Thomas Jefferson Elementary School

Thomas Jefferson Elementary School serves 507 students in Kingsport, Tennessee, from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. A composite score of 9.1/10 — rated Exceptional — marks a genuinely high bar, and the component scores back it up: 9.6/10 on academics and 9.1/10 on growth. That pairing matters.

Schools that score well on achievement alone often plateau; Jefferson's growth score signals students are advancing year over year, not simply arriving ahead of their peers. The statewide ranking underlines that result. Jefferson places #56 out of 1,785 public schools in Tennessee, outperforming 97% of schools statewide.

Among Tennessee's elementary schools, it ranks #48 out of 1,002 — and within Kingsport, it holds the #2 spot out of 18 public schools. Very few schools earn high marks at both the city and state level simultaneously. A student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1 supports close instruction across all grade levels.

At 507 students, Jefferson is large enough to sustain full programming and compact enough to keep learning personal. For families comparing elementary options in northeastern Tennessee, the school's standing across multiple measures makes it a natural first look.