Tennessee Education Commissioner Candice McQueen announced Tennessee’s 2017 Reward schools, which include the top five percent of schools for academic achievement and the top five percent for student growth. These 169 schools span 60 districts across Tennessee.
“These schools represent what is possible for students in Tennessee as they exemplify excellence in performance or progress and in some cases, both,” Commissioner McQueen said.
“We want to replicate this success across the state and continue to celebrate the hard work of our educators and students happening in classrooms every day.”
Of the 2017 Reward schools, 59 are being recognized for performance, 85 are recognized for progress, and 25 schools are Reward schools both for performance and progress.
In addition to recognizing Reward schools, Commissioner McQueen also named schools that have improved and earned their way off of the Priority or Focus school lists. The Priority school list captures the schools that are in the bottom 5 percent in academic achievement, and the Focus school list includes the 10 percent of schools in the state with the largest achievement gaps between groups of students. While new Priority and Focus schools will be published in 2018, schools have the opportunity to come off the lists every year if they make significant improvements.
Four schools earned their way off the Priority list this year. Three are located in Shelby County – Mitchell High School, Treadwell Elementary, and Northwest Prep Academy – and the fourth is in the Achievement School District: Georgian Hills Achievement Elementary School. Seven additional schools were named Priority Improving schools due to the gains they made this past year. Fifteen schools exited the Focus school list, and another 20 made significant improvements. Those schools are listed below.
Complete state-, district-, and school-level TNReady results from 2016-17 were released yesterday and are available on TNReady.gov. More information about the school and district accountability designations announced today is available on thedepartment’s website. For media inquiries, contact Sara Gast, director of communications, at Sara.Gast@tn.gov or (615) 532-6260.
Reward Performance and Progress
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District Name
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School Name
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Maryville City
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Maryville High School
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Maryville City
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Coulter Grove Intermediate School
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Davidson County
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Meigs Middle
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Davidson County
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Hume - Fogg High
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Davidson County
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Martin Luther King Jr School
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Davidson County
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East End Preparatory School
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Hamilton County
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Thrasher Elementary
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Jackson-Madison County
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Madison Academic Magnet High School
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Montgomery County
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East Montgomery Elementary
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Rutherford County
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Central Magnet School
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Rutherford County
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Rockvale Elementary
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Shelby County
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Middle College High
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Arlington City
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Arlington High
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Bristol City
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Avoca Elementary
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Sumner County
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Station Camp Elementary
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Sumner County
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Dr. William Burrus Elementary at Drakes Creek
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Washington County
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University School
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Williamson County
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Clovercroft Elementary School
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Williamson County
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Hunters Bend Elementary
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Williamson County
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Nolensville High School
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Williamson County
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Ravenwood High School
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Williamson County
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Scales Elementary
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Williamson County
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Sunset Middle School
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Wilson County
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Gladeville Elementary
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Wilson County
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Stoner Creek Elementary
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Reward Performance
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District Name
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School Name
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Maryville City
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John Sevier Elementary
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Maryville City
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Sam Houston Elementary
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Maryville City
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Foothills Elementary
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Elizabethton City
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West Side Elementary
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Cheatham County
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Kingston Springs Elementary
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Chester County
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Jacks Creek Elementary
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Cocke County
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Grassy Fork Elementary
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Davidson County
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Glendale Elementary
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Davidson County
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Lockeland Elementary
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Davidson County
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Percy Priest Elementary
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Davidson County
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Purpose Prep
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Dickson County
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The Discovery School
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Dyer County
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Fifth Consolidated School
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Franklin County
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Broadview Elementary
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Franklin County
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Sewanee Elementary
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Hamilton County
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Lookout Mountain Elementary
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Hamilton County
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Nolan Elementary
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Hamilton County
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STEM School Chattanooga
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Hawkins County
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Mt Carmel Elementary
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Knox County
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Blue Grass Elementary
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Knox County
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Gap Creek Elementary
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Knox County
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Sequoyah Elementary
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Knox County
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L N STEM Academy
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Loudon County
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Highland Park Elementary
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Montgomery County
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Hazelwood Elementary
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