2014 School Accountability
In accordance with Tennessee’s accountability system, designed through the state’s waiver from No Child Left Behind, the Tennessee Department of Education names Reward, Priority and Focus schools.
About the Designations
Reward Schools are the top 5 percent of schools in the state for performance—as measured by overall student achievement levels—and the top 5 percent for year-over-year progress—as measured by school-wide value-added data. These 10 percent of schools receive recognition for their success under the accountability system.
Key
- Two asterisks (**) indicate Title I Schools
- BHN: Black/Hispanic/Native American Students
- ED: Economically Disadvantaged Students
- ELL: English Language Learners
- SWD: Students with Disabilities
Priority Schools are the lowest-performing 5 percent of schools in Tennessee, in terms of academic achievement. These schools are eligible for inclusion in the Achievement School District or in district Innovation Zones. They may also plan and adopt turnaround models for school improvement.
In general, Focus Schools are the 10 percent of schools in the state with the largest achievement gaps between groups of students, such as racial and ethnic groups, students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, students with disabilities and English-language learners. More specifically, schools are designated as Focus Schools in one of three ways:
- Gap Pathway: The school has one of the largest gaps in the State for the indicated subgroup.
- Subgroup Pathway: The school has a composite proficiency rate below 10 percent for the indicated subgroup.
- Graduation Rate Pathway: The school has a graduation rate below 60 percent.
View the Designations
Reward Schools are the top 5 percent of schools for performance and the top 5 percent of schools for progress.*
Schools are designated as Reward for performance for overall student achievement. This designation is determined annually by a one-year success rate. A success rate is calculated by adding together the total number of proficient or advanced students in each subject and dividing by the total number of test takers for each subject.
Schools are designated as Reward for progress for having high student growth. This designation is determined by a one-year TVAAS school composite.
The list was approved by the State Board of Education on August 26, 2014.
2014 Reward School Highlights
- 168 total Reward Schools
- 67 for Performance only
- 84 for Progress only
- 17 for both Performance and Progress
- 49 districts have Reward Schools
- 90 Reward Schools are Title I
List of 2014 Reward Schools
System Name | School Name | Reward Status |
---|---|---|
Anderson County | Grand Oaks Elementary School** | Progress |
Bedford County | Community Elementary School** | Progress |
Bedford County | Eakin Elementary School** | Progress |
Bedford County | Thomas Magnet School** | Performance |
Bledsoe County | Mary V Wheeler Elementary School** | Progress |
Blount County | Fairview Elementary School | Progress |
Blount County | Friendsville Elementary School | Progress |
Bradley County | Michigan Avenue** | Performance |
Campbell County | Caryville Elementary School** | Progress |
Carter County | Hunter Elementary School** | Progress |
Carter County | Valley Forge Elementary School** | Progress |
Claiborne County | Tazewell-New Tazewell Elementary School** | Progress |
Clay County | Clay County High School | Progress |
Crockett County | Maury City Elementary School** | Progress |
Davidson County | Andrew Jackson Elementary School | Progress |
Davidson County | Antioch High School** | Progress |
Davidson County | Cameron College Preparatory** | Progress |
Davidson County | Cameron Middle School** | Progress |
Davidson County | Glendale Spanish Immersion Elementary School | Performance & Progress |
Davidson County | Harpeth Valley Elementary School | Performance |
Davidson County | Hume-Fogg High Academic Magnet | Performance |
Davidson County | K I P P Academy Nashville** | Progress |
Davidson County | Knowledge Academy** | Progress |
Davidson County | Liberty Collegiate Academy** | Performance & Progress |
Davidson County | Lockeland Elementary Design Center | Performance & Progress |
Davidson County | Martin Luther King Jr Magnet School | Performance |
Davidson County | Meigs Middle Magnet School | Performance |
Davidson County | Nashville Prep School** | Performance & Progress |
Davidson County | New Vision Academy** | Progress |
Davidson County | Percy Priest Elementary School | Performance |
