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The highest-performing public middle schools in reading in Knox County, Tennessee

Across Knox County, Tennessee, 16 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Farragut Middle School leads the list at 66.0%, against a median of 33.7% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Knox County, Tennessee

Top % Proficient (Reading)

66.0%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

33.7%

BEST IN READING · KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)	Rank change
1	Farragut Middle School	Knoxville, TN	Knox County	Middle	1,463	66.0%	no change
2	West Valley Middle School	Knoxville, TN	Knox County	Middle	1,125	57.9%	no change
3	Hardin Valley Middle School	Knoxville, TN	Knox County	Middle	1,061	52.8%	no change
4	Bearden Middle School	Knoxville, TN	Knox County	Middle	1,229	44.0%	no change
5	Powell Middle School	Powell, TN	Knox County	Middle	810	36.8%	no change
6	Cedar Bluff Middle School	Knoxville, TN	Knox County	Middle	580	34.6%	▲ 1
7	Gibbs Middle School	Corryton, TN	Knox County	Middle	609	34.3%	▼ 1
8	Gresham Middle School	Knoxville, TN	Knox County	Middle	788	34.1%	▲ 1
9	Halls Middle School	Knoxville, TN	Knox County	Middle	945	33.3%	▼ 1
10	Holston Middle School	Knoxville, TN	Knox County	Middle	461	30.4%	▲ 2
11	Karns Middle School	Knoxville, TN	Knox County	Middle	900	30.1%	▼ 1
12	South Doyle Middle School	Knoxville, TN	Knox County	Middle	830	28.2%	▲ 1
13	Carter Middle School	Strawberry Plains, TN	Knox County	Middle	604	26.2%	▼ 2
14	Whittle Springs Middle School	Knoxville, TN	Knox County	Middle	466	18.5%	no change
15	Northwest Middle School	Knoxville, TN	Knox County	Middle	798	14.4%	no change
16	Vine Middle/Magnet	Knoxville, TN	Knox County	Middle	382	10.9%	no change

Rank change counts the places a school moved since its prior test year, among the schools on this list that were tested both years. A dash means the school has no prior-year result.

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