	3	1	1	0	3	0.477	209	5
215^th	Old Fort	1	0	0	0	0	0.476	187	28
216^th	Newport	5	0	2	0	0	0.469	233	17
217^th	Robbins	1	0	0	0	0	0.468	179	38
218^th	Denmark	1	0	0	0	1	0.462	294	76
219^th	Mc Ewen	1	0	1	0	1	0.456	184	35
220^th	Hilham	1	0	0	0	0	0.455	239	19
221^st	Big Rock	2	0	0	0	0	0.454	169	52
222^nd	Livingston	2	1	1	0	1	0.452	212	10
223^rd	Hampton	1	0	1	0	0	0.449	210	13
224^th	Winchester	2	1	1	0	1	0.449	247	23
225^th	Pleasant Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0.447	282	57
226^th	Allons	1	0	0	0	0	0.445	161	65
227^th	Leoma	1	0	0	0	0	0.444	238	11
228^th	Huntsville	2	1	1	0	0	0.44	216	12
229^th	Tullahoma	6	2	2	0	1	0.435	261	32
230^th	Vanleer	1	0	0	0	0	0.433	101	129
231^st	Waverly	1	1	1	0	1	0.424	226	5
232^nd	Jamestown	2	0	1	0	1	0.419	241	9
233^rd	Jacksboro	1	1	2	0	0	0.418	264	31
234^th	Sweetwater	2	2	1	0	1	0.417	214	20
235^th	Lewisburg	2	2	1	0	0	0.413	236	1
236^th	Sevierville	10	2	5	2	3	0.412	230	6
237^th	Toone	1	0	0	0	0	0.412	167	70
238^th	Rock Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.412	177	61
239^th	Harriman	2	1	2	1	0	0.411	206	33
240^th	White Pine	1	0	0	0	2	0.41	258	18
241^st	Hohenwald	3	2	2	0	2	0.409	262	21
242^nd	Old Hickory	2	1	0	0	2	0.405	260	18
243^rd	Linden	1	1	1	1	0	0.404	280	37
244^th	New Johnsonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.404	246	2
245^th	Sharps Chapel	1	0	0	0	0	0.403	253	8
246^th	Gruetli Laager	1	0	0	0	1	0.4	244	2
247^th	Jasper	2	1	3	0	1	0.398	225	22
248^th	Strawberry Plains	1	1	2	0	1	0.398	237	11
249^th	Unicoi	1	0	0	0	0	0.395	215	34
250^th	Goodlettsville	4	1	0	0	1	0.388	255	5
251^st	McMinnville	6	1	2	1	0	0.385		(n/a)
252^nd	Lake City	1	1	0	0	0	0.384	301	49
253^rd	Lobelville	1	0	0	0	2	0.382	341	88
254^th	Maynardville	4	1	2	0	0	0.382	312	58
255^th	Pulaski	2	1	1	0	1	0.38	259	4
256^th	Cross Plains	1	0	1	0	0	0.38	287	31
257^th	New Tazewell	3	0	1	0	1	0.379	288	31
258^th	Bulls Gap	2	0	0	0	0	0.377	271	13
259^th	Hornsby	1	0	0	0	0	0.376	251	8
260^th	Pegram	1	0	0	0	0	0.374	200	60
261^st	Nashville	66	33	28	5	58	0.373	273	12
262^nd	Church Hill	2	2	1	0	0	0.369	213	49
263^rd	Chuckey	2	0	0	0	0	0.369	217	46
264^th	Morrison	1	0	0	0	0	0.369	298	34
265^th	Shelbyville	6	1	1	0	1	0.366	290	25
266^th	Counce	1	0	0	0	0	0.363	304	38
267^th	Oneida	2	1	1	0	1	0.362	240	27
268^th	Bethel Springs	1	0	0	0	1	0.361	296	28
269^th	Mohawk	1	0	0	0	0	0.358	315	46
270^th	Collinwood	1	1	1	0	0	0.351	305	35
271^st	Smithville	2	1	2	0	1	0.349	266	5
272^nd	Cowan	1	1	0	0	0	0.347	299	27
273^rd	Chattanooga	25	8	13	2	30	0.346	269	4
274^th	Celina	1	0	2	0	0	0.34	243	31
275^th	Millington	5	3	2	0	4	0.335	292	17
276^th	Rogersville	3	1	2	1	0	0.335	279	3
277^th	Rockwood	2	1	1	0	1	0.333	254	23
278^th	Readyville	2	0	0	0	0	0.332	311	33
279^th	Speedwell	1	0	0	0	0	0.327	318	39
280^th	Mascot	1	0	0	0	0	0.326	335	55
281^st	Coalmont	0	0	1	0	0	0.324	234	47
