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Best High Schools in Fayette County, TN

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Schools

845

Students

Districts

Top rankedFayette Ware Comprehensive High School306^th of 400 Tennessee high schools

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Biggest riser

Fayette Ware Comprehensive High School up 33 spots statewide this year

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				TNReady Algebra I (2026)		TNReady Algebra II (2026)			TNReady Biology I (2026)			TNReady US History (2026)		TNReady English I (2026)		TNReady English II (2026)		TNReady Geometry (2026)			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 (2016)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	TNReady Algebra I 9th Grade	TNReady Algebra I All Grades	TNReady Algebra II 10th Grade	TNReady Algebra II 11th Grade	TNReady Algebra II All Grades	TNReady Biology I 9th Grade	TNReady Biology I 10th Grade	TNReady Biology I All Grades	TNReady US History 11th Grade	TNReady US History All Grades	TNReady English I 9th Grade	TNReady English I All Grades	TNReady English II 10th Grade	TNReady English II All Grades	TNReady Geometry 9th Grade	TNReady Geometry 10th Grade	TNReady Geometry All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Barbara Ward Cooper Education Center	Public	6-12	13870 Hwy 59	Somerville	38068	Fayette County	Department of Children's Services	No	No	No	(n/a)	(901) 465-7359	43	8	5.3		19 (44.2%)	20 (46.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (7.0%)								(n/a)
Fayette Ware Comprehensive High School	Public	9-12	13520 Hwy 59 West	Somerville	38068	Fayette County	Fayette County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 465-9838	802	46	17.4	76.0%	210 (26.2%)	491 (61.2%)	83 (10.3%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (1.6%)	25.6	306^th of 400 public high schools	23.5%		17.2	339^th of 389 public high schools	12.9%	33	22.0	20.6	16.7	7.9	8.6	45.8	31.2	33.3	17.1	18.0	7.5	7.5	54.0	51.5	56.5	31.5	32.2	$13,701	$1,389	$11,381

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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.

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