Grade
2026 met / exceeded
40.6%
Tennessee · All grades · All Students
2025 met / exceeded
38.9%
Same subject and grade
Change
+1.6 pp
Percentage points vs last year
2026 valid tests
429,559
99% participation
By grade
Percent of All Students who met or exceeded expectations in ELA · Tennessee
20252026
Grade 3 posted the largest gain (+3.2 pp). Grade 4 declined -0.3 pp. 5 of 6 grades rose; 1 fell.
Performance bands
Share of All Students in each achievement level. Suppressed grades are marked — TDOE withheld the four-level split, not the met/exceeded rate.
Some schools in this view had a suppressed split. Grade 8 coverage is 35% of valid tests; the bar is the unsuppressed remainder.
Below Approaching Met Exceeded Suppressed
Districts · ELA
All grades · # is 2026 rank among districts · click a row to open that district
| # | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University Schools | 74.1% | 74.1% | +0.0 | 538 |
| 2 | Collierville | 69.1% | 70.8% | +1.6 | 4,079 |
| 3 | Williamson County | 68.0% | 70.5% | +2.5 | 18,369 |
| 4 | Germantown | 69.0% | 70.4% | +1.4 | 2,682 |
| 5 | Arlington | 69.8% | 67.1% | -2.7 | 1,868 |
| 6 | Maryville | 63.6% | 65.6% | +2.0 | 2,539 |
| 7 | Alamo | 64.4% | 65.4% | +1.0 | 283 |
| 8 | Lakeland | 63.8% | 63.8% | -0.0 | 1,265 |
| 9 | Johnson City | 59.1% | 61.8% | +2.8 | 3,416 |
| 10 | Franklin SSD | 56.6% | 59.8% | +3.3 | 1,916 |
| 11 | Gibson Co Sp Dist | 49.7% | 55.2% | +5.6 | 1,654 |
| 12 | Wilson County | 51.6% | 54.4% | +2.8 | 8,531 |
| 13 | Clinton | 56.9% | 52.6% | -4.4 | 508 |
| 14 | Kingsport | 47.7% | 52.4% | +4.7 | 3,321 |
| 15 | Greeneville | 48.6% | 51.5% | +2.9 | 1,294 |
| 16 | Weakley County | 48.5% | 51.3% | +2.7 | 1,709 |
| 17 | Sumner County | 49.3% | 51.2% | +1.8 | 13,457 |
| 18 | Lexington | 47.6% | 51.1% | +3.5 | 501 |
| 19 | Newport | 51.7% | 48.8% | -2.9 | 465 |
| 20 | Oak Ridge | 46.4% | 48.7% | +2.3 | 2,144 |
| 21 | Alcoa | 45.3% | 48.6% | +3.3 | 986 |
| 22 | Washington County | 44.8% | 48.2% | +3.3 | 3,387 |
| 23 | Chester County | 46.8% | 48.1% | +1.3 | 1,249 |
| 24 | Trousdale County | 48.9% | 48.0% | -0.8 | 662 |
| 25 | Bartlett | 48.6% | 47.7% | -1.0 | 3,974 |
| 26 | Elizabethton | 49.3% | 47.5% | -1.7 | 1,126 |
| 27 | White County | 45.4% | 47.3% | +1.9 | 1,571 |
| 27 | Stewart County | 41.3% | 47.3% | +5.9 | 828 |
| 29 | Rutherford County | 45.9% | 47.0% | +1.0 | 22,777 |
| 29 | Loudon County | 44.2% | 47.0% | +2.8 | 2,524 |
| 31 | Dayton | 44.1% | 45.7% | +1.6 | 530 |
| 31 | Henry County | 43.3% | 45.7% | +2.4 | 950 |
| 33 | Bristol | 44.0% | 45.5% | +1.5 | 1,642 |
| 34 | Union City | 42.0% | 45.0% | +3.0 | 665 |
| 34 | Bradford | 42.2% | 45.0% | +2.8 | 298 |
| 36 | Knox County | 42.5% | 44.7% | +2.1 | 25,898 |
| 37 | Dyer County | 43.5% | 44.6% | +1.0 | 1,564 |
| 38 | Lawrence County | 39.6% | 44.4% | +4.8 | 2,921 |
| 38 | Putnam County | 41.2% | 44.4% | +3.2 | 4,884 |
| 40 | Dickson County | 44.3% | 43.8% | -0.5 | 3,345 |
