Best Elementary 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 (2021)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2022)
ID	Rank (of 447)	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)
470159001104	1	Nolan Elementary	Public	K-5	4435 Shackleford Ridge RD	Signal Mountain	37377	Hamilton County	Hamilton County	No	No	No	No	(423) 886-0898	720	40	18.2		637 (88.5%)	4 (0.6%)	41 (5.7%)	8 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	29 (4.0%)	$10,208			$758			$9,095	99.8%	99.4%	0.38%
470249000080	2	Unity School	Public	PK, KG-8	259 Boonshill-Petersburg	Petersburg	37144	Lincoln County	Lincoln County	No	No	No	Yes	(931) 433-9018	413	27	15.5		383 (92.7%)	13 (3.1%)	12 (2.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	$9,946			$869			$8,512	99.6%	77.0%	22.55%
470159000530	3	Westview Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	9629 East Brainerd RD	Chattanooga	37421	Hamilton County	Hamilton County	No	No	No	No	(423) 855-6141	580	38	15.4		395 (68.1%)	62 (10.7%)	37 (6.4%)	17 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	65 (11.2%)	$10,895			$893			$9,581	99.3%	93.1%	6.23%
470453001802	4	College Grove Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6668 Arno-College Grove	College Grove	37046	Williamson County	Williamson County	No	No	No	No	(615) 472-4320	647	42	15.5		537 (83.0%)	18 (2.8%)	39 (6.0%)	17 (2.6%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (5.1%)	$11,635			$282			$10,969	99.1%	94.1%	5.01%
470453002252	5	Pearre Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1811 Townsend BLVD	Franklin	37064	Williamson County	Williamson County	No	No	No	No	(615) 472-5150	687	45	15.2		611 (88.9%)	4 (0.6%)	33 (4.8%)	10 (1.5%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	26 (3.8%)	$12,951			$343			$12,257	98.9%	97.8%	1.08%
470009000012	6	Fairview Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6715 Hickory Valley RD	Heiskell	37754	Knox County	Anderson County	No	No	No	Yes	(865) 494-7959	278	19	14.7		258 (92.8%)	1 (0.4%)	8 (2.9%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.7%)	6 (2.2%)	$11,228			$1,087			$9,566	98.7%	89.5%	9.16%
470014900147	7	Crosswind Elementary School	Public	K-5	831 West Shelton RD	Collierville	38017	Shelby County	Collierville	No	No	No	No	(901) 853-3330	701	52	13.4		481 (68.6%)	37 (5.3%)	34 (4.9%)	96 (13.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (7.6%)	$11,706			$590			$10,882	98.4%	99.3%	0.87%
470453001810	8	Lipscomb Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8011 Concord RD	Brentwood	37027	Williamson County	Williamson County	No	No	No	No	(615) 472-4650	585	39	15.1		472 (80.7%)	11 (1.9%)	19 (3.2%)	45 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (6.5%)	$11,114			$285			$10,487	98.2%	98.8%	0.59%
470213000991	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	488	31	15.9		381 (78.1%)	6 (1.2%)	54 (11.1%)	22 (4.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.7%)	$10,512			$779			$9,265	98.0%	96.6%	1.39%
470453002277	10	Clovercroft Elementary School	Public	K-5	9336 Clovercroft RD	Franklin	37067	Williamson County	Williamson County	No	No	No	No	(615) 472-5170	674	43	15.8		482 (71.5%)	18 (2.7%)	37 (5.5%)	100 (14.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (5.5%)	$10,777			$239			$10,234	97.8%	99.5%	1.74%

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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 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.

Educational resources:

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

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.