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Towns with the best schools in Tennessee

Ranked by our Schools score out of 100, which is based on how many high-school students take AP, IB or college classes, how many students miss a lot of school, the graduation rate and class size, for the public schools in the town. Of the 171 towns in Tennessee with 1,000 or more people, these are the top 25.

Collierville ranks first with a score of 88. Alcoa and Medina follow, with 80 and 78. Scores compare each town with all 27,850 towns we track across the US.

RankTownScore High-school students in AP or IB classesHigh-school students taking college classes Population
1 Collierville 88 30.1%68.2% 51,515
2 Alcoa 80 14.9%73.2% 12,222
3 Medina 78 22.5%22.4% 5,407
4 Bradford 76 34.3%11.0% 1,385
5 Arlington 75 18.6%42.0% 15,205
6 Brentwood 73 56.5%8.9% 45,556
7 Dyer 73 8.3%78.0% 2,217
8 Franklin 72 41.1%7.7% 87,133
9 McKenzie 72 0.0%96.2% 5,631
10 Milan 71 2.8%44.3% 8,244
11 Cookeville 70 21.5%31.4% 36,088
12 Trenton 69 5.4%21.2% 4,151
13 Nolensville 69 34.8%4.5% 15,074
14 Dyersburg 69 12.5%17.4% 15,979
15 Fairview 69 26.5%17.7% 10,009
16 Murfreesboro 68 20.0%12.5% 161,445
17 Gatlinburg 68 16.8%42.6% 3,663
18 Alamo 68 1.4%25.0% 2,311
19 Oak Ridge 68 31.2%13.5% 32,693
20 Paris 68 9.1%19.5% 10,338
21 Camden 67 8.8%23.3% 3,678
22 Lexington 67 2.5%68.1% 7,962
23 Church Hill 67 5.8%48.1% 7,139
24 Greeneville 67 10.2%17.2% 15,646
25 Oneida 67 2.1%33.3% 3,819

This is not a test-score ranking, and graduation rates are from 2018 or 2019. Only towns with a high school of their own are listed, and a town does not show up when its students go to school elsewhere. Only towns with 1,000 or more people are ranked. Scores compare each town with all towns we track. See how we score towns and where the figures come from. These are estimates, so check official sources before you decide.

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