Tennessee School District Rankings

Updated Friday, September 10, 2021, based on the 2020-21 school year test scores.

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Rank (of 140)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2021)	Rank (2019)	Rank change from 2019
140^th	Achievement School District	PK, KG-12	13	9	5	0	Nashville	Davidson County	0.044	140
7^th	Alamo	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Alamo	Crockett County	0.85	10	3
14^th	Alcoa	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Alcoa	Blount County	0.798	31	17
25^th	Alvin C York Institute	9-12	0	0	1	0	Jamestown	Fentress County	0.758	48	23
85^th	Anderson County	PK, KG-12	10	4	3	1	Clinton	Anderson County	0.508	92	7
3^rd	Arlington	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Arlington	Shelby County	0.949	6	3
34^th	Athens	PK, KG-8	4	1	0	0	Athens	McMinn County	0.694	15	19
15^th	Bartlett	PK, KG-12	6	3	1	0	Bartlett	Shelby County	0.79	9	6
115^th	Bedford County	PK, KG-12	8	3	3	0	Shelbyville	Bedford County	0.402	124	9
42^nd	Bells	PK, KG-5	1	0	0	0	Bells	Crockett County	0.67	21	21
61^st	Benton County	PK, KG-12	3	1	3	1	Camden	Benton County	0.59	79	18
102^nd	Bledsoe County	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Pikeville	Bledsoe County	0.447	108	6
54^th	Blount County	PK, KG-12	15	4	2	1	Maryville	Blount County	0.627	78	24
19^th	Bradford	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Bradford	Gibson County	0.773	13	6
57^th	Bradley County	PK, KG-12	11	2	3	1	Cleveland	Bradley County	0.612	53	4
20^th	Bristol	PK, KG-12	5	1	2	0	Bristol	Sullivan County	0.77	23	3
118^th	Campbell County	PK, KG-12	8	2	5	0	Jacksboro	Campbell County	0.358	129	11
119^th	Cannon County	PK, KG-12	6	0	1	0	Woodbury	Cannon County	0.354	112	7
	Carroll County	12	0	0	1	0	Huntingdon	Carroll County			(n/a)
121^st	Carter County	PK, KG-12	9	1	5	1	Elizabethton	Carter County	0.338	90	31
83^rd	Cheatham County	PK, KG-12	6	3	4	0	Ashland City	Cheatham County	0.513	74	9
28^th	Chester County	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Henderson	Chester County	0.713	20	8
91^st	Claiborne County	PK, KG-12	8	3	3	0	Tazewell	Claiborne County	0.487	102	11
73^rd	Clay County	PK, KG-12	2	0	2	0	Celina	Clay County	0.538	95	22
105^th	Cleveland	PK, KG-12	7	1	1	0	Cleveland	Bradley County	0.437	96	9
27^th	Clinton	PK, KG-6	3	0	0	0	Clinton	Anderson County	0.735	43	16
99^th	Cocke County	PK, KG-12	9	0	3	0	Newport	Cocke County	0.453	88	11
80^th	Coffee County	PK, KG-12	6	1	2	1	Manchester	Coffee County	0.522	64	16
6^th	Collierville	PK, KG-12	6	2	1	0	Collierville	Shelby County	0.923	4	2
46^th	Crockett County	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Alamo	Crockett County	0.655	91	45
60^th	Cumberland County	PK, KG-12	9	0	3	0	Crossville	Cumberland County	0.601	54	6
129^th	Davidson County	PK, KG-12	87	40	32	3	Nashville	Davidson County	0.261	126	3
56^th	Dayton	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Dayton	Rhea County	0.617	28	28
17^th	Decatur County	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Decaturville	Decatur County	0.778	34	17
107^th	DeKalb County	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	0	Smithville	DeKalb County	0.434	69	38
	Department Of Children's Services Education Division	2-12	0	0	1	0	Nashville	Davidson County			(n/a)
40^th	Dickson County	PK, KG-12	9	4	3	2	Dickson	Dickson County	0.676	29	11
21^st	Dyer County	PK, KG-12	5	2	1	0	Dyersburg	Dyer County	0.768	14	7
37^th	Dyersburg	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Dyersburg	Dyer County	0.684	26	11
32^nd	Elizabethton	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Elizabethton	Carter County	0.701	19	13
49^th	Etowah	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Etowah	McMinn County	0.645	86	37
137^th	Fayette County Public Schools	PK, KG-12	4	2	1	0	Somerville	Fayette County	0.147	136	1
114^th	Fayetteville	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Fayetteville	Lincoln County	0.416	122	8
79^th	Fentress County	PK, KG-12	4	0	2	0	Jamestown	Fentress County	0.525	65	14
111^th	Franklin County	PK, KG-12	7	2	1	1	Winchester	Franklin County	0.426	119	8
8^th	Franklin SSD	PK, KG-8	5	3	0	0	Franklin	Williamson County	0.844	7	1
4^th	Germantown	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Germantown	Shelby County	0.942	2	2
24^th	Gibson County Sp District	PK, KG-12	6	1	2	0	Dyer	Gibson County	0.76	27	3
104^th	Giles County	PK, KG-12	5	1	2	0	Pulaski	Giles County	0.438	80	24
126^th	Grainger County	PK, KG-12	4	1	3	1	Rutledge	Grainger County	0.307	120	6