282^nd	Henry	1	0	0	1	0	0.32	252	30
283^rd	Springfield	6	1	2	3	2	0.318	309	26
284^th	Byrdstown	1	0	1	0	0	0.318	235	49
285^th	Niota	1	0	0	0	0	0.317	333	48
286^th	Pigeon Forge	0	2	1	0	1	0.315	276	10
287^th	Kodak	1	2	1	0	0	0.311	278	9
288^th	Bluff City	1	1	1	0	0	0.31	291	3
289^th	Cedar Hill	1	0	1	0	0	0.309	306	17
290^th	La Vergne	3	1	1	0	0	0.307	281	9
291^st	Waynesboro	1	1	3	0	1	0.307	263	28
292^nd	Benton	1	2	1	1	0	0.306	284	8
293^rd	Walland	1	0	0	0	0	0.305	336	43
294^th	Fall Branch	1	0	0	0	0	0.304	274	20
295^th	Mountain City	3	1	1	0	1	0.303	194	101
296^th	Prospect	1	0	0	0	0	0.302		(n/a)
297^th	Briceville	1	0	0	0	0	0.293	303	6
298^th	Winfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.292	228	70
299^th	Atwood	0	0	1	0	0	0.292	289	10
300^th	Covington	3	1	1	2	1	0.292	334	34
301^st	Grand Junction	1	0	0	0	0	0.29	245	56
302^nd	Columbia	6	2	4	0	6	0.285	307	5
303^rd	Tazewell	1	1	1	1	1	0.284	265	38
304^th	Duff	2	0	0	0	0	0.284	322	18
305^th	Lyles	2	1	1	0	0	0.281	302	3
306^th	Tennessee Ridge	1	0	0	0	0	0.274	283	23
307^th	Erin	1	1	3	0	0	0.273	308	1
308^th	Jackson	12	5	6	2	7	0.265	314	6
309^th	Middleton	1	0	1	0	0	0.262	331	22
310^th	Mooresburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.262	270	40
311^th	Antioch	12	5	6	0	4	0.26	323	12
312^th	Sneedville	2	1	1	1	0	0.259	267	45
313^th	Red Boiling Springs	2	0	1	0	0	0.253	310	3
314^th	South Pittsburg	1	0	1	1	0	0.253	295	19
315^th	Bradyville	1	0	0	0	0	0.25	328	13
316^th	Friendship	1	0	0	0	0	0.248	313	3
317^th	Laurel Bloomery	1	0	0	0	0	0.245	268	49
318^th	Jellico	1	0	2	0	1	0.244	297	21
319^th	Cordova	6	2	2	0	12	0.243	319
320^th	Tellico Plains	3	1	1	0	1	0.243	293	27
321^st	Townsend	1	0	0	0	0	0.242	332	11
322^nd	Kenton	1	0	0	0	0	0.234	17	305
323^rd	Hermitage	4	1	0	0	1	0.231	325	2
324^th	Caryville	1	0	0	0	0	0.229	286	38
325^th	Madisonville	2	1	2	1	0	0.223	324	1
326^th	Memphis	150	45	61	6	58	0.217	330	4
327^th	Mount Pleasant	0	1	0	0	0	0.211	300	27
328^th	Ripley	2	1	1	0	0	0.211	338	10
329^th	Wartburg	1	1	2	0	0	0.193	326	3
330^th	Harrison	0	1	1	0	0	0.19	327	3
331^st	La Follette	2	1	2	0	1	0.189	317	14
332^nd	Estill Springs	1	0	0	0	0	0.185	316	16
333^rd	Woodbury	1	1	1	0	0	0.179	321	12
334^th	Tracy City	1	0	1	0	0	0.178	339	5
335^th	Luttrell	1	0	0	0	0	0.174	256	79
336^th	Somerville	3	1	2	0	1	0.174	347	11
337^th	Pioneer	1	0	0	0	0	0.168	320	17
338^th	Bolivar	1	1	1	0	0	0.161	342	4
339^th	Madison	6	2	0	0	6	0.126	346	7
340^th	Ridgely	0	1	0	0	0	0.122	337	3
341^st	Decherd	1	0	0	0	0	0.105	340	1
342^nd	Oakland	1	1	0	0	0	0.105	343	1
343^rd	Brownsville	4	2	1	0	0	0.087	345	2
344^th	Whites Creek	1	0	1	0	2	0.078	350	6
345^th	Moscow	1	0	0	0	0	0.069	329	16
346^th	Williston	1	0	0	0	0	0.068	229	117
347^th	Tiptonville	1	0	1	0	0	0.062	348	1
348^th	Humboldt	2	1	1	0	0	0.041	349	1
349^th	Whiteville	1	0	0	0	1	0.029	344	5

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