Davidson County | Stanford Elementary Montessori Design Center | Progress |
Davidson County | STEM Prep Academy** | Progress |
DeKalb County | Northside Elementary School** | Progress |
Dickson County | Centennial Elementary School** | Progress |
Dickson County | The Discovery School | Performance |
Dickson County | White Bluff Elementary School** | Progress |
Dyer County | Three Oaks Middle School** | Progress |
Dyersburg | Dyersburg Middle School** | Progress |
Fayette County | East Jr. High School** | Progress |
Franklin City | Liberty Elementary School** | Performance |
Gibson County Special District | Gibson County High School | Progress |
Giles County | Bridgeforth Middle School** | Progress |
Greene County | South Greene High School** | Progress |
Greeneville | Eastview Elementary School | Performance & Progress |
Hamblen County | Lincoln Heights Middle School** | Progress |
Hamilton County | Allen Elementary School | Performance |
Hamilton County | Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy** | Progress |
Hamilton County | Hamilton County Middle College High School at Chat | Performance |
Hamilton County | Lookout Mountain Elementary School | Performance |
Hamilton County | Snow Hill Elementary School | Progress |
Hamilton County | Thrasher Elementary School | Performance |
Haywood County | Haywood Middle School** | Progress |
Jackson-Madison County | Denmark Elementary School** | Progress |
Jackson-Madison County | Madison Academic Magnet High School | Performance & Progress |
Jackson-Madison County | South Side High School** | Progress |
Johnson City | Science Hill High School | Performance |
Johnson City | Towne Acres Elementary School | Performance & Progress |
Knox County | Farragut High School | Performance & Progress |
Knox County | L N STEM Academy | Performance |
Knox County | Powell Middle School | Progress |
Knox County | Rocky Hill Elementary School | Performance |
Knox County | Sequoyah Elementary School | Performance |
Lauderdale County | Halls Junior High School** | Progress |
Lauderdale County | Ripley Elementary School** | Progress |
Lawrence County | Ethridge Elementary School** | Performance |
Loudon County | Fort Loudon Middle School** | Progress |
Loudon County | Greenback School** | Progress |
Marion County | Jasper Elementary School** | Progress |
Maryville | Foothills Elementary School** | Performance |
Maryville | Montgomery Ridge Intermediate School | Performance & Progress |
Milan | Milan Elementary School** | Progress |
Montgomery County | Carmel Elementary | Performance |
Montgomery County | Hazelwood Elementary School** | Performance & Progress |
Montgomery County | Norman Smith Elementary School** | Performance |
Montgomery County | The Middle College @ Austin Peay State University | Performance |
Murfreesboro | The Discovery School @ Reeves-Rogers | Performance |
Oneida | Oneida Middle School** | Progress |
Putnam County | Algood Elementary School** | Progress |
Putnam County | Capshaw Elementary School | Performance |
Rutherford County | Central Magnet School | Performance |
Rutherford County | Homer Pittard Campus School | Performance |
Rutherford County | Lascassas Elementary School | Performance |
Rutherford County | McFadden School Of Excellence | Performance |
Rutherford County | Stewarts Creek Elementary School | Performance |
Shelby County (New) | B T Washington High School** | Progress |
Shelby County (New) | Campus School | Performance |
Shelby County (New) | Central High School** | Progress |
Shelby County (New) | Charjean Elementary School** | Progress |
Shelby County (New) | Cherokee Elementary School** | Progress |
Shelby County (New) | Chickasaw Middle School** | Progress |
Shelby County (New) | Chimneyrock Elementary School** | Progress |
Shelby County (New) | Crosswind Elementary School | Performance |
Shelby County (New) | Delano Elementary School** | Progress |
Shelby County (New) | Dogwood Elementary School | Performance |
Shelby County (New) | Donelson Elementary School | Performance |
Shelby County (New) | Douglass Elementary/Middle** | Progress |
Shelby County (New) | E. E. Jeter Elementary School** | Performance |
Shelby County (New) | Egypt Elementary School** | Progress |
Shelby County (New) | Evans Elementary School** | Progress |
Shelby County (New) | Ford Road Elementary School** | Progress |
Shelby County (New) | Freedom Preparatory Academy** | Progress |
Shelby County (New) | Germanshire Elementary School** | Progress |
Shelby County (New) | Germantown High School | Progress |
Shelby County (New) | Goodlett Elementary School** | Progress |