| 41 | Rhea County | 41.4% | 43.2% | +1.8 | 1,529 |
| 42 | Lincoln County | 39.6% | 43.1% | +3.5 | 1,614 |
| 43 | Paris | 42.4% | 42.4% | -0.0 | 932 |
| 43 | Lebanon | 43.3% | 42.4% | -0.9 | 2,831 |
| 45 | Montgomery County | 40.0% | 42.3% | +2.3 | 17,429 |
| 46 | Bradley County | 41.1% | 42.2% | +1.1 | 4,358 |
| 47 | Decatur County | 34.8% | 42.1% | +7.3 | 619 |
| 48 | Bells | 45.7% | 41.7% | -4.0 | 175 |
| 49 | Smith County | 41.5% | 41.2% | -0.3 | 1,330 |
| 50 | Moore County | 35.6% | 40.7% | +5.1 | 400 |
| 51 | Athens | 37.5% | 40.5% | +3.1 | 1,009 |
| 51 | Roane County | 38.0% | 40.5% | +2.5 | 2,717 |
| 53 | Huntingdon Special School District | 36.6% | 40.4% | +3.8 | 583 |
| 54 | Greene County | 38.9% | 40.2% | +1.3 | 2,527 |
| 55 | Murfreesboro | 41.5% | 40.0% | -1.6 | 4,358 |
| 56 | Sullivan County | 37.5% | 39.7% | +2.2 | 3,534 |
| 57 | Tipton County | 35.7% | 39.5% | +3.9 | 4,159 |
| 57 | McNairy County | 37.8% | 39.5% | +1.8 | 1,516 |
| 59 | Obion County | 37.8% | 39.4% | +1.7 | 1,268 |
| 59 | Cumberland County | 36.5% | 39.4% | +2.9 | 2,970 |
| 59 | Jefferson County | 40.4% | 39.4% | -1.0 | 3,172 |
| 62 | Grainger County | 40.0% | 39.3% | -0.7 | 1,234 |
| 63 | Macon County | 35.2% | 39.1% | +3.9 | 1,849 |
| 63 | Bledsoe County | 35.5% | 39.1% | +3.5 | 612 |
| 65 | Blount County | 38.2% | 38.9% | +0.7 | 4,482 |
| 65 | Hamblen County | 37.4% | 38.9% | +1.5 | 4,345 |
| 67 | Dyersburg | 33.7% | 38.7% | +5.0 | 1,020 |
| 67 | Anderson County | 37.9% | 38.7% | +0.8 | 2,499 |
| 67 | Tullahoma | 35.1% | 38.7% | +3.6 | 1,561 |
| 70 | McMinn County | 37.3% | 38.6% | +1.3 | 1,953 |
| 71 | Hamilton County | 37.1% | 38.2% | +1.1 | 19,911 |
| 71 | Henderson County | 37.0% | 38.2% | +1.2 | 1,604 |
| 73 | McKenzie | 34.3% | 38.0% | +3.7 | 568 |
| 74 | Cheatham County | 37.1% | 37.9% | +0.8 | 2,353 |
| 75 | Milan | 33.9% | 37.5% | +3.7 | 916 |
| 76 | Hollow Rock - Bruceton | 36.6% | 37.4% | +0.8 | 251 |
| 77 | DeKalb County | 35.1% | 37.1% | +2.0 | 1,256 |
| 77 | Trenton | 33.3% | 37.1% | +3.7 | 499 |
| 79 | Hawkins County | 34.4% | 37.0% | +2.6 | 2,516 |
| 80 | Sweetwater | 35.5% | 36.7% | +1.2 | 895 |
| 81 | Rogersville | 37.4% | 36.5% | -0.9 | 436 |
| 81 | Coffee County | 34.2% | 36.5% | +2.3 | 1,572 |
| 83 | Oneida | 32.1% | 36.2% | +4.0 | 619 |
| 84 | Sevier County | 33.6% | 36.1% | +2.6 | 6,141 |
| 85 | Marshall County | 35.4% | 35.9% | +0.5 | 2,330 |
| 86 | Giles County | 34.2% | 35.8% | +1.6 | 1,578 |
| 86 | Robertson County | 32.5% | 35.8% | +3.3 | 4,813 |
| 86 | Hardin County | 34.9% | 35.8% | +0.8 | 1,370 |
| 89 | Overton County | 36.0% | 35.7% | -0.3 | 1,256 |
| 90 | Marion County | 32.5% | 35.4% | +2.8 | 1,555 |
| 91 | Pickett County | 32.1% | 35.2% | +3.1 | 250 |
| 92 | Cocke County | 32.6% | 35.1% | +2.6 | 1,744 |
| 92 | Maury County | 33.2% | 35.1% | +1.9 | 5,718 |
| 94 | Bedford County | 32.1% | 35.0% | +2.8 | 3,857 |
| 95 | Van Buren County | 36.5% | 34.9% | -1.6 | 307 |
