Summary:
Millington Municipal Schools serves approximately 2,587 students across three schools in the greater Millington, Tennessee area: Millington Primary School (grades K-3, 857 students), Millington Intermediate School (grades 4-6, 537 students), and Millington Central Middle High School (grades 7-12, 1,193 students). The district ranks 119th out of 141 Tennessee districts (16th percentile, 1 star) for 2025-2026, placing it in the lower range of the state, but individual schools tell a more nuanced story.
Millington Primary School is the district's clear standout, earning 3 stars and a state rank of 474 out of 1,019 (53rd percentile) — up from the 41st percentile the year before. Its 3rd grade math (48.0%) and ELA (48.3%) proficiency rates exceed state averages (42.6% and 44.9%). Millington Intermediate School has no published state rank, but its all-grade proficiency is above district averages, and 4th grade scores are close to state levels in math, ELA, and science. Millington Central Middle High School is the lowest-performing academically — all-grade math at 18.7% and ELA at 19.3% versus roughly 43.0% and 40.6% statewide — yet it graduates students at 92.2%, above the state's 90.5%, with a lower dropout rate than the state.
The most striking pattern is the sharp academic decline as students age: proficiency drops steadily from Primary to Intermediate to Central, with the 7th grade transition appearing especially difficult. Counterintuitively, chronic absenteeism does not align with test performance — Primary has the best scores but the highest chronic absenteeism at 19.3% (above the state's 18.3%), while both Intermediate and Central sit at 15.5%. Science is a consistent weak spot across all schools, particularly in early grades. For parents, Millington Primary offers a strong elementary foundation, but the path into Millington Central shows a dramatic drop in test scores, even as graduation outcomes remain solid.
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