Shelby County (New) | Hamilton Middle School** | Progress |
Shelby County (New) | Hollis F. Price Middle College High School** | Performance |
Shelby County (New) | John P. Freeman Optional School** | Performance |
Shelby County (New) | Kate Bond Middle School** | Progress |
Shelby County (New) | Kingsbury Elementary School** | Progress |
Shelby County (New) | Kirby High School** | Progress |
Shelby County (New) | Knight Road Elementary School** | Progress |
Shelby County (New) | Memphis Academy of Health Sciences** | Progress |
Shelby County (New) | Memphis Business Academy High School** | Progress |
Shelby County (New) | Memphis Grizzlies Preparatory Charter School** | Progress |
Shelby County (New) | Middle College High School** | Performance & Progress |
Shelby County (New) | Oak Forest** | Progress |
Shelby County (New) | Oakshire Elementary School** | Progress |
Shelby County (New) | Power Center Academy High School** | Progress |
Shelby County (New) | Ridgeway Middle School** | Progress |
Shelby County (New) | Sharpe Elementary School** | Progress |
Shelby County (New) | Sherwood Elementary School** | Progress |
Shelby County (New) | Soulsville Charter School** | Progress |
Shelby County (New) | Southwind High School** | Progress |
Shelby County (New) | Treadwell Middle School** | Progress |
Shelby County (New) | Veritas College Preparatory** | Progress |
Shelby County (New) | Whitehaven High School** | Progress |
Smith County | Gordonsville Elementary School** | Performance |
Stewart County | Dover Elementary School** | Progress |
Sullivan County | Holston Elementary School** | Performance |
Sumner County | Bethpage Elementary School** | Performance |
Sumner County | Jack Anderson Elementary School | Performance |
Sumner County | Merrol Hyde Magnet School | Performance |
Sumner County | Oakmont Elementary School** | Progress |
Sumner County | Union Elementary School | Performance |
Tipton County | Atoka Elementary School | Performance |
Trousdale County | Trousdale County High School | Performance |
Washington County | Ridgeview Elementary School | Performance |
Washington County | University School | Performance |
Weakley County | Dresden Elementary School** | Progress |
Williamson County | Allendale Elementary School | Performance |
Williamson County | Brentwood High School | Performance |
Williamson County | Clovercroft Elementary School | Performance & Progress |
Williamson County | College Grove Elementary | Performance |
Williamson County | Fred J Page High School | Performance & Progress |
Williamson County | Fred J Page Middle School | Performance |
Williamson County | Grassland Elementary School | Performance |
Williamson County | Grassland Middle School | Performance |
Williamson County | Heritage Elementary School | Performance |
Williamson County | Heritage Middle School | Performance |
Williamson County | Hillsboro Elementary/ Middle School** | Performance & Progress |
Williamson County | Hunters Bend Elementary School | Performance |
Williamson County | Kenrose Elementary School | Performance |
Williamson County | Longview Elementary School | Progress |
Williamson County | Middle College High School | Performance |
Williamson County | Nolensville Elementary School | Performance |
Williamson County | Oak View Elementary School | Performance |
Williamson County | Pearre Creek Elementary School | Performance |
Williamson County | Ravenwood High School | Performance & Progress |
Williamson County | Scales Elementary School | Performance |
Williamson County | Spring Station Middle School | Performance & Progress |
Williamson County | Sunset Elementary School | Performance |
Williamson County | Sunset Middle School | Performance |
Williamson County | Trinity Elementary School | Performance |
Williamson County | Walnut Grove Elementary School | Performance & Progress |
Williamson County | Winstead Elementary School | Performance |
Williamson County | Woodland Middle School | Performance |
Wilson County | Lakeview Elementary School | Performance |
Wilson County | Mount Juliet High School | Progress |
*A school cannot be designated as Reward if:
- The achievement gaps of one of its subgroups (Black/Hispanic/Native American, Economically Disadvantaged, Students with Disabilities, and English Language Learners) are larger than the state median AND the achievement gaps of the same subgroups have increased from the previous year
- The school opened in 2013-14 and only has one year of data
Approved by the State Board of Education on August 26, 2014.
