Tennessee City Rankings

Rank (of 349)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2026)	Rank (2025)	Rank change from 2025
1^st	Signal Mtn	1	0	0	0	0	0.986	1
2^nd	College Grove	1	0	0	0	0	0.975	2
3^rd	Signal Mountain	1	0	1	0	1	0.97	3
4^th	Arrington	1	0	0	0	0	0.962	12	8
5^th	Brentwood	9	4	2	0	6	0.957	4	1
6^th	Thompsons Station	3	2	1	0	0	0.955	8	2
7^th	Collierville	11	4	2	0	5	0.952	7
8^th	Nolensville	2	1	1	0	0	0.945	11	3
9^th	Lookout Mtn	1	0	0	0	0	0.935	10	1
10^th	Medina	1	1	1	0	0	0.932	13	3
11^th	Sewanee	1	0	0	0	1	0.931	5	6
12^th	Franklin	14	6	5	0	19	0.919	14	2
13^th	Lakeland	2	0	1	0	0	0.915	9	4
14^th	Cottontown	1	0	0	0	0	0.901	6	8
15^th	Lascassas	1	0	0	0	0	0.897	17	2
16^th	Rockvale	1	1	1	0	0	0.885	18	2
17^th	Apison	1	1	0	0	1	0.88	22	5
18^th	Bell Buckle	0	0	1	0	1	0.878		(n/a)
19^th	Mount Juliet	8	3	2	0	4	0.877	19
20^th	Afton	0	1	1	0	0	0.877	39	19
21^st	Limestone	1	0	0	0	1	0.872	16	5
22^nd	Norris	1	1	0	0	1	0.869	15	7
23^rd	Hendersonville	9	4	2	1	11	0.861	23
24^th	Ten Mile	0	1	0	0	0	0.86	25	1
25^th	Atoka	1	0	0	0	0	0.859	43	18
26^th	Sale Creek	1	0	1	0	0	0.852	26
27^th	Burns	1	1	0	0	1	0.851	34	7
28^th	Johnson City	11	3	2	3	8	0.848	50	22
29^th	Rutherford	1	0	0	0	0	0.846	69	40
30^th	Spring City	1	1	0	0	0	0.839	51	21
31^st	Woodlawn	1	0	0	0	0	0.833	49	18
32^nd	Christiana	2	1	0	0	1	0.832	21	11
33^rd	Buchanan	1	0	0	0	0	0.829	20	13
34^th	Hartsville	1	1	1	0	0	0.828	33	1
35^th	Kingston	2	1	2	0	3	0.827	42	7
36^th	Wartrace	1	1	0	0	0	0.823	29	7
37^th	Maury City	1	0	0	0	1	0.82	87	50
38^th	Cunningham	1	1	1	0	0	0.819	56	18
39^th	Taft	1	0	0	0	0	0.813	91	52
40^th	Decaturville	1	0	1	0	0	0.811	36	4
41^st	Heiskell	1	0	0	0	0	0.811	60	19
42^nd	Gadsden	1	0	0	0	0	0.808	52	10
43^rd	Alcoa	2	1	1	0	0	0.807	31	12
44^th	Oak Ridge	4	2	1	0	2	0.801	38	6
45^th	Gray	3	0	1	0	1	0.799	48	3
46^th	Dresden	1	1	2	0	0	0.796	32	14
47^th	Spring Hill	7	3	2	0	6	0.791	40	7
48^th	Ethridge	1	0	0	0	7	0.791	57	9
49^th	Finley	1	0	0	0	0	0.79	24	25
50^th	Munford	1	1	1	0	0	0.788	63	13
51^st	Gladeville	1	0	0	0	0	0.785	27	24
52^nd	Henderson	3	1	1	0	0	0.785	47	5
53^rd	Chapel Hill	1	1	1	0	0	0.784	46	7
54^th	Louisville	1	0	0	0	2	0.775	37	17
55^th	Drummonds	1	0	0	0	0	0.772	186	131
56^th	Russellville	1	0	0	0	0	0.767	72	16
57^th	Michie	1	0	0	0	0	0.766	88	31
58^th	Hartford	1	0	0	0	0	0.765	41	17
59^th	Petersburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.763	112	53
60^th	Loretto	1	0	1	0	1	0.763	70	10
