Best Schools for White Students in Tennessee (2026)

These are the Tennessee public schools where white students scored highest on the state reading and math tests, ranked by the average of the two proficiency rates. Only schools with at least 20 tested white students are included. The list reflects how students in this group perform at each school; it is not a ranking of schools by their demographic makeup.

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Elementary schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	McFadden School Of Excellence Murfreesboro	92%	98%	173	A+
2	Clovercroft Elementary School Franklin	82%	92%	257	A+
3	Towne Acres Elementary Johnson City	82%	87%	131	A+
4	Lockeland Elementary Nashville	87%	82%	90	A+
5	Julia Green Elementary Nashville	87%	82%	110	A+
6	Thrasher Elementary School Signal Mtn	77%	92%	242	A+
7	Lookout Mountain Elementary School Lookout Mtn	77%	87%	68	A+
8	Jordan Elementary School Brentwood	77%	87%	152	A+
9	Glendale Elementary Nashville	82%	77%	116	A+
10	Sequoyah Elementary Knoxville	77%	77%	206	A+
11	Percy Priest Elementary Nashville	82%	72%	104	B
12	Grassland Elementary Brentwood	72%	82%	254	B
13	Lipscomb Elementary Brentwood	72%	82%	258	A+
14	Walnut Grove Elementary Franklin	72%	82%	234	A+
15	Arlington Elementary Arlington	72%	80%	330	A
16	Crosswind Elementary School Collierville	72%	77%	246	A+
17	Dogwood Elementary School Germantown	72%	77%	262	A+
18	Nolan Elementary School Signal Mountain	72%	77%	285	A+
19	Eakin Elementary Nashville	75%	75%	50	A+
20	Madison Creek Elementary Goodlettsville	67%	82%	237	B+
21	Oak View Elem School Franklin	72%	77%	151	A+
22	Pearre Creek Elementary School Franklin	67%	82%	260	B
23	Winstead Elementary School Franklin	77%	72%	226	A+
24	Crockett Elementary Brentwood	72%	77%	248	A+
25	Donelson Elementary Arlington	62%	82%	289	A+

Middle schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	Discovery School Murfreesboro	92%	92%	162	A+
2	Thurman Francis Arts Academy/Magnet School for the Arts Smyrna	83%	92%	324	A+
3	Brentwood Middle School Brentwood	68%	76%	919	A+
4	Meigs Middle Nashville	78%	66%	354	A+
5	Thomas Magnet School Shelbyville	67%	72%	112	A
6	Freedom Intermediate Franklin	62%	72%	260	A+
7	Montgomery Ridge Intermediate School Maryville	58%	70%	705	A+
8	T. W. Hunter Middle School Hendersonville	54%	74%	560	A+
9	Farragut Middle School Knoxville	59%	69%	1007	A+
10	Maxine Smith STEAM Academy Memphis	77%	47%	131	A+
11	Freedom Middle School Franklin	57%	67%	254	A+
12	Sunset Middle School Brentwood	58%	66%	416	A+
13	Fred J Page Middle School Franklin	60%	63%	897	B+
14	Coulter Grove Intermediate School Maryville	60%	63%	679	A+
15	Woodland Middle School Brentwood	62%	59%	636	A+
16	Alamo Elementary Alamo	57%	62%	185	B+
17	Overall Creek Elementary Murfreesboro	50%	68%	328	B
18	Nashville Classical East Nashville	62%	52%	65	C
19	Robert E Ellis Middle Hendersonville	48%	66%	538	B+
20	Legacy Middle School Franklin	56%	57%	351	B+
21	Grassland Middle School Franklin	54%	59%	791	A+
22	Station Camp Middle School Gallatin	47%	66%	733	A
23	Normal Park Museum Magnet School Chattanooga	55%	57%	380	C+
24	Lakeland Preparatory School Lakeland	54%	57%	547	C+
25	Hillsboro Elementary/ Middle School Franklin	56%	54%	416	A+

High schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	Central Magnet School Murfreesboro	98%	92%	491	A+
2	Merrol Hyde Magnet School Hendersonville	88%	98%	305	A+
3	Chattanooga School For The Liberal Arts Chattanooga	72%	77%	204	A+
4	Crosstown High School Memphis	75%	—	32	C+
5	Martin Luther King Jr School Nashville	77%	62%	160	A+
6	Franklin High School Franklin	79%	42%	354	A+
7	Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts Chattanooga	67%	52%	230	A+
8	Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences Upper Chattanooga	62%	57%	163	A+
9	East High Memphis	85%	30%	35	B+
10	University School Johnson City	67%	47%	235	A+
11	Hume - Fogg High Nashville	87%	25%	124	A+
12	Valor Flagship Academy Nashville	63%	48%	376	A+
13	Signal Mountain Middle/High School Signal Mountain	57%	51%	563	A+
14	Eagleville School Eagleville	49%	58%	445	A+
15	Science Hill High School Johnson City	64%	42%	363	A+
16	STEM School Chattanooga Chattanooga	75%	30%	38	A+
17	White Station High Memphis	72%	32%	122	A
18	Greeneville High School Greeneville	57%	47%	206	A+
19	Seymour High School Seymour	52%	—	208	A+
20	Ravenwood High School Brentwood	72%	32%	326	A+
21	Samuel Everett School of Innovation Maryville	57%	47%	98	A+
22	Brentwood High School Brentwood	84%	17%	358	A+
23	Renaissance High School Franklin	70%	30%	27	A+
24	Tennessee Online Public School Bristol	50%	—	21	A+
25	Dyersburg High School Dyersburg	62%	37%	77	A+

Source: U.S. Department of Education EDFacts (state assessment results by student group) via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Small schools report results as ranges; we use the midpoint. Methodology

Best Schools for White Students in Tennessee (2026)

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