System Name | School Name |
---|---|
Davidson County | Bailey STEM Magnet Middle** |
Davidson County | Brick Church Middle School** |
Davidson County | Buena Vista Elementary Enhanced Option School** |
Davidson County | Inglewood Elementary School** |
Davidson County | Jere Baxter Middle School** |
Davidson County | Joelton Middle School** |
Davidson County | John B Whitsitt Elementary School** |
Davidson County | Kirkpatrick Elementary Enhanced Option School** |
Davidson County | Napier Elementary Enhancement Option School** |
Davidson County | Neely's Bend Middle School** |
Davidson County | Pearl-Cohn Magnet High School** |
Davidson County | Ross Elementary School** |
Davidson County | Robert Churchwell Museum Magnet Elementary School** |
Davidson County | Madison Middle School** |
Davidson County | The Cohn School** |
Hamilton County | Brainerd High School** |
Hamilton County | Dalewood Middle School** |
Hamilton County | Orchard Knob Elementary School** |
Hamilton County | Orchard Knob Middle School** |
Hamilton County | Woodmore Elementary School** |
Knox County | Green Magnet Math and Science Academy** |
Knox County | Lonsdale Elementary School** |
Knox County | Sarah Moore Greene Magnet Technology Academy** |
Knox County | Vine Middle/Magnet School** |
Jackson-Madison County | Lincoln Magnet School for Mathematics and Science** |
Jackson-Madison County | Jackson Career Technology Magnet Elementary** |
Shelby County (New) | A B Hill Elementary School** |
Shelby County (New) | Airways Middle School** |
Shelby County (New) | American Way Middle School** |
Shelby County (New) | Brookmeade Elementary School** |
Shelby County (New) | Caldwell-Guthrie Elementary School** |
Shelby County (New) | Carver High School** |
Shelby County (New) | Coleman Elementary School** |
Shelby County (New) | Denver Elementary School** |
Shelby County (New) | Douglass High School** |
Shelby County (New) | Fairley Elementary School** |
Shelby County (New) | Fairley High School** |
Shelby County (New) | Florida-Kansas Elementary School** |
Shelby County (New) | Frayser High School** |
Shelby County (New) | Geeter Middle School** |
Shelby County (New) | Georgian Hills Middle School** |
Shelby County (New) | Hamilton High School** |
Shelby County (New) | Hawkins Mill Elementary School** |
Shelby County (New) | Hillcrest High School** |
Shelby County (New) | Holmes Road Elementary School** |
Shelby County (New) | Kirby Middle School** |
Shelby County (New) | LaRose Elementary School** |
Shelby County (New) | Lester Elementary/Middle** |
Shelby County (New) | Lincoln Elementary School** |
Shelby County (New) | Lucie E. Campbell Elementary School** |
Shelby County (New) | Magnolia Elementary School** |
Shelby County (New) | Melrose High School** |
Shelby County (New) | Mitchell High School** |
Shelby County (New) | Northside High School** |
Shelby County (New) | Raleigh-Egypt Middle School** |
Shelby County (New) | Raleigh-Egypt High School** |
Shelby County (New) | Riverview Middle School** |
Shelby County (New) | Sheffield Elementary School** |
Shelby County (New) | Sherwood Middle School** |
Shelby County (New) | South Side Middle School** |
Shelby County (New) | Memphis Health Careers Academy** |
Shelby County (New) | Springdale Elementary School** |
Shelby County (New) | Spring Hill Elementary School** |
Shelby County (New) | Treadwell Elementary School** |
Shelby County (New) | Trezevant High School** |
Shelby County (New) | A. Maceo Walker Middle School** |
Shelby County (New) | Westwood Elementary School** |
Shelby County (New) | Westwood High School** |
Shelby County (New) | Wooddale High School** |
Shelby County (New) | Wooddale Middle School** |
Shelby County (New) | MCS Prep School - Northwest** |
Shelby County (New) | Grandview Heights Middle** |
Shelby County (New) | City University Boys Preparatory** |
Shelby County (New) | Omni Prep Academy - North Point Lower School** |
Shelby County (New) | Omni Prep Academy - North Pointe Middle School** |
Shelby County (New) | Southern Avenue Middle** |
Achievement School District | Corning Achievement Elementary** |
Achievement School District | Westside Achievement Middle School** |
Achievement School District | Frayser Achievement Elementary** |
Achievement School District | Whitney Achievement Elementary School** |
Achievement School District | Georgian Hills Achievement Elementary Schoo** |
Achievement School District | Cornerstone Prep - Lester Campus** |
Achievement School District | KIPP Memphis Preparatory Middle** |
Achievement School District | Aspire Hanley #1** |
Achievement School District | Aspire Hanley #2** |
Approved by the State Board of Education on August 26, 2014.
