Best Middle Schools in Tennessee for Gifted and Talented 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, Gifted and Talented 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 (2021)							Ranking (Gifted and Talented vs All Students - 2022)
ID	Rank (of 23)	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 (Gifted and Talented)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Gifted and Talented)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
470369001906	1	Rock Springs Middle School	Public	6-8	3301 Rock Springs RD	Smyrna	37167	Rutherford County	Rutherford County	No	No	No	No	(615) 904-3825	1,010	67	15.1		393 (38.9%)	206 (20.4%)	288 (28.5%)	69 (6.8%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	51 (5.0%)	$9,259			$437			$8,442	95.7%	57.8%	37.83%
470015201358	2	Arlington Middle	Public	6-8	5470 Lamb RD	Arlington	38002	Shelby County	Arlington	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 867-6015	1,005	54	18.6		731 (72.7%)	132 (13.1%)	76 (7.6%)	18 (1.8%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	46 (4.6%)	$9,332			$665			$8,395	91.3%	93.7%	2.37%
470159000523	3	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	1,333	87	15.4		1,154 (86.6%)	13 (1.0%)	68 (5.1%)	26 (2.0%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.2%)	68 (5.1%)	$10,707			$779			$9,721	87.0%	97.2%	10.23%
470015302161	4	Bon Lin Middle School	Public	6-8	3862 Germantown RD	Bartlett	38133	Shelby County	Bartlett	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 347-1520	732	44	16.8		329 (44.9%)	276 (37.7%)	40 (5.5%)	38 (5.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	47 (6.4%)	$9,966			$905			$8,868	82.6%	89.8%	7.20%
470015300415	5	Appling Middle School	Public	6-8	3700 Appling RD	Bartlett	38133	Shelby County	Bartlett	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 373-1410	580	46	12.7		336 (57.9%)	139 (24.0%)	57 (9.8%)	19 (3.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (4.7%)	$11,162			$1,012			$9,898	78.3%	86.1%	7.86%
470360001504	6	Innovation Academy of Robertson County	Public	6-10	715 5th Avenue West	Springfield	37172	Robertson County	Robertson County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 384-4821	648	41	15.8		265 (40.9%)	99 (15.3%)	257 (39.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (4.2%)	$8,246			$679			$7,466	73.9%	47.5%	26.46%
470015402476	7	Lakeland Preparatory School	Public	5-9	5020 Lions Crest DR	Lakeland	38002	Shelby County	Lakeland	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 867-5412	854	54	15.8		554 (64.9%)	98 (11.5%)	95 (11.1%)	62 (7.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	43 (5.0%)	$9,224			$796			$8,195	69.6%	92.6%	23.05%
470014801960	8	White Station Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	5465 Mason Rd	Memphis	38120	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(901) 416-2184	1,078	69	15.7		290 (26.9%)	431 (40.0%)	173 (16.0%)	116 (10.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	66 (6.1%)	$9,834			$628			$8,801	65.2%	90.7%	25.47%
470014901575	9	Collierville Middle School	Public	6-8	580 Quinn RD	Collierville	38017	Shelby County	Collierville	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 853-3320	728	52	13.9		399 (54.8%)	170 (23.4%)	61 (8.4%)	63 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (4.8%)	$10,996			$653			$10,107	60.9%	91.2%	30.34%
470159000666	10	Chatt High Center For Creative Arts	Public, Magnet	6-12	1301 Dallas RD	Chattanooga	37405	Hamilton County	Hamilton County	No	Yes	No	No	(423) 498-7365	614	38	16.1		387 (63.0%)	101 (16.4%)	46 (7.5%)	18 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (10.1%)	$10,229			$733			$9,207	56.5%	94.2%	37.68%

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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 Biology 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 July 25, 2022, 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.

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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. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.