96^th	Greene County	PK, KG-12	9	4	4	0	Greeneville	Greene County	0.469	77	19
50^th	Greeneville	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Greeneville	Greene County	0.643	40	10
113^th	Grundy County	PK, KG-12	6	0	2	0	Altamont	Grundy County	0.417	127	14
58^th	Hamblen County	PK, KG-12	11	4	2	1	Morristown	Hamblen County	0.603	62	4
70^th	Hamilton County	PK, KG-12	42	16	20	1	Chattanooga	Hamilton County	0.545	66	4
134^th	Hancock County	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Sneedville	Hancock County	0.201	130	4
131^st	Hardeman County Schools	PK, KG-12	6	1	2	0	Bolivar	Hardeman County	0.245	133	2
87^th	Hardin County	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Savannah	Hardin County	0.5	114	27
94^th	Hawkins County	PK, KG-12	11	4	2	1	Church Hill	Hawkins County	0.472	93	1
138^th	Haywood County	PK, KG-12	3	2	1	0	Brownsville	Haywood County	0.086	138
51^st	Henderson County	PK, KG-12	7	0	2	0	Lexington	Henderson County	0.639	17	34
59^th	Henry County	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	2	Paris	Henry County	0.603	85	26
117^th	Hickman County	PK, KG-12	4	2	3	0	Centerville	Hickman County	0.36	117
97^th	Hollow Rock - Bruceton	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Bruceton	Carroll County	0.46	104	7
122^nd	Houston County	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Erin	Houston County	0.336	109	13
139^th	Humboldt City Schools	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Humboldt	Gibson County	0.067	139
88^th	Humphreys County	PK, KG-12	3	2	2	0	Waverly	Humphreys County	0.5	87	1
45^th	Huntingdon Special School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Huntingdon	Carroll County	0.656	42	3
69^th	Jackson County	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Gainesboro	Jackson County	0.549	106	37
86^th	Jefferson County	PK, KG-12	9	2	2	0	Dandridge	Jefferson County	0.503	98	12
10^th	Johnson City	PK, KG-12	9	2	1	0	Johnson City	Washington County	0.821	11	1
90^th	Johnson County	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	1	Mountain City	Johnson County	0.488	63	27
41^st	Kingsport	PK, KG-12	9	2	1	0	Kingsport	Sullivan County	0.674	33	8
76^th	Knox County	PK, KG-12	55	16	17	3	Knoxville	Knox County	0.533	71	5
136^th	Lake County	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Tiptonville	Lake County	0.158	135	1
2^nd	Lakeland	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Lakeland	Shelby County	0.954	1	1
132^nd	Lauderdale County	PK, KG-12	3	2	2	0	Ripley	Lauderdale County	0.244	111	21
66^th	Lawrence County	PK, KG-12	8	1	5	0	Lawrenceburg	Lawrence County	0.566	58	8
74^th	Lebanon	PK, KG-8	4	2	0	0	Lebanon	Wilson County	0.534	30	44
112^th	Lenoir City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lenoir City	Loudon County	0.419	51	61
31^st	Lewis County	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Hohenwald	Lewis County	0.702	110	79
35^th	Lexington	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Lexington	Henderson County	0.689	49	14
22^nd	Lincoln County	PK, KG-12	5	0	2	0	Fayetteville	Lincoln County	0.766	41	19
33^rd	Loudon County	PK, KG-12	5	2	1	1	Loudon	Loudon County	0.695	36	3
68^th	Macon County	PK, KG-12	5	1	2	0	Lafayette	Macon County	0.553	99	31
128^th	Madison County	PK, KG-12	13	4	5	1	Jackson	Madison County	0.265	132	4
43^rd	Manchester	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	0	Manchester	Coffee County	0.661	59	16
75^th	Marion County	PK, KG-12	4	2	5	0	Jasper	Marion County	0.533	113	38
48^th	Marshall County	PK, KG-12	4	3	3	0	Lewisburg	Marshall County	0.651	55	7
1^st	Maryville	PK, KG-12	3	2	1	1	Maryville	Blount County	0.958	5	4
116^th	Maury County	PK, KG-12	11	5	5	3	Columbia	Maury County	0.386	121	5
11^th	McKenzie	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Mc Kenzie	Carroll County	0.811	12	1
89^th	McMinn County	PK, KG-12	7	0	2	0	Athens	McMinn County	0.498	73	16
82^nd	McNairy County	PK, KG-12	5	2	2	1	Selmer	McNairy County	0.519	72	10
127^th	Meigs County	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Decatur	Meigs County	0.291	83	44
52^nd	Milan	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Milan	Gibson County	0.632	38	14
133^rd	Millington Municipal Schools	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Millington	Shelby County	0.234	116	17
92^nd	Monroe County	PK, KG-12	6	3	3	0	Madisonville	Monroe County	0.477	100	8
53^rd	Montgomery County	PK, KG-12	24	7	8	0	Clarksville	Montgomery County	0.627	24	29
