2022 District Accountability

In accordance with Tennessee's accountability system, as well as federal and state law, the Tennessee Department of Education names districts that are excelling, as well as those who need additional support.

Under Tennessee’s accountability system, districts are expected to increase achievement levels for all students and demonstrate student growth across all student groups. Districts are assessed on their performance across six critical performance indicators measured through multiple pathways.  The indicators include Grade Band Success Rates, rates at which students are Chronically Out of School, performance on the English Language Proficiency Assessment (ELPA), and Graduation rates. District accountability scores are calculated using a weighted average of the district’s scores across all indicators and student groups to determine a district’s designation. The five possible district designations are Exemplary, Advancing, Satisfactory, Marginal, and In Need of Improvement. For more information about how district accountability designations are determined, please see the 2021-22 Accountability Protocol.

All individual district designations are pending State Board of Education approval pursuant to T.C.A. § 49-1-602.

Additional information about each of the designations, as well as a list of districts that received each designation for 2021-22, can be found below.

View the Designations

Districts designated as exemplary received an overall score equal to or greater than 3.1. See below for a list of districts with Exemplary designation for 2021-22. 

Athens City Schools

Bells City Schools

Collierville Schools

Dayton City Schools

Etowah City Schools

Greene County Schools

Greeneville City Schools

Lakeland Schools

Lewis County Schools

Lexington City Schools

Meigs County Schools

Newport City Schools

Tennessee Schools for the Deaf

Trousdale County Schools

Van Buren County Schools

Williamson County Schools

Districts designated as advancing received an overall score equal to or greater than 2.1 but less than 3.1. See below for a list of districts with Advancing designation for 2021-22. 

Achievement School District

Alamo City Schools

Alcoa City Schools

Alvin C York Institute

Arlington City Schools

Bartlett City Schools

Benton County Schools

Blount County Schools

Bradford Special School District

Bradley County Schools

Bristol City Schools

Carter County Schools

Cheatham County Schools

Clinton City Schools

Coffee County Schools

Davidson County Schools

Decatