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Tennessee schools ranked by test score

Latest TCAP year (2024-25). 324 schools with reported Science scores. State average: 46.0%.
RankSchoolLevelSciencevs state
201LEAD Southeast
Nashville · Davidson County
High37.4%-8.6pp
202Lavergne High School
Lavergne · Rutherford County
High37.1%-8.9pp
203Kenwood High
Clarksville · Montgomery County
High36.9%-9.1pp
204Lewis Co High School
Hohenwald · Lewis County
High36.9%-9.1pp
205Marion Co High School
Jasper · Marion County
High36.8%-9.2pp
206Dyersburg High School
Dyersburg · Dyersburg
High36.7%-9.3pp
207McMinn High School
Athens · McMinn County
High36.6%-9.4pp
208Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy
Chattanooga · Hamilton County
High36.5%-9.5pp
209Hancock High School
Sneedville · Hancock County
High36.4%-9.6pp
210Springfield High School
Springfield · Robertson County
High36.4%-9.6pp
211Peabody High School
Trenton · Trenton
High36.0%-10.0pp
212Greenbrier High School
Greenbrier · Robertson County
High35.8%-10.2pp
213Union County High School
Maynardville · Union County
High35.1%-10.9pp
214Sequoyah High School
Soddy Daisy · Hamilton County
High34.8%-11.2pp
215East Robertson High School
Cross Plains · Robertson County
High34.3%-11.7pp
216Chuckey Doak High School
Afton · Greene County
High34.0%-12.0pp
217Hillsboro High
Nashville · Davidson County
High33.7%-12.3pp
218Tyner Academy
Chattanooga · Hamilton County
High33.7%-12.3pp
219Memphis School of Excellence
Memphis · Memphis-Shelby County Schools
High33.5%-12.5pp
220Germantown High
Germantown · Memphis-Shelby County Schools
High33.3%-12.7pp
221Middleton High School
Middleton · Hardeman County Schools
High33.3%-12.7pp
222Volunteer High School
Church Hill · Hawkins County
High33.3%-12.7pp
223Halls High School
Knoxville · Knox County
High33.0%-13.0pp
224Millington Central Middle High School
Millington · Millington Municipal Schools
High32.6%-13.4pp
225Jo Byrns High School
Cedar Hill · Robertson County
High32.4%-13.6pp
226Sequoyah High School
Madisonville · Monroe County
High32.4%-13.6pp
227Cheatham Co Central
Ashland City · Cheatham County
High32.3%-13.7pp
228Douglass High
Memphis · Memphis-Shelby County Schools
High32.1%-13.9pp
229West Carroll Junior/Senior High School
Atwood · West Carroll Sp Dist
High32.1%-13.9pp
230David Crockett High School
Jonesborough · Washington County
High32.0%-14.0pp
231Marshall Co High School
Lewisburg · Marshall County
High32.0%-14.0pp
232Power Center Academy High School
Memphis · Memphis-Shelby County Schools
High31.9%-14.1pp
233Central High
Memphis · Memphis-Shelby County Schools
High31.8%-14.2pp
234Volunteer State Virtual Academy High School
Hohenwald · Lewis County
High31.6%-14.4pp
235Adamsville High School
Adamsville · McNairy County
High31.3%-14.7pp
236Unaka High School
Elizabethton · Carter County
High31.3%-14.7pp
237Rockwood High School
Rockwood · Roane County
High31.2%-14.8pp
238James Lawson High School
Nashville · Davidson County
High31.1%-14.9pp
239Memphis School of Excellence Cordova
Cordova · Memphis-Shelby County Schools
High31.1%-14.9pp
240Sullivan East High School
Bluff City · Sullivan County
High30.7%-15.3pp
241South Greene High School
Greeneville · Greene County
High30.6%-15.4pp
242Jellico High School
Jellico · Campbell County
High30.3%-15.7pp
243Tellico Plains High School
Tellico Plains · Monroe County
High30.3%-15.7pp
244Ridgeway High
Memphis · Memphis-Shelby County Schools
High30.2%-15.8pp
245Red Boiling Springs School
Red Boiling Spg · Macon County
High29.8%-16.2pp
246Shelbyville Central High School
Shelbyville · Bedford County
High29.5%-16.5pp
247Scott High School
Huntsville · Scott County
High29.2%-16.8pp
248Giles Co High School
Pulaski · Giles County
High28.6%-17.4pp
249Cordova High School
Cordova · Memphis-Shelby County Schools
High28.5%-17.5pp
250Lookout Valley Middle / High School
Chattanooga · Hamilton County
High28.4%-17.6pp
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About this ranking

Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the TCAP % On Track or Mastered threshold on the latest available TCAP Science test (school year 2024-25). A higher percentage is better.

Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.

The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in Tennessee, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.