Best Elementary Schools in Tennessee

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 1009)	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
901	R Howell Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	653 Bear Creek PIKE	Columbia	38401	Maury County	Maury County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 540-1032	594	48	12.2		267 (44.9%)	155 (26.1%)	134 (22.6%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (5.7%)	$13,793			$1,319			$11,447	13.9	18.8	852	49		470276001118
902	Holmes Road Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1083 E Holmes Rd	Memphis	38116	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 416-6469	793	41	19.2		8 (1.0%)	741 (93.4%)	20 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	20 (2.5%)	$15,469			$1,956			$12,560	13.9	9	967	65		470014801616
903	Decherd Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	401 Bratton ST	Decherd	37324	Franklin County	Franklin County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 967-5483	443	31	14.2		346 (78.1%)	22 (5.0%)	54 (12.2%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.6%)	$12,468			$1,278			$10,347	13.8	18.1	862	41		470129000387
904	McGavock Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	275 McGavock PIKE	Nashville	37214	Davidson County	Davidson County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 885-8912	263	25	10.7		54 (20.5%)	66 (25.1%)	136 (51.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.9%)	$17,878			$1,085			$15,913	13.6	22	821	83		470318001341
905	Inglewood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1700 Riverside DR	Nashville	37216	Davidson County	Davidson County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 262-6697	222	21	10.5		55 (24.8%)	135 (60.8%)	21 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.0%)	$21,441			$1,353			$18,762	13.5	9.9	956	51		470318001321
906	Memphis School of Excellence Elementary	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	4450 S Mendenhall RD	Memphis	38141	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(901) 367-7814	402	27	15.1		8 (2.0%)	187 (46.5%)	206 (51.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$14,489			$1,424			$12,699	13.4	9.4	960	54		470014802485
907	Robert R. Church Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4100 Millbranch Rd	Memphis	38116	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 416-0198	549	32	17.1		3 (0.5%)	533 (97.1%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.3%)	$14,209			$1,554			$11,645	13.3	11.9	930	23		470014801626
908	Krisle Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6712 Hwy 49 East	Springfield	37172	Robertson County	Robertson County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 384-2596	385	31	12.3		127 (33.0%)	57 (14.8%)	172 (44.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	27 (7.0%)	$15,995			$1,067			$13,889	13.3	16.2	879	29		470360001501
909	Spring Hill Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4711 Mildred DR	Knoxville	37914	Knox County	Knox County	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 594-1365	433	33	13		123 (28.4%)	163 (37.6%)	93 (21.5%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	48 (11.1%)	$16,846			$2,331			$13,478	13.2	13.5	911	2		470222000816
910	Lara Kendall Elementary	Public	3-8	200 College ST	Ridgely	38080	Lake County	Lake County	No	No	No	Yes	(731) 264-5586	335	35	9.6		220 (65.7%)	91 (27.2%)	5 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.7%)	$12,367			$2,179			$9,161	13.1	15.4	889	21		470228000827

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on TNReady Mathematics, TNReady English Language Arts, TNReady Science, TNReady Social Studies 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.