47^th	Moore County	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Lynchburg	Moore County	0.652	61	14
130^th	Morgan County	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	3	Wartburg	Morgan County	0.261	137	7
71^st	Murfreesboro	PK, KG-6	13	0	0	0	Murfreesboro	Rutherford County	0.544	56	15
9^th	Newport	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Newport	Cocke County	0.836	35	26
16^th	Oak Ridge	PK, KG-12	5	2	1	0	Oak Ridge	Anderson County	0.779	52	36
12^th	Obion County	PK, KG-12	5	0	2	0	Union City	Obion County	0.803	50	38
39^th	Oneida	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Oneida	Scott County	0.677	46	7
81^st	Overton County	PK, KG-12	6	1	2	0	Livingston	Overton County	0.519	70	11
18^th	Paris	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	0	Paris	Henry County	0.778	39	21
124^th	Perry County	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	1	Linden	Perry County	0.309	103	21
110^th	Pickett County	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Byrdstown	Pickett County	0.428	128	18
62^nd	Polk County	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	1	Benton	Polk County	0.585	67	5
64^th	Putnam County	PK, KG-12	12	4	4	2	Cookeville	Putnam County	0.577	75	11
44^th	Rhea County	PK, KG-12	4	2	1	0	Dayton	Rhea County	0.661	44
	Richard City	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	South Pittsburg	Marion County			(n/a)
65^th	Roane County	PK, KG-12	6	5	6	1	Kingston	Roane County	0.568	60	5
103^rd	Robertson County	PK, KG-12	13	3	9	0	Springfield	Robertson County	0.438	94	9
95^th	Rogersville	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Rogersville	Hawkins County	0.469	18	77
38^th	Rutherford County	PK, KG-12	24	11	13	2	Murfreesboro	Rutherford County	0.682	37	1
120^th	Scott County	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Huntsville	Scott County	0.342	107	13
84^th	Sequatchie County	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Dunlap	Sequatchie County	0.51	118	34
77^th	Sevier County	PK, KG-12	15	8	9	0	Sevierville	Sevier County	0.532	84	7
135^th	Shelby County	PK, KG-12	131	39	46	5	Memphis	Shelby County	0.163	134	1
63^rd	Smith County	PK, KG-12	6	1	2	0	Carthage	Smith County	0.58	45	18
	South Carroll	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Clarksburg	Carroll County			(n/a)
29^th	Stewart County	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	0	Dover	Stewart County	0.707	32	3
109^th	Sullivan County	PK, KG-12	11	8	4	0	Blountville	Sullivan County	0.429	76	33
26^th	Sumner County	PK, KG-12	26	11	10	2	Gallatin	Sumner County	0.737	16	10
78^th	Sweetwater	PK, KG-8	2	2	0	0	Sweetwater	Monroe County	0.525	115	37
	Tennessee School for Blind	1-12	0	0	0	1	Nashville	Davidson County			(n/a)
	Tennessee School for the Deaf	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Knoxville	Knox County			(n/a)
	Tennessee State Board of Education	K-12	1	1	1	0	Nashville	Davidson County			(n/a)
72^nd	Tipton County	PK, KG-12	7	3	3	1	Covington	Tipton County	0.54	57	15
106^th	Trenton	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Trenton	Gibson County	0.436	125	19
30^th	Trousdale County	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Hartsville	Trousdale County	0.702	8	22
108^th	Tullahoma	PK, KG-12	4	2	1	0	Tullahoma	Coffee County	0.431	123	15
98^th	Unicoi County	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Erwin	Unicoi County	0.453	82	16
55^th	Union City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Union City	Obion County	0.618	68	13
125^th	Union County	PK, KG-12	6	2	2	0	Maynardville	Union County	0.309	131	6
100^th	Van Buren County	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Spencer	Van Buren County	0.451	101	1
93^rd	Warren County	PK, KG-12	8	1	1	1	Mc Minnville	Warren County	0.477	97	4
67^th	Washington County	PK, KG-12	10	1	3	2	Jonesborough	Washington County	0.557	25	42
123^rd	Wayne County	PK, KG-12	2	2	4	1	Waynesboro	Wayne County	0.317	105	18
23^rd	Weakley County	PK, KG-12	4	2	3	2	Dresden	Weakley County	0.764	47	24
101^st	West Carroll Sp District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Atwood	Carroll County	0.448	89	12
	West Tennessee School for the Deaf	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Jackson	Madison County			(n/a)
36^th	White County	PK, KG-12	6	1	1	0	Sparta	White County	0.685	81	45
5^th	Williamson County	PK, KG-12	28	11	10	0	Franklin	Williamson County	0.936	3	2
13^th	Wilson County	PK, KG-12	13	4	6	1	Lebanon	Wilson County	0.801	22	9

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