61^st	Sparta	5	1	1	0	3	0.762	64	3
62^nd	Talbott	1	0	0	0	1	0.762	58	4
63^rd	Riceville	1	0	0	0	1	0.761	44	19
64^th	Jacks Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.761	28	36
65^th	Paris	2	1	1	0	3	0.757	80	15
66^th	Fairview	2	1	1	0	0	0.755	45	21
67^th	Andersonville	1	0	0	0	1	0.747	100	33
68^th	Watertown	1	1	1	0	0	0.746	114	46
69^th	Mc Kenzie	1	1	1	0	0	0.741	128	59
70^th	Gordonsville	2	0	1	0	0	0.736	66	4
71^st	Bartlett	13	6	2	0	3	0.732	54	17
72^nd	Telford	1	0	0	0	0	0.732	77	5
73^rd	Puryear	1	0	0	0	0	0.732	76	3
74^th	Doyle	1	0	0	0	0	0.728	30	44
75^th	Germantown	9	3	3	1	7	0.725	65	10
76^th	Del Rio	1	0	0	0	1	0.723	59	17
77^th	Philadelphia	1	0	0	0	0	0.719	101	24
78^th	Crab Orchard	1	0	0	0	0	0.718	85	7
79^th	Dyer	1	0	1	0	0	0.715	82	3
80^th	Kingsport	13	3	1	0	7	0.715	86	6
81^st	Clarkrange	0	0	1	0	0	0.71	147	66
82^nd	Troy	1	0	1	0	0	0.709	107	25
83^rd	Alamo	1	1	1	0	0	0.707	94	11
84^th	Reagan	1	0	1	0	0	0.706	55	29
85^th	Dyersburg	4	2	1	0	3	0.706	124	39
86^th	Ooltewah	4	2	3	0	3	0.704	105	19
87^th	Maryville	10	4	4	3	4	0.696	75	12
88^th	New Market	1	0	0	0	0	0.694	78	10
89^th	Dandridge	2	1	1	0	1	0.693	79	10
90^th	Parrottsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.691	127	37
91^st	Greeneville	10	3	4	2	5	0.687	110	19
92^nd	Westmoreland	2	1	1	0	0	0.686	116	24
93^rd	Martin	2	1	1	0	1	0.686	67	26
94^th	Mt Carmel	1	0	0	0	0	0.686	61	33
95^th	Whitesburg	1	1	0	0	0	0.684	68	27
96^th	Bristol	7	1	2	0	2	0.682	95	1
97^th	Dover	1	1	1	0	0	0.677	138	41
98^th	Sharon	1	0	0	0	0	0.676	102	4
99^th	Summertown	1	1	1	0	1	0.676	83	16
100^th	Englewood	1	0	1	0	1	0.675	125	25
101^st	Ridgetop	1	0	0	0	1	0.674	111	10
102^nd	Arlington	5	2	3	0	2	0.672	109	7
103^rd	Seymour	2	2	1	0	2	0.671	118	15
104^th	Hornsby	1	0	0	0	0	0.669	259	155
105^th	Piney Flats	1	0	0	0	0	0.669	74	31
106^th	Calhoun	1	0	0	0	1	0.668	35	71
107^th	Newbern	1	1	1	0	0	0.666	98	9
108^th	South Fulton	1	0	1	0	0	0.666	92	16
109^th	Whitwell	1	1	1	0	0	0.662	140	31
110^th	Corryton	2	1	1	0	1	0.661	132	22
111^th	Huron	1	0	0	0	0	0.66	123	12
112^th	Bethpage	2	0	0	0	0	0.658	53	59
113^th	Lenoir City	3	2	1	1	2	0.657	129	16
114^th	Bradford	1	0	1	0	0	0.653	103	11
115^th	Union City	3	1	1	0	0	0.651	135	20
116^th	Evensville	0	1	1	0	0	0.641	71	45
117^th	Blountville	2	1	1	0	1	0.64	134	17
118^th	Pleasant View	1	1	1	0	2	0.637	133	15
119^th	Lynnville	1	0	1	0	0	0.637	119
