Findlay Elementary

Findlay Elementary serves 418 students in prekindergarten through fifth grade in Sparta, Tennessee. The school earns a composite score of 9.0 out of 10 — rated Exceptional — driven by standout academic and growth marks of 9.7 and 9.8 respectively. Those numbers place Findlay 55th among 1,785 public schools statewide, meaning it outperforms 97% of Tennessee schools.

That puts it at the very top of its city as well: first out of seven schools in Sparta. Academic performance and growth tell a consistent story here. Both subscores sit near the top of the 10-point scale, signaling that students are not just achieving at a high level but actively gaining ground year over year.

The school's student-teacher ratio of 14.4 to 1 gives teachers room to work closely with individual students — a structural advantage that likely supports those gains. Among Tennessee's 1,002 elementary schools, Findlay ranks 49th, a result that holds up even when measured solely against grade-level peers. For families comparing elementary options in Sparta and the surrounding area, Findlay's data consistently point in one direction.