Gap data presented below refers to the following:
- BHN: Black/Hispanic/Native American Students v. All students
- ED: Economically Disadvantaged Students v. Non-Economically Disadvantaged Students
- ELL: English Language Learners v. Non-English Language Learners
- SWD: Students with Disabilities v. Non-Students with Disabilities
System Name | School Name | Subgroup |
---|---|---|
Alcoa | Alcoa Middle School** | ED,SWD |
Anderson County | Lake City Elementary School** | SWD |
Anderson County | Norris Middle School | SWD |
Athens | Athens City Middle School** | SWD |
Athens | North City Elementary School** | ED,SWD,BHN |
Athens | Westside Elementary School** | ED,SWD |
Benton County | Big Sandy School** | ED |
Benton County | Holladay Elementary School** | ED |
Blount County | Union Grove Middle School** | BHN |
Bradley County | Taylor Elementary School** | ED |
Carter County | Happy Valley Elementary School** | SWD |
Chester County | Chester County Middle School** | SWD |
Cleveland | Ernest L. Ross** | BHN |
Crockett County | Crockett County High School | SWD |
Cumberland County | Stone Elementary School** | ED,BHN |
Davidson County | Dan Mills Elementary School** | ED,BHN |
Davidson County | Dupont Tyler Middle School** | ELL |
Davidson County | H G Hill Middle School** | ELL |
Davidson County | John F. Kennedy Middle School** | ELL |
Davidson County | Julia Green Elementary School | ED,BHN |
Davidson County | May Werthan Shayne Elementary School** | ED |
Davidson County | McGavock Comprehensive High School** | ED,BHN |
Davidson County | Sylvan Park Paideia Design Center | BHN |
Davidson County | Two Rivers Middle School** | ED |
Decatur County | Decatur County Middle School** | SWD |
Decatur County | Parsons Elementary School** | ED |
DeKalb County | DeKalb West Elementary School** | SWD |
Dickson County | Oakmont Elementary School** | SWD |
Dyersburg | Dyersburg Intermediate School** | ED,BHN |
Elizabethton | Harold McCormick Elementary School** | SWD |
Elizabethton | T A Dugger Junior High School | SWD |
Etowah | Etowah Elementary School** | SWD |
Fayette County | Oakland Elementary School** | ED,BHN |
Fayetteville | Fayetteville Middle School** | BHN |
Franklin County | Franklin County High School | ED |
Franklin County | Huntland School** | SWD,BHN |
Grainger County | Rutledge Elementary School** | ED,BHN |
Greene County | Baileyton Elementary School** | SWD |
Greene County | Doak Elementary School** | ED |
Grundy County | North Elementary School** | SWD |
Hamblen County | Manley Elementary School | ED,BHN |
Hamilton County | East Ridge High School** | BHN |
Hamilton County | Hixson Middle School** | BHN |
Hamilton County | Red Bank High School** | BHN |
Hancock County | Hancock High School** | SWD |
Hardeman County | Bolivar Elementary School** | ED |
Hardeman County | Middleton High School** | BHN |
Haywood County | Haywood High School** | ED |
Henry County | Henry Elementary School** | SWD |
Huntingdon | Huntingdon Primary School** | ED |
Johnson City | Liberty Bell Middle School | SWD |
Kingsport | Lincoln Elementary School** | SWD |
Knox County | Bonny Kate Elementary School | SWD |
Knox County | Central High School | BHN |
Knox County | Chilhowee Intermediate School** | SWD,BHN |
Knox County | Fountain City Elementary School** | ED,BHN |
Knox County | Mooreland Heights Elementary School** | ED |
Knox County | South-Doyle High School | BHN |
Knox County | South-Doyle Middle School** | ED,BHN |
Knox County | West Hills Elementary School | ED |
Loudon County | Eaton Elementary School** | SWD |
Loudon County | North Middle School | SWD |
Macon County | Macon County High School** | SWD |
Maury County | Columbia Central High School | ED,SWD |
McKenzie | McKenzie Elementary School** | BHN |
