Willow Brook Elementary

Willow Brook Elementary serves 412 students in kindergarten through fourth grade in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. It earns a composite score of 9.1 out of 10 — rated Exceptional — and ranks 39th out of 1,785 public schools statewide, placing it in the top 2% of all Tennessee schools. Among the state's 1,002 elementary schools specifically, it sits at 35th.

The school's standout number is its growth score: 9.8 out of 10. That figure measures how much students advance relative to academic peers, and at Willow Brook it signals consistently strong year-over-year gains. Academic achievement scores 7.6 out of 10 — solid, but clearly not the ceiling here.

Class sizes are small. A student-teacher ratio of 11.4 to 1 gives teachers more contact time with individual students — a structural advantage that likely contributes to the school's growth results. Willow Brook is a regular public school, so those ratios come without tuition.

Locally, it ranks 3rd among Oak Ridge's 8 public schools, making it one of the city's top options for families with children in the early elementary grades.