Best Elementary Schools in Tennessee for Low Socio Economic Status 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, Low Socio Economic Status 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 (2025)							Ranking (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 843)	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 (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	Lakeland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	10050 Oak Seed LN	Lakeland	38002	Shelby County	Lakeland	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 867-7071	1,034	72	14.4		655 (63.3%)	118 (11.4%)	140 (13.5%)	74 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	46 (4.4%)	$12,780			$431			$11,916	99.9%	97.7%	2.16%			470015401547
2	Donelson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	12140 Donelson Farms PKWY	Arlington	38002	Shelby County	Arlington	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 389-6973	852	57	15		591 (69.4%)	109 (12.8%)	74 (8.7%)	18 (2.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (6.9%)	$15,080			$1,560			$13,092	99.8%	97.6%	2.14%			470015202197
3	Capshaw Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	1 Cougar LN	Cookeville	38501	Putnam County	Putnam County	No	No	No	No	(931) 526-2414	522	34	15.5		440 (84.3%)	8 (1.5%)	43 (8.2%)	24 (4.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.1%)	$13,284			$390			$12,098	99.6%	96.3%	3.31%			470348001451
4	Fairview Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	8702 Baker HWY	Huntsville	37756	Scott County	Scott County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 663-3700	256	24	10.7		250 (97.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.6%)	$15,462			$1,574			$11,917	99.5%	76.4%	23.11%			470372001965
5	John Sevier Elementary	Public	PK, KG-3	2001 Sequoyah Avenue	Maryville	37804	Blount County	Maryville	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 983-8551	645	44	14.6		508 (78.8%)	14 (2.2%)	67 (10.4%)	9 (1.4%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (6.7%)	$14,533			$948			$12,948	99.4%	95.8%	3.57%			470270000957
6	Greenfield School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	319 West Main ST	Greenfield	38230	Weakley County	Weakley County	No	No	No	Yes	(731) 235-3424	457	43	10.7		392 (85.8%)	23 (5.0%)	22 (4.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.9%)	$13,334			$906			$11,538	99.3%	85.1%	14.15%			470447001782
7	Schilling Farms Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	935 S. Colbert ST	Collierville	38017	Shelby County	Collierville	No	No	No	No	(901) 853-3330	595	52	11.4		99 (16.6%)	99 (16.6%)	42 (7.1%)	299 (50.3%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (8.6%)	$14,199			$739			$13,119	99.2%	95.0%	4.13%			470014902515
8	Sycamore Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1155 Sycamore RD	Collierville	38017	Shelby County	Collierville	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 854-8202	599	51	11.8		164 (27.4%)	208 (34.7%)	62 (10.4%)	111 (18.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (9.0%)	$18,295			$1,256			$16,553	99.1%	92.8%	6.29%			470014901359
9	Lake Ridge Elementary	Public	K-5	1001 Lake Ridge Square	Johnson City	37601	Washington County	Johnson City	No	No	No	No	(423) 610-6030	652	44	14.7		502 (77.0%)	17 (2.6%)	73 (11.2%)	27 (4.1%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (4.8%)	$12,501			$352			$11,452	98.9%	96.1%	2.80%			470213000991
10	Foothills Elementary	Public	PK, KG-3	520 Sandy Springs RD	Maryville	37803	Blount County	Maryville	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 681-0364	656	44	15		517 (78.8%)	13 (2.0%)	62 (9.5%)	29 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	33 (5.0%)	$14,654			$805			$12,698	98.8%	96.6%	2.18%			470270000360

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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.
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.