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Rutherford County


At a glance
39thof 139 Tennessee districts▼ 6
Better than 71% of Tennessee districts
2240 Southpark BLVD
Murfreesboro, TN 37128
·(615) 904-3790·All Tennessee district rankings →
Statewide performance 2017–2025
2025: better than 71.9% of districts
55
Schools
51,595
Students
4
5-star schools
Top rankedHomer Pittard Campus School58th of 1,009 Tennessee elementary schools
Biggest riser
Kittrell Elementary up 124 spots statewide this year
Smallest classes
Holloway High School 7.2 students per teacher
Newly ranked this year
Daniel McKee Alternative School
SchoolDigger ratings
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10 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)
Summary:

The Rutherford County school district in Tennessee comprises 50 schools, including 25 elementary schools, 11 middle schools, 12 high schools, and 2 alternative schools, serving students from pre-K through 12th grade.

Several schools in the district stand out as top performers, including Central Magnet School, which ranks 2nd out of 384 high schools in the state, and Thurman Francis Arts Academy/Magnet School for the Arts, which ranks 1st out of 1,020 elementary schools. Other high-performing schools include McFadden School Of Excellence and Homer Pittard Campus School. These schools consistently demonstrate exceptional test scores and academic achievement.

However, the data also reveals significant performance gaps between the highest and lowest performing schools, particularly in Mathematics and English Language Arts. The district-wide chronic absenteeism rate of 18.9% is a concern, and the alternative schools in the district struggle with lower test scores and performance metrics compared to the district and state averages. Overall, the Rutherford County school district has a mix of high-performing and low-performing schools, with the magnet schools standing out as exceptional.

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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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