Best Middle Schools in Tennessee

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 583)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
31	Houston Middle School	Public	6-8	9400 Wolf River BLVD	Germantown	38139	Shelby County	Germantown	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 756-2366	886	56	15.8		674 (76.1%)	59 (6.7%)	46 (5.2%)	73 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	32 (3.6%)	$11,742			$906			$10,521	93.2	94.1	27	4		470015102018
32	Chattanooga School For The Liberal Arts	Public, Magnet, Alternative	K-12	4850 Jersey Pike	Chattanooga	37416	Hamilton County	Hamilton County	No	Yes	No	No	(423) 855-2614	923	58	15.9		562 (60.9%)	190 (20.6%)	33 (3.6%)	57 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	81 (8.8%)	$16,037			$568			$15,086	92.8	91.4	34	2		470159000763
33	Legacy Middle School	Public	6-8	2380 Henpeck LN	Franklin	37064	Williamson County	Williamson County	No	No	No	No	(615) 472-4310	552	40	13.9		454 (82.2%)	10 (1.8%)	41 (7.4%)	22 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.5%)	$13,547			$169			$12,712	92.1	93.1	28	5		470453002638
34	Innovation Academy of Robertson County	Public	6-12	715 5th Avenue West	Springfield	37172	Robertson County	Robertson County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 384-4821	499	37	13.6		272 (54.5%)	31 (6.2%)	176 (35.3%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.2%)	$12,531			$339			$11,462	92	90.7	37	3		470360001504
35	West Valley Middle School	Public	6-8	9118 George Williams RD	Knoxville	37922	Knox County	Knox County	No	No	No	No	(865) 539-5145	1,107	66	16.8		849 (76.7%)	72 (6.5%)	78 (7.0%)	60 (5.4%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	45 (4.1%)	$11,581			$862			$10,356	91.9	95.2	21	14		470222001117
36	Collierville Middle School	Public	6-8	580 Quinn RD	Collierville	38017	Shelby County	Collierville	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 853-3320	785	51	15.5		439 (55.9%)	157 (20.0%)	70 (8.9%)	69 (8.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	49 (6.2%)	$13,210			$814			$11,984	91.7	91.9	31	5		470014901575
37	Valor Flagship Academy	Public, Charter	5-12	4527 Nollensville RD	Nashville	37211	Davidson County	Davidson County	Yes	No	No	Yes	(615) 823-7982	1,403	69	20.3		676 (48.2%)	246 (17.5%)	354 (25.2%)	108 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	18 (1.3%)	$23,841			$1,162			$21,906	91.7	91.4	35	2		470318002423
38	Stewarts Creek Middle School	Public	6-8	400 Red Hawk PKWY	Smyrna	37167	Rutherford County	Rutherford County	No	No	No	No	(615) 904-6700	1,010	62	16.4		634 (62.8%)	114 (11.3%)	164 (16.2%)	46 (4.6%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	49 (4.9%)	$11,239			$325			$10,375	91.4	87.1	50	12		470369002111
39	Chuckey Doak Middle School	Public	6-8	120 Chuckey Doak RD	Afton	37616	Greene County	Greene County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 787-2038	369	28	13.2		323 (87.5%)	3 (0.8%)	34 (9.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.2%)	$15,771			$733			$14,182	91.3	89.7	41	2		470147002062
40	Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences Upper	Public	6-12	865 E 3rd ST	Chattanooga	37403	Hamilton County	Hamilton County	No	No	No	No	(423) 498-6845	733	43	17		391 (53.3%)	209 (28.5%)	31 (4.2%)	44 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (7.9%)	$16,140			$750			$15,031	90.8	89.6	42	2		470159000669

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on TNReady Mathematics, TNReady English Language Arts, TNReady Science, TNReady Social Studies, TNReady Algebra I, TNReady Biology I, TNReady Integrated Math I, TNReady Integrated Math II, TNReady English I, TNReady Geometry test scores released by the Tennessee Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 16, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Tennessee Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Tennessee Department of Education.
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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.