120^th	Hillsboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.637	176	56
121^st	Scotts Hill	1	0	0	0	1	0.629	115	6
122^nd	Chapmansboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.628	146	24
123^rd	Lexington	4	1	2	0	3	0.627	89	34
124^th	Trenton	2	1	2	0	0	0.626	162	38
125^th	Rickman	1	0	0	0	0	0.62	81	44
126^th	Cosby	3	0	1	0	0	0.62	106	20
127^th	Clarksville	22	8	9	1	17	0.617	154	27
128^th	Surgoinsville	1	1	0	0	0	0.615	141	13
129^th	Dayton	4	0	0	0	2	0.613	158	29
130^th	Baxter	2	1	1	0	0	0.612	213	83
131^st	Milan	1	1	2	0	0	0.609	130	1
132^nd	Murfreesboro	24	4	8	1	18	0.605	139	7
133^rd	Altamont	1	0	0	0	0	0.603	97	36
134^th	White Bluff	1	1	0	0	0	0.602	90	44
135^th	Lebanon	9	2	5	2	4	0.601	142	7
136^th	Charleston	1	0	0	0	2	0.597	73	63
137^th	Carthage	3	1	1	0	0	0.596	137
138^th	Monterey	1	0	1	0	4	0.595	149	11
139^th	Lafayette	3	1	1	0	1	0.594	167	28
140^th	Soddy Daisy	4	1	3	0	0	0.593	117	23
141^st	Mohawk	1	0	0	0	0	0.593	269	128
142^nd	Rutledge	3	1	4	0	0	0.591	148	6
143^rd	Cookeville	9	3	2	2	5	0.59	151	8
144^th	Crossville	6	0	3	0	3	0.589	159	15
145^th	Hixson	4	2	1	0	3	0.588	121	24
146^th	Bulls Gap	2	0	0	0	0	0.585	258	112
147^th	Pegram	1	0	0	0	0	0.585	260	113
148^th	Kingston Springs	1	1	1	0	1	0.58	108	40
149^th	Elizabethton	6	2	5	0	2	0.578	171	22
150^th	Rockford	1	0	0	0	0	0.577	211	61
151^st	Yorkville	1	0	0	0	0	0.577	113	38
152^nd	Vanleer	1	0	0	0	0	0.574	230	78
153^rd	Dickson	4	1	1	2	2	0.569	126	27
154^th	Minor Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0.569	62	92
155^th	Elmwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.569	93	62
156^th	Pelham	1	0	0	0	0	0.569	205	49
157^th	Huntingdon	1	1	4	1	1	0.567	166	9
158^th	Lynchburg	1	0	1	0	0	0.561	96	62
159^th	Jonesborough	3	0	1	0	0	0.56	168	9
160^th	Cornersville	1	0	1	0	0	0.558	131	29
161^st	Spencer	1	0	1	0	0	0.557	163	2
162^nd	Toone	1	0	0	0	0	0.555	237	75
163^rd	Brighton	1	1	1	0	0	0.554	180	17
164^th	Gallatin	7	4	5	1	3	0.553	156	8
165^th	Big Rock	1	0	0	0	0	0.553	221	56
166^th	Jefferson City	2	1	1	0	0	0.551	143	23
167^th	Loudon	2	1	1	0	0	0.55	178	11
168^th	Joelton	1	0	0	0	0	0.55	179	11
169^th	Powell	3	1	1	0	3	0.549	152	17
170^th	Friendsville	2	1	0	0	0	0.546	198	28
171^st	Mt Pleasant	1	0	1	0	0	0.545	181	10
172^nd	Monteagle	1	0	0	0	0	0.544	209	37
173^rd	Halls	1	1	1	0	0	0.543	203	30
174^th	Gatlinburg	2	1	1	0	0	0.543	150	24
175^th	Fall Branch	1	0	0	0	0	0.542	294	119
176^th	Athens	4	1	1	0	3	0.541	161	15
