2024 District Accountability
In accordance with Tennessee's accountability system, as well as federal and state law, the Tennessee Department of Education names districts that are excelling, as well as those who need additional support.
Under Tennessee’s accountability system, districts are expected to increase achievement levels for all students and demonstrate student growth across all student groups. Districts are assessed on their performance across six critical performance indicators measured through multiple pathways. The indicators include Grade Band Success Rates, rates at which students are Chronically Out of School, performance on the English Language Proficiency Assessment (ELPA), and Graduation rates. District accountability scores are calculated using a weighted average of the district’s scores across all indicators and student groups to determine a district’s designation. The five possible district designations are Exemplary, Advancing, Satisfactory, Marginal, and In Need of Improvement. For more information about how district accountability designations are determined, please see the 2023-24 Federal Accountability Protocol.
On Friday, November 22, 2024, all individual district designations were approved by the State Board of Education pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-602.
Additional information about each of the designations, as well as a list of districts that received each designation for 2023-24, can be found below.
View the Designations
Districts designated as exemplary received an overall score equal to or greater than 3.1. See below for a list of districts (n = 10) with Exemplary designation for 2023-24.
District |
Alcoa City Schools |
Arlington Community Schools |
Bells City Schools |
Clinton City Schools |
Collierville Schools |
Dayton City Schools |
Jackson County Schools |
Lebanon Special School District |
Milan Special School District |
Van Buren County Schools |
Districts designated as advancing received an overall score equal to or greater than 2.1 but less than
3.1. See below for a list of districts (n = 90) with Advancing designation for 2023-24.
District |
Alamo City Schools |
Alvin C. York Institute |
Anderson County Schools |
Athens City Schools |
Bartlett City Schools |
Bedford County Schools |
Bledsoe County Schools |
Blount County Schools |
Bradford Special School District |
Bristol City Schools |
Carter County Schools |
Chester County Schools |
Clarksville-Montgomery County Schools |
Clay County Schools |
Cocke County Schools |
Coffee County Schools |
Crockett County Schools |
Cumberland County Schools |
DeKalb County Schools |
Department of Children's Services |
Dickson County Schools |
Dyersburg City Schools |
Elizabethton City Schools |
Etowah City School |
Fentress County Schools |
Franklin Special School District |
Germantown Municipal Schools |
Gibson County Special School District |
Grainger County Schools |
Greene County Schools |
Greeneville City Schools |
Hardin County Schools |
Hawkins County Schools |
Henderson County Schools |
Hickman County Schools |
Hollow Rock-Bruceton Special School District |
Houston County Schools |
Humphreys County Schools |
Huntingdon Special School District |
Johnson City Schools |
Kingsport City Schools |
Lakeland School System |
Lenoir City Schools |
Lexington City Schools |
Lincoln County Schools |
Loudon County Schools |
Manchester City Schools |
Marion County Schools |
Maryville City Schools |
McKenzie Special School District |
McNairy County Schools |
Meigs County Schools |
Memphis-Shelby County Schools |
Metro Nashville Public Schools |
Millington Municipal Schools |
Monroe County Schools |
Moore County Schools |
Murfreesboro City Schools |
Oak Ridge Schools |
Obion County Schools |
Oneida Special School District |
Paris Special School District |
Pickett County Schools |
Putnam County Schools |
Rhea County Schools |
Richard City Special School District |
Roane County Schools |
Rogersville City Schools |
Rutherford County Schools |
Scott County Schools |
Smith County Schools |
South Carroll County Special School District |
Stewart County Schools |
Sullivan County Schools |
Sumner County Schools |
Tennessee School for the Blind |
Tipton County Schools |
Trenton Special School District |
Trousdale County Schools |
Unicoi County Schools |
Union City Schools |
Union County Schools |
Warren County Schools |
Washington County Schools |
Wayne County Schools |
Weakley County Schools |
West Carroll Special School District |
White County Schools |
Williamson County Schools |
Wilson County Schools |
Districts designated as satisfactory received an overall score equal to or greater than 1.1 but less than 2.1. See below for a list of districts (n = 36) with Satisfactory designation for 2023-24.
District |
Achievement School District |
Benton County Schools |
Bradley County Schools |
Campbell County Schools |
Cannon County Schools |
Cheatham County Schools |
Claiborne County Schools |
Cleveland City Schools |
Dyer County Schools |
Fayette County Schools |
Fayetteville City Schools |
Franklin County Schools |
Giles County Schools |
Grundy County Schools |
Hamblen County Schools |
Hamilton County Schools |
Haywood County Schools |
Henry County Schools |
Jackson-Madison County Schools |
Jefferson County Schools |
Knox County Schools |
Lake County Schoos |
Lauderdale County Schools |
Macon County Schools |
Marshall County Schools |
Maury County Schools |
McMinn County Schools |
Morgan County Schools |
Newport City Schools |
Overton County Schools |
Polk County Schools |
Robertson County Schools |
Sevier County Schools |
Sweetwater City Schools |
Tennessee Public Charter School Commission |
Tullahoma City Schools |
Districts designated as marginal received an overall score of less than 1.1. In 2023-24, none of the districts received Marginal designation.
Districts receive an in need of improvement designation if their overall score falls in the bottom five percent of all districts. See below for a list of districts (n = 10) within Need of Improvement designation for 2023-24
District |
Decatur County Schools |
Hancock County Schools |
Hardeman County Schools |
Humboldt City Schools |
Johnson County Schools |
Lawrence County Schools |
Lewis County Schools |
Perry County Schools |
Sequatchie County Schools |
Tennessee Schools for the Deaf |