McNairy County | Selmer Elementary School** | BHN |
McNairy County | Selmer Middle School** | BHN |
Monroe County | Rural Vale Elementary School** | ED |
Montgomery County | West Creek Elementary School** | SWD |
Morgan County | Petros Joyner Elementary School** | ED |
Murfreesboro | Black Fox Elementary School** | SWD |
Murfreesboro | Hobgood Elementary School** | SWD |
Murfreesboro | John Pittard Elementary School** | ED,BHN |
Obion County | Ridgemont Elementary School** | SWD |
Oneida | Oneida Elementary School** | ED |
Putnam County | Algood Middle School** | ED,SWD |
Putnam County | Avery Trace Middle School** | SWD,BHN,ELL |
Putnam County | Baxter Elementary School** | SWD |
Putnam County | Jere Whitson Elementary School** | BHN |
Putnam County | Northeast Elementary School** | BHN |
Putnam County | Prescott South Middle School** | BHN |
Roane County | Raymond S. Bowers Elementary School** | ED |
Robertson County | Jo Byrns High School | SWD |
Robertson County | Springfield Middle School** | ELL |
Robertson County | Watauga Elementary School | SWD |
Robertson County | White House Heritage High School | SWD |
Sevier County | Catons Chapel Elementary School** | SWD |
Sevier County | Pi Beta Phi Elementary School | SWD |
Sevier County | Pigeon Forge Primary School** | BHN |
Sevier County | Sevierville Intermediate School** | BHN,ELL |
Shelby County (New) | Bolton High School | ED |
Shelby County (New) | Colonial Middle School** | ELL |
Shelby County (New) | Cordova Elementary School** | ED |
Shelby County (New) | Germantown Elementary School | ED |
Shelby County (New) | Grahamwood Elementary School** | ED,SWD,BHN |
Germantown City | Houston High School | ED |
Shelby County (New) | Kingsbury High School** | ELL |
Shelby County (New) | Peabody Elementary School** | ED |
Shelby County (New) | Ridgeway High School** | SWD |
Shelby County (New) | Snowden School** | ED |
Collierville City | Sycamore Elementary School | ED |
Smith County | New Middleton Elementary School** | SWD |
Smith County | Smith County Middle School** | ED,BHN |
Sullivan County | Blountville Middle School** | SWD |
Sullivan County | Bluff City Elementary School** | SWD |
Sullivan County | Sullivan Central High School | ED |
Sullivan County | Sullivan Gardens K-8** | SWD |
Sumner County | White House High School | SWD |
Tipton County | Austin Peay Elementary School** | BHN |
Tipton County | Brighton Elementary School** | BHN |
Tipton County | Brighton Middle School** | SWD,BHN |
Tipton County | Crestview Elementary School** | ED,BHN |
Tipton County | Munford Middle School** | SWD |
Trousdale County | Jim Satterfield Middle School | SWD |
Tullahoma | East Middle School | ED |
Tullahoma | West Middle School | ED |
Union City | Union City Elementary School** | ED,BHN |
Warren County | Dibrell Elementary School** | SWD |
Warren County | Eastside Elementary School** | SWD |
Washington County | Gray Elementary School** | SWD |
Washington County | Jonesborough Middle School** | SWD |
Washington County | Sulphur Springs Elementary School** | SWD |
Weakley County | Gleason School** | SWD |
Weakley County | Greenfield School** | SWD |
Weakley County | Martin Middle School** | SWD |
Williamson County | Fairview Middle School** | SWD |
System Name | School Name | Subgroup |
---|---|---|
Crockett County | Crockett County High School | SWD |
Hamilton County | East Ridge High School** | ELL |
Roane County | Rockwood Middle School | SWD |
Shelby County (New) | Robert R. Church Elementary School** | SWD |
Shelby County (New) | Wells Station Elementary School** | SWD |
Achievement School District | Humes Preparatory Academy - Upper School** | SWD |
No schools were designated as Focus Schools due to Graduation Rate.
School designation lists are also available as Excel file downloads.