177^th	Clinton	5	1	4	1	1	0.541	157	20
178^th	Liberty	1	0	0	0	0	0.539	120	58
179^th	Manchester	7	3	4	0	1	0.536	199	20
180^th	Charlotte	1	1	1	1	0	0.534	99	81
181^st	Greenbrier	1	1	1	0	1	0.533	170	11
182^nd	Fayetteville	3	2	2	2	2	0.533	202	20
183^rd	White House	4	2	3	0	3	0.532	204	21
184^th	Centerville	2	1	1	1	1	0.532	182	2
185^th	Denmark	1	0	0	0	1	0.526	218	33
186^th	Sharps Chapel	1	0	0	0	0	0.525	245	59
187^th	Vonore	1	1	0	0	0	0.521	188	1
188^th	Cumberland Gap	0	0	1	0	2	0.518	84	104
189^th	Big Sandy	1	0	0	0	0	0.517		(n/a)
190^th	Pinson	1	0	0	0	3	0.515	136	54
191^st	Lawrenceburg	4	1	1	1	3	0.515	184	7
192^nd	Winfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.514	298	106
193^rd	Roan Mountain	1	0	1	0	0	0.513	173	20
194^th	Ramer	1	0	0	0	0	0.513	177	17
195^th	Allardt	1	0	1	0	0	0.511	153	42
196^th	Waverly	1	1	1	0	1	0.51	231	35
197^th	Pikeville	3	1	1	0	0	0.507	160	37
198^th	New Johnsonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.506	244	46
199^th	Mc Ewen	1	0	1	0	1	0.505	219	20
200^th	Harrogate	2	1	0	0	1	0.504	206	6
201^st	Flintville	1	0	0	0	0	0.504	193	8
202^nd	Rock Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.503	238	36
203^rd	Cleveland	17	3	7	1	13	0.503	174	29
204^th	Crawford	1	0	0	0	0	0.501	122	82
205^th	Gainesboro	1	1	1	0	0	0.497	190	15
206^th	Knoxville	51	17	18	3	51	0.496	191	15
207^th	Kenton	1	0	0	0	0	0.491	322	115
208^th	Morristown	9	3	2	1	7	0.489	185	23
209^th	Allons	1	0	0	0	0	0.486	226	17
210^th	Unionville	1	1	1	0	0	0.483	197	13
211^th	Wildersville	1	0	0	0	0	0.482	192	19
212^th	Leoma	1	0	0	0	0	0.481	227	15
213^th	Mosheim	1	1	1	0	0	0.479	189	24
214^th	Sweetwater	2	2	1	0	1	0.478	234	20
215^th	Huntsville	2	1	1	0	0	0.477	228	13
216^th	Bruceton	1	0	1	0	0	0.476	144	72
217^th	Newport	5	0	2	0	0	0.475	216	1
218^th	Bells	1	0	0	0	0	0.467	104	114
219^th	Smyrna	10	4	3	0	2	0.466	155	64
220^th	Oliver Springs	3	2	1	0	1	0.465	207	13
221^st	Sevierville	9	2	5	2	3	0.463	236	15
222^nd	Celina	1	0	2	0	0	0.463	274	52
223^rd	Linden	1	1	1	1	0	0.461	243	20
224^th	Dunlap	1	1	1	0	3	0.459	195	29
225^th	Erwin	3	1	1	0	0	0.457	183	42
226^th	Portland	4	2	2	0	3	0.455	169	57
227^th	Adamsville	2	0	1	0	0	0.448	196	31
228^th	Etowah	2	0	0	0	0	0.446	212	16
229^th	Parsons	1	1	0	1	0	0.44	194	35
230^th	Decatur	2	1	1	0	0	0.44	175	55
231^st	Savannah	3	1	1	0	3	0.439	214	17
232^nd	Rogersville	3	1	1	1	0	0.438	276	44
233^rd	Pleasant Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0.437	225	8
