Best Elementary Schools in Tennessee for Special Education Students

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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.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the TNReady test scores by the Tennessee Department of Education. The most recent update was on Monday, June 24, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 582)	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)
470222000810	1	Sequoyah Elementary	Public	K-5	942 Southgate RD	Knoxville	37919	Knox County	Knox County	No	No	No	No	(865) 594-1360	507	29	17.4		454 (89.5%)	7 (1.4%)	18 (3.6%)	6 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.3%)	$10,307			$751			$9,125	99.8%	97.9%	1.89%
470402001864	2	Indian Lake Elementary	Public	K-5	505 Indian Lake RD	Hendersonville	37075	Sumner County	Sumner County	No	No	No	No	(615) 824-6810	480	33	14.7		439 (91.5%)	3 (0.6%)	18 (3.8%)	4 (0.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.9%)	$10,772			$672			$9,663	99.7%	96.5%	3.19%
470453001810	3	Lipscomb Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8011 Concord RD	Brentwood	37027	Williamson County	Williamson County	No	No	No	No	(615) 472-4650	566	38	14.8		458 (80.9%)	10 (1.8%)	25 (4.4%)	37 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (6.4%)	$12,406			$365			$11,513	99.5%	99.1%	0.37%
470453000443	4	Edmondson Elementary	Public	K-5	851 Edmondson PIKE	Brentwood	37027	Williamson County	Williamson County	No	No	No	No	(615) 472-4360	651	43	15.2		511 (78.5%)	20 (3.1%)	23 (3.5%)	71 (10.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (4.0%)	$11,353			$258			$10,571	99.3%	98.5%	0.79%
470453001807	5	Grassland Elementary	Public	K-5	6803 Manley LN	Brentwood	37027	Williamson County	Williamson County	No	No	No	No	(615) 472-4480	463	31	14.9		406 (87.7%)	6 (1.3%)	22 (4.8%)	10 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.1%)	$12,928			$305			$11,945	99.1%	96.8%	2.38%
470453010494	6	Arrington Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6280 Cox RD	Arrington	37014	Williamson County	Williamson County	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(615) 472-5420	561	33	17		466 (83.1%)	8 (1.4%)	22 (3.9%)	34 (6.1%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	28 (5.0%)								99.0%	95.7%	3.29%
470014900420	7	Tara Oaks Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	600 Harpers Ferry RD	Collierville	38017	Shelby County	Collierville	No	No	No	No	(901) 853-3337	649	47	13.8		442 (68.1%)	47 (7.2%)	42 (6.5%)	82 (12.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (5.5%)	$13,529			$1,383			$11,695	98.8%	98.4%	0.37%
470453002020	8	Crockett Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	9019 Crockett RD	Brentwood	37027	Williamson County	Williamson County	No	No	No	No	(615) 472-4340	733	47	15.7		551 (75.2%)	41 (5.6%)	33 (4.5%)	69 (9.4%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	36 (4.9%)	$13,796			$437			$12,843	98.6%	98.0%	0.59%
470159000529	9	Thrasher Elementary School	Public	K-5	1301 James BLVD	Signal Mtn	37377	Hamilton County	Hamilton County	No	No	No	No	(423) 886-0882	595	32	18.5		539 (90.6%)	5 (0.8%)	25 (4.2%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.9%)	$10,480			$950			$9,103	98.5%	98.6%	0.17%
470453002021	10	Walnut Grove Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	326 Stable RD	Franklin	37069	Williamson County	Williamson County	No	No	No	No	(615) 472-4870	586	44	13.4		494 (84.3%)	16 (2.7%)	35 (6.0%)	16 (2.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (3.9%)	$13,777			$297			$12,941	98.3%	97.4%	0.84%

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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 June 24, 2024, 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.