| 96 | Perry County | 32.9% | 34.6% | +1.7 | 434 |
| 97 | Jackson County | 39.5% | 34.4% | -5.2 | 617 |
| 98 | Polk County | 35.0% | 34.3% | -0.7 | 857 |
| 99 | Crockett County | 34.3% | 34.2% | -0.0 | 751 |
| 99 | Meigs County | 36.7% | 34.2% | -2.6 | 743 |
| 101 | Hickman County | 30.2% | 34.1% | +4.0 | 1,336 |
| 102 | Lewis County | 31.9% | 34.0% | +2.1 | 1,417 |
| 102 | Etowah | 29.1% | 34.0% | +4.9 | 197 |
| 102 | West Carroll Sp Dist | 28.7% | 34.0% | +5.3 | 315 |
| 105 | Millington Municipal Schools | 31.9% | 33.9% | +2.0 | 1,131 |
| 106 | Warren County | 30.2% | 33.8% | +3.6 | 2,722 |
| 107 | Unicoi County | 35.5% | 33.5% | -2.1 | 828 |
| 108 | Carter County | 34.3% | 33.3% | -1.0 | 1,800 |
| 109 | Fentress County | 36.2% | 33.0% | -3.2 | 1,151 |
| 110 | Fayetteville | 32.7% | 32.9% | +0.2 | 407 |
| 110 | Campbell County | 30.8% | 32.9% | +2.0 | 2,095 |
| 112 | Claiborne County | 30.8% | 32.8% | +2.1 | 1,720 |
| 113 | Scott County | 30.5% | 32.7% | +2.2 | 1,024 |
| 114 | Manchester | 41.0% | 32.2% | -8.7 | 1,222 |
| 115 | Lauderdale County | 27.9% | 32.0% | +4.1 | 1,343 |
| 116 | Monroe County | 27.6% | 31.9% | +4.3 | 1,781 |
| 116 | Davidson County | 31.2% | 31.9% | +0.7 | 33,051 |
| 118 | Morgan County | 24.5% | 31.7% | +7.3 | 1,131 |
| 119 | Sequatchie County | 31.5% | 31.3% | -0.2 | 793 |
| 120 | Cleveland | 30.4% | 31.1% | +0.6 | 2,513 |
| 121 | Hancock County | 32.0% | 30.9% | -1.1 | 404 |
| 122 | Grundy County | 27.6% | 30.8% | +3.1 | 708 |
| 122 | Franklin County | 30.2% | 30.8% | +0.6 | 2,086 |
| 124 | Clay County | 30.1% | 30.6% | +0.5 | 428 |
| 124 | Benton County | 32.0% | 30.6% | -1.4 | 929 |
| 126 | Wayne County | 27.5% | 29.9% | +2.4 | 890 |
| 127 | Humphreys County | 26.4% | 29.6% | +3.3 | 1,116 |
| 127 | Houston County | 24.6% | 29.6% | +5.0 | 493 |
| 127 | Hardeman County Schools | 24.9% | 29.6% | +4.7 | 1,268 |
| 130 | Cannon County | 21.8% | 29.1% | +7.3 | 713 |
| 131 | Tennessee Public Charter School Commission | 30.8% | 28.3% | -2.5 | 4,152 |
| 132 | Lenoir City | 28.6% | 28.1% | -0.5 | 811 |
| 133 | Union County | 24.5% | 27.6% | +3.1 | 2,577 |
| 134 | Richard City | 21.4% | 26.8% | +5.4 | 82 |
| 135 | Madison County | 25.6% | 25.8% | +0.2 | 5,472 |
| 136 | Memphis-Shelby County Schools | 23.6% | 24.6% | +1.0 | 45,355 |
| 137 | South Carroll | 27.8% | 24.5% | -3.3 | 171 |
| 138 | Haywood County | 19.3% | 24.2% | +4.9 | 946 |
| 139 | Fayette County Public Schools | 19.1% | 23.0% | +3.9 | 1,127 |
| 140 | Johnson County | 21.3% | 21.1% | -0.2 | 2,085 |
| 141 | Lake County | 18.2% | 19.3% | +1.1 | 296 |
| 142 | Humboldt City Schools | 10.7% | 11.6% | +0.9 | 430 |
| 143 | Tennessee Schools for the Deaf | 5.0% | 6.7% | +1.7 | 48 |
| 144 | Achievement School District | 6.3% | 5.3% | -1.0 | 338 |
| 145 | Tennessee School for Blind | 5.0% | 2.5% | -2.5 | 23 |
| 145 | West Tennessee School for the Deaf | 2.5% | 2.5% | 0.0 | 12 |