234^th	Tullahoma	6	2	2	0	1	0.435	229	5
235^th	Bean Station	1	0	0	0	0	0.432	145	90
236^th	Hilham	1	0	0	0	0	0.43	220	16
237^th	Robbins	1	0	0	0	0	0.429	217	20
238^th	Copperhill	1	0	1	0	0	0.426	164	74
239^th	Hohenwald	3	2	2	0	2	0.422	241	2
240^th	Lyles	2	1	1	0	0	0.421	305	65
241^st	Goodlettsville	4	1	0	0	1	0.417	250	9
242^nd	Livingston	1	1	1	0	1	0.417	222	20
243^rd	Old Hickory	2	1	0	0	2	0.416	242	1
244^th	Church Hill	2	1	1	0	0	0.416	262	18
245^th	Duff	2	0	0	0	0	0.415	304	59
246^th	Collinwood	1	1	1	0	0	0.406	270	24
247^th	Readyville	2	0	0	0	0	0.404	278	31
248^th	Briceville	1	0	0	0	0	0.403	297	49
249^th	Oneida	2	1	1	0	1	0.403	267	18
250^th	Jasper	2	1	3	0	1	0.401	247	3
251^st	Trezevant	1	0	0	0	0	0.4	201	50
252^nd	Lewisburg	2	2	1	0	0	0.398	235	17
253^rd	Smithville	2	1	3	0	1	0.398	271	18
254^th	Old Fort	1	0	0	0	0	0.397	215	39
255^th	Maynardville	4	1	2	0	0	0.395	254	1
256^th	Byrdstown	1	0	1	0	0	0.393	284	28
257^th	Jamestown	2	0	1	0	1	0.389	232	25
258^th	Camden	2	1	3	0	1	0.386	208	50
259^th	Springfield	5	1	3	2	2	0.385	283	24
260^th	Jacksboro	1	1	2	0	0	0.385	233	27
261^st	McMinnville	6	1	1	2	0	0.384	251	10
262^nd	Chattanooga	25	8	13	2	32	0.383	273	11
263^rd	Kodak	1	2	1	0	0	0.376	287	24
264^th	Winchester	2	1	1	1	1	0.375	224	40
265^th	Shelbyville	7	1	1	0	1	0.374	265
266^th	Henry	1	0	0	0	0	0.371	282	16
267^th	White Pine	1	0	0	0	2	0.371	240	27
268^th	Nashville	63	33	29	5	64	0.37	261	7
269^th	Ashland City	2	1	3	1	1	0.369	200	69
270^th	Mascot	1	0	0	0	0	0.368	280	10
271^st	Grand Junction	1	0	0	0	0	0.366	301	30
272^nd	Chuckey	2	0	0	0	0	0.358	263	9
273^rd	Cross Plains	1	0	1	0	0	0.353	256	17
274^th	Selmer	1	1	1	2	0	0.35	165	109
275^th	Tellico Plains	3	1	1	0	1	0.345	320	45
276^th	Lobelville	1	0	0	0	2	0.345	253	23
277^th	Rockwood	2	1	1	0	2	0.344	277
278^th	Pulaski	2	1	1	0	1	0.342	255	23
279^th	Atwood	0	0	1	0	0	0.34	299	20
280^th	Harriman	2	1	2	1	0	0.34	239	41
281^st	Strawberry Plains	1	1	2	0	1	0.339	248	33
282^nd	Gruetli Laager	1	0	0	0	1	0.336	246	36
283^rd	Walland	1	0	0	0	0	0.33	293	10
284^th	Unicoi	1	0	0	0	0	0.328	249	35
285^th	Coalmont	0	0	1	0	0	0.328	281	4
286^th	New Tazewell	2	0	1	0	1	0.326	257	29
287^th	Bluff City	1	1	1	0	0	0.325	288	1
288^th	Mountain City	3	1	1	0	1	0.324	295	7
289^th	Covington	3	1	1	2	1	0.324	300	11
290^th	Sneedville	1	1	1	1	0	0.323	312	22
291^st	Bradyville	1	0	0	0	0	0.323	315	24
292^nd	Cedar Hill	1	0	1	0	0	0.321	289	3
293^rd	Cowan	1	1	0	0	0	0.32	272	21
294^th	Speedwell	1	0	0	0	0	0.318	279	15
295^th	Millington	5	3	2	0	4	0.315	275	20
296^th	Grimsley	1	0	0	0	0	0.315	210	86
297^th	Prospect	1	0	0	0	0	0.314	296	1
298^th	Waynesboro	1	1	3	0	1	0.312	291	7
299^th	Tazewell	1	1	1	1	1	0.312	303	4
300^th	Columbia	6	2	4	0	6	0.311	302	2
301^st	Lake City	1	1	0	0	0	0.31	252	49
302^nd	Wartburg	1	1	2	0	0	0.302	329	27
303^rd	Bethel Springs	1	0	0	0	1	0.296	268	35
304^th	Erin	1	1	2	0	0	0.293	307	3
305^th	Jellico	1	0	1	0	1	0.284	318	13
306^th	La Vergne	5	1	1	0	0	0.28	290	16
307^th	Morrison	1	0	0	0	0	0.28	264	43
308^th	Caryville	1	0	0	0	0	0.275	324	16
309^th	Pigeon Forge	0	2	1	0	1	0.274	286	23
310^th	Red Boiling Springs	2	0	1	0	0	0.27	313	3
311^th	Counce	1	0	0	0	0	0.269	266	45
312^th	Benton	1	2	1	1	0	0.265	292	20
313^th	Cordova	6	2	2	0	11	0.262	319	6
314^th	Tennessee Ridge	1	0	0	0	0	0.258	306	8
315^th	Madisonville	2	1	3	0	0	0.257	325	10
316^th	Niota	1	0	0	0	0	0.255	285	31
317^th	Jackson	11	5	6	2	7	0.253	308	9
318^th	Tiptonville	1	0	1	0	0	0.248	347	29
319^th	Antioch	12	6	5	0	4	0.247	311	8
320^th	Middleton	1	0	1	0	0	0.247	309	11
321^st	La Follette	2	1	1	0	1	0.245	331	10
322^nd	Estill Springs	1	0	0	0	0	0.238	332	10
323^rd	Memphis	138	45	62	5	62	0.237	326	3
324^th	Somerville	3	1	2	0	1	0.23	336	12
325^th	Harrison	0	1	1	0	0	0.23	330	5
326^th	Luttrell	1	0	0	0	0	0.224	335	9
327^th	Hermitage	4	1	0	0	1	0.221	323	4
328^th	Ripley	2	1	1	0	0	0.219	328
329^th	Mount Pleasant	0	1	0	0	0	0.215	327	2
330^th	Woodbury	1	1	1	0	1	0.21	333	3
331^st	Tracy City	1	0	1	0	0	0.207	334	3
332^nd	Hampton	1	0	0	1	0	0.204	223	109
333^rd	Bolivar	1	1	1	0	0	0.194	338	5
334^th	South Pittsburg	1	0	1	1	0	0.192	314	20
335^th	Mooresburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.165	310	25
336^th	Laurel Bloomery	1	0	0	0	0	0.161	317	19
337^th	Pioneer	1	0	0	0	0	0.158	337
338^th	Ridgely	0	1	0	0	0	0.147	340	2
339^th	Brownsville	3	2	1	0	0	0.133	343	4
340^th	Madison	6	2	0	0	6	0.129	339	1
341^st	Oakland	1	1	0	0	0	0.124	342	1
342^nd	Friendship	1	0	0	0	0	0.116	316	26
343^rd	Decherd	1	0	0	0	0	0.114	341	2
344^th	Townsend	1	0	0	0	0	0.105	321	23
345^th	Williston	1	0	0	0	0	0.101	346	1
346^th	Moscow	1	0	0	0	0	0.092	345	1
347^th	Whites Creek	1	0	1	0	2	0.082	344	3
348^th	Humboldt	2	1	1	0	0	0.048	348
349^th	Whiteville	1	0	0	0	1	0.024	349

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