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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 38048

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Top rankedSouthwest Elementary School916^th of 1,019 Tennessee elementary schools

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Southwest Elementary School up 24 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

Zip code 38048, covering the Williston, Tennessee area, contains exactly one school: Southwest Elementary School, a public elementary school serving grades PK–5 with 294 students, making it the only educational option for local families. Because there is just one school in this zip code, this analysis focuses on how Southwest Elementary compares to its district, Fayette County Schools, and the state of Tennessee overall.

Southwest Elementary faces significant academic challenges, with proficiency rates well below state averages in every subject. In the most recent year, only 21.5% of students were proficient in math, 23.0% in English Language Arts, and 21.3% in science, compared with state averages of 43.0%, 40.6%, and 46.9% respectively. The school's state ranking has also fluctuated dramatically: it fell from the 45th percentile (2 stars) in 2023-2024 to the 7th percentile (0 stars) in 2024-2025, before recovering slightly to the 10th percentile (1 star) in 2025-2026. However, the school is not uniformly low-performing within its district. It actually outperforms Fayette County Schools in all-grades math (21.5% vs. 16.5%) and matches the district in ELA (23.0% vs. 23.0%). The 5th grade stands out as a relative bright spot, with math proficiency at 25.0% compared with just 13.0% districtwide, and science at 25.0% versus 15.7% districtwide.

The biggest concerns for parents to know are 3rd grade math, where only 13.6% of students are proficient versus 42.6% statewide, and 4th grade ELA, where the school trails its own district by 10.3 percentage points. Chronic absenteeism is also elevated, with 22.0% of students chronically absent, higher than the state rate of 18.3%. The school spends $13,701 per student, though no student-teacher ratio or free/reduced lunch data is available. In summary, Southwest Elementary is a small school with substantial academic hurdles, but it shows pockets of strength in upper-elementary math and science, and it serves as a relative bright spot within a district ranked 139th out of 141 in Tennessee.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				TNReady Mathematics (2026)				TNReady English Language Arts (2026)				TNReady Science (2026)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2016)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	TNReady Mathematics 3rd Grade	TNReady Mathematics 4th Grade	TNReady Mathematics 5th Grade	TNReady Mathematics All Grades	TNReady English Language Arts 3rd Grade	TNReady English Language Arts 4th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts 5th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts All Grades	TNReady Science 3rd Grade	TNReady Science 4th Grade	TNReady Science 5th Grade	TNReady Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Southwest Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	8095 Highway 194	Williston	38048	Fayette County	Fayette County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 465-8317	310	16	19.2	79.3%	99 (31.9%)	165 (53.2%)	27 (8.7%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.8%)	12.5	916^th of 1019 public elementary schools	10.1%		9.9	940^th of 1009 public elementary schools	6.8%	24	13.6	26.8	25.0	21.5	22.7	21.4	25.0	23.0	20.5	19.0	25.0	21.3	$13,701	$1,389	$11,381

Cities Near Zip Code 38048

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Williston	0.82 mi	1	346^th
Oakland	3.88 mi	2	342^nd
Somerville	8.56 mi	6	336^th
Moscow	9.3 mi	1	345^th
Collierville	10.68 mi	17	7^th

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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.

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