1,953 schools in Tennessee
95 counties · 381 cities · Public K-12
Tennessee's public-school count of 1,953 spans 95 counties, with the largest single school being Collierville High School at 2,946 students. Memphis-Shelby County Schools is the heaviest district by enrollment.
Test scores
Reading, SY 2024-25. State average: 40.9% met or exceeded.Top 5 schools
- 94.3%
- 93.3%
- 92.8%
- 89.6%
- 88.3%
Lowest 5 schools
- 5.1%
- 5.3%
- 5.8%
- 6.3%
- 6.5%
Counties
Anderson County30 schools→Bedford County16 schools→Benton County8 schools→Bledsoe County5 schools→Blount County34 schools→Bradley County27 schools→Campbell County16 schools→Cannon County5 schools→Carroll County14 schools→Carter County21 schools→Cheatham County14 schools→Chester County6 schools→Claiborne County14 schools→Clay County4 schools→Cocke County13 schools→Coffee County21 schools→Crockett County7 schools→Cumberland County12 schools→Davidson County177 schools→Decatur County6 schools→DeKalb County7 schools→Dickson County17 schools→Dyer County12 schools→Fayette County8 schools→Fentress County7 schools→Franklin County12 schools→Gibson County22 schools→Giles County8 schools→Grainger County9 schools→Greene County26 schools→Grundy County6 schools→Hamblen County18 schools→Hamilton County82 schools→Hancock County4 schools→Hardeman County9 schools→Hardin County7 schools→Hawkins County20 schools→Haywood County7 schools→Henderson County12 schools→Henry County10 schools→Hickman County9 schools→Houston County6 schools→Humphreys County6 schools→Jackson County4 schools→Jefferson County14 schools→Johnson County6 schools→Knox County103 schools→Lake County3 schools→Lauderdale County7 schools→Lawrence County15 schools→Lewis County7 schools→Lincoln County11 schools→Loudon County13 schools→Macon County8 schools→Madison County27 schools→Marion County13 schools→Marshall County10 schools→Maury County24 schools→McMinn County17 schools→McNairy County10 schools→Meigs County4 schools→Monroe County17 schools→Montgomery County46 schools→Moore County2 schools→Morgan County8 schools→Obion County10 schools→Overton County8 schools→Perry County5 schools→Pickett County2 schools→Polk County7 schools→Putnam County22 schools→Rhea County8 schools→Roane County18 schools→Robertson County25 schools→Rutherford County69 schools→Scott County10 schools→Sequatchie County3 schools→Sevier County34 schools→Shelby County287 schools→Smith County9 schools→Stewart County6 schools→Sullivan County37 schools→Sumner County53 schools→Tipton County14 schools→Trousdale County3 schools→Unicoi County7 schools→Union County9 schools→Van Buren County2 schools→Warren County12 schools→Washington County30 schools→Wayne County9 schools→Weakley County11 schools→White County8 schools→Williamson County60 schools→Wilson County32 schools→