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Barret's Chapel Elementary/Middle School

Public Grades PK, KG-8
573rd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,019 Tennessee Elementary Schools
Better than 44% of Tennessee elementary schools
Summary

Barret's Chapel Elementary/Middle School is a small PK-8 school in Arlington, TN, enrolling roughly 300 students and operating under Memphis-Shelby County Schools, a district ranked near the bottom of Tennessee. Despite its location, the school is physically surrounded by some of the state's highest-performing districts, including Arlington Community Schools, Lakeland School System, Bartlett City Schools, and Tipton County Schools. This creates a stark divide: Barret's Chapel outperforms its own district by roughly 10 percentage points in most subjects, yet it significantly underperforms the high-achieving schools just a few miles away.

Statewide, Barret's Chapel ranks 573rd out of 1,019 schools (44th percentile), placing it just below the state median. Proficiency rates trail state averages by 7 to 20 points, and the school is the lowest-performing among all nearby schools with available data in both math (32.1%) and ELA (34.2%). One of the most telling trends is a sharp grade-level drop-off. Early elementary grades show promise—3rd grade math proficiency is 48.1% and 5th grade ELA is 56.3%—but middle school performance falls dramatically, with 8th grade math collapsing to just 6.1% proficiency compared to the 38.3% state average. This struggle is compounded by a resource paradox: the school spends over $22,000 per student, nearly double the per-pupil spending of nearby Atoka Elementary School and far more than high-performing neighbors like Bon Lin Elementary School or Donelson Elementary School, without yielding comparable academic results.

Attendance is a relative strength, with a chronic absenteeism rate of 14.3%—far better than the Memphis-Shelby district average of 30.2% and an improvement from 21.9% two years ago. However, it still lags behind neighboring districts like Lakeland Elementary School (6.9%) and Atoka (8.2%). On a positive note, the school is recovering from pandemic-era lows, climbing from the 18th percentile in 2021-2022 to the 44th percentile in 2025-2026, though it remains below its pre-pandemic 52nd percentile and holds a 2-star rating. Because of its small enrollment, test scores and subgroup rankings can swing significantly year to year, but the overall picture is clear: promising early elementary instruction is being undermined by a concerning middle school experience, particularly in math.

300
Students ?
9.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$22,552
Per pupil spending ?
63.7%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 10280 Godwin Rd
       Arlington, TN  38002

(901) 416-0325

District: Memphis-Shelby County Schools


Students who attend Barret's Chapel Elementary/Middle School usually attend:

High:    Bolton High School
Racial breakdown:

African American:
58.0%
White:
25.3%
Hispanic:
12.3%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 17th percentile in 2021 → 44th in 2026
Strengths
✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 44th (2026) from a 17th-percentile low (2021)
✓Among the top-ranked schools in Memphis-Shelby County Schools
✓Small classes — about 10 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Tennessee average (32% vs 45% meeting standards)
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
!Social Studies scores 22 pts below the Tennessee average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school32%
District avg26%
Tennessee avg45%
Elementary school
573rd of 1,019
Tennessee public elementary schools ?
Bottom 44%▼ down 10 pts since 2017
From top 47% (2017) to bottom 44% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
462nd of 594
Tennessee public middle schools ?
Bottom 22%▼ down 5 pts since 2018
From bottom 28% (2018) to bottom 22% (2026)
See the entire ranking list of Tennessee Middle Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
24th of 120Elementary Schools in the Memphis-Shelby County Schools
137th of 141Memphis-Shelby County Schools among Tennessee districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTennessee percentileRating
202644.5573 of 101943.8%★★☆☆☆
202541.9585 of 100942.0%★★☆☆☆
202442.2583 of 101842.7%★★☆☆☆
202330.4721 of 102029.3%★☆☆☆☆
202219.5825 of 100017.5%★☆☆☆☆
202117.6813 of 98317.3%★☆☆☆☆
201933.1680 of 98531.0%★★☆☆☆
201848.2474 of 99752.5%★★★☆☆
201750.3301 of 64653.4%★★★☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTennessee percentileRating
202651.9218 of 49856.2%★★★☆☆
202554.7184 of 49863.1%★★★☆☆
202447.3234 of 49853.0%★★★☆☆
202340.8262 of 50047.6%★★☆☆☆
202231.0318 of 48334.2%★★☆☆☆
202131.5262 of 41136.3%★★☆☆☆
201931.1273 of 40432.4%★★☆☆☆
201847.5189 of 45058.0%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTennessee percentileRating
202540.1596 of 98639.6%★★☆☆☆
202441.0578 of 99041.6%★★☆☆☆
202329.5703 of 98928.9%★☆☆☆☆
202225.3732 of 97524.9%★☆☆☆☆
202113.8829 of 94512.3%★☆☆☆☆
201937.6581 of 92637.3%★★☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTennessee percentileRating
20190.17 of 70.0%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTennessee percentileRating
202412.7403 of 4152.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTennessee percentileRating
202655.4326 of 82360.4%★★★☆☆
202542.9514 of 84339.0%★★☆☆☆
202472.1143 of 85383.2%★★★★☆
202340.6521 of 86539.8%★★☆☆☆
202222.9735 of 85814.3%★☆☆☆☆
202125.9648 of 82321.3%★☆☆☆☆
201933.5587 of 82128.5%★☆☆☆☆
201850.4394 of 87755.1%★★★☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTennessee percentileRating
202544.7545 of 98444.6%★★☆☆☆
202445.0529 of 99146.6%★★☆☆☆
202330.1705 of 98728.6%★☆☆☆☆
202217.6841 of 98014.2%★☆☆☆☆
202124.3726 of 94122.8%★☆☆☆☆
201930.7660 of 91627.9%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTennessee percentileRating
202656.2321 of 84962.2%★★★☆☆
202568.4206 of 84075.5%★★★★☆
202468.3214 of 84774.7%★★★★☆
202330.8628 of 85226.3%★☆☆☆☆
202233.8577 of 84431.6%★★☆☆☆
202131.7602 of 84428.7%★☆☆☆☆
201953.7314 of 81261.3%★★★☆☆
201864.4229 of 84172.8%★★★★☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTennessee percentileRating
202624.9462 of 59422.2%★☆☆☆☆
202519.5477 of 58318.2%★☆☆☆☆
202431.0412 of 58729.8%★★☆☆☆
202320.8467 of 59421.4%★☆☆☆☆
202217.8473 of 56916.9%★☆☆☆☆
202115.6484 of 57616.0%★☆☆☆☆
201922.4467 of 57418.6%★☆☆☆☆
201831.0408 of 56327.5%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTennessee percentileRating
202634.5207 of 32836.9%★★☆☆☆
202533.1196 of 31237.2%★★☆☆☆
202440.0159 of 31850.0%★★★☆☆
202326.3230 of 31627.2%★☆☆☆☆
202225.0218 of 29927.1%★☆☆☆☆
202120.6224 of 27719.1%★☆☆☆☆
201922.8237 of 29319.1%★☆☆☆☆
201833.8179 of 28437.0%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTennessee percentileRating
202528.2406 of 54625.6%★☆☆☆☆
202449.3263 of 55452.5%★★★☆☆
202325.5423 of 56024.5%★☆☆☆☆
202219.7451 of 55218.3%★☆☆☆☆
202120.5430 of 53820.1%★☆☆☆☆
201925.1422 of 52920.2%★☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTennessee percentileRating
20190.135 of 350.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTennessee percentileRating
202412.7276 of 2853.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTennessee percentileRating
202633.2341 of 47828.7%★☆☆☆☆
202529.5372 of 49024.1%★☆☆☆☆
202444.5260 of 51049.0%★★☆☆☆
202317.0461 of 51410.3%★☆☆☆☆
202218.9436 of 49511.9%★☆☆☆☆
202128.1355 of 48326.5%★☆☆☆☆
201934.8340 of 49030.6%★★☆☆☆
201830.9356 of 48126.0%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTennessee percentileRating
202516.2477 of 55013.3%★☆☆☆☆
202412.0508 of 5609.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202316.2476 of 55714.5%★☆☆☆☆
202219.1440 of 54018.5%★☆☆☆☆
202119.6428 of 52919.1%★☆☆☆☆
201924.5410 of 52321.6%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTennessee percentileRating
202333.7333 of 50333.8%★★☆☆☆
202225.7389 of 50022.2%★☆☆☆☆
20218.2488 of 4961.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201945.2244 of 48449.6%★★★☆☆
201850.0223 of 48153.6%★★★☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
White (2026)62nd percentile+18 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)60th percentile+17 vs school
African American (2026)56th percentile+12 vs school
Male (2025)45th percentile+3 vs school
Female (2025)40th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2024)3rd percentile-40 vs school
Gifted and Talented (2019)<1st percentile-31 vs school
Middle school
African American (2026)37th percentile+15 vs school
White (2023)34th percentile+12 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)29th percentile+6 vs school
Female (2025)26th percentile+7 vs school
Male (2025)13th percentile-5 vs school
Hispanic (2024)3rd percentile-27 vs school
Gifted and Talented (2019)<1st percentile-19 vs school
By subject vs Tennessee (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts34%-6 vs state
Science33%-14 vs state
Mathematics32%-11 vs state
Social Studies29%-22 vs state

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Barret's Chapel Elementary/Middle School ranks 573rd of 1019 Tennessee elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students at Barret's Chapel Elementary/Middle School are 58% African American, 25% White, 12% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races.

In the 2024-25 school year, 300 students attended Barret's Chapel Elementary/Middle School.

Students who attend Barret's Chapel Elementary/Middle School usually go on to attend:

High : Bolton High School

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2025–26 TNReady test scoresAug 25, 2026
2024–25 dropout ratesApr 2, 2026
2024–25 school spending dataFeb 27, 2026
2024–25 attendance dataDec 18, 2025


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

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