Best Middle Schools in Tennessee for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Tennessee!

Every year, the Tennessee Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Tennessee test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

Alert! We are expecting the release of this year's test scores by the Tennessee Department of Education any day now! We will update our rankings as soon as they are released!

Alert! New test scores and rankings are expected from the Tennessee Department of Education any day now!

School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2024)					ID
Rank (of 299)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	Signal Mountain Middle/High School	Public, Magnet	6-12	2650 Sam Powell TRL	Signal Mountain	37377	Hamilton County	Hamilton County	No	Yes	No	No	(423) 886-0880	1,383	81	17		1,179 (85.2%)	10 (0.7%)	78 (5.6%)	25 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	91 (6.6%)	$14,759			$828			$13,602	99.7%	97.1%	2.56%			470159000523
2	Hampton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	408 Hwy 321	Hampton	37658	Carter County	Carter County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 725-5220	622	43	14.6		591 (95.0%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (1.6%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.4%)	$12,419			$1,280			$10,267	99.3%	53.0%	46.35%			470051000154
3	Woodland Middle School	Public	6-8	1500 Volunteer Pkwy	Brentwood	37027	Williamson County	Williamson County	No	No	No	No	(615) 472-4930	957	57	16.8		615 (64.3%)	36 (3.8%)	54 (5.6%)	200 (20.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (5.3%)	$11,686			$231			$10,965	99.0%	99.1%	0.15%			470453010413
4	Grassland Middle School	Public	6-8	2390 Hillsboro RD	Franklin	37069	Williamson County	Williamson County	No	No	No	No	(615) 472-4500	831	54	15.2		709 (85.3%)	15 (1.8%)	47 (5.7%)	27 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (4.0%)	$12,362			$222			$11,646	98.7%	98.3%	0.37%			470453001969
5	T. W. Hunter Middle School	Public	6-8	2101 New Hope RD	Hendersonville	37075	Sumner County	Sumner County	No	No	No	No	(615) 822-4720	570	37	15.2		416 (73.0%)	77 (13.5%)	37 (6.5%)	13 (2.3%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.7%)	22 (3.9%)	$12,428			$750			$11,116	98.3%	99.0%	0.65%			470402001664
6	Sunset Middle School	Public	6-8	200 Sunset TRL	Brentwood	37135	Williamson County	Williamson County	No	No	No	No	(615) 472-5020	708	49	14.4		501 (70.8%)	26 (3.7%)	48 (6.8%)	101 (14.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	30 (4.2%)	$11,458			$130			$10,983	98.0%	98.6%	0.64%			470453002098
7	West Collierville Middle School	Public	6-8	935 S Colbert ST	Collierville	38017	Shelby County	Collierville	No	No	No	No	(901) 854-2345	1,360	86	15.8		712 (52.4%)	161 (11.8%)	97 (7.1%)	296 (21.8%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	90 (6.6%)	$11,440			$549			$10,566	97.7%	97.4%	0.21%			470014901134
8	Emerald Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	220 Carrick ST	Knoxville	37921	Knox County	Knox County	Yes	No	No	Yes	(865) 637-3227	458	26	17.6		61 (13.3%)	272 (59.4%)	75 (16.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (10.7%)	$17,353			$2,172			$14,083	97.3%	38.2%	59.16%			470222002448
9	Brentwood Middle School	Public	6-8	5324 Murray LN	Brentwood	37027	Williamson County	Williamson County	No	No	No	No	(615) 472-4250	1,126	71	15.7		897 (79.7%)	39 (3.5%)	44 (3.9%)	95 (8.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (4.5%)	$11,693			$200			$11,080	97.0%	98.8%	1.82%			470453001812
10	Heritage Middle School	Public	6-8	4803 Columbia PIKE	Thompsons Station	37179	Williamson County	Williamson County	No	No	No	No	(615) 472-4540	822	60	13.6		562 (68.4%)	37 (4.5%)	119 (14.5%)	54 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	48 (5.8%)	$12,925			$130			$12,267	96.7%	96.8%	0.11%			470453001364

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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 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 June 24, 2024, 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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

Public School Districts and Their Services: A Comprehensive Guide

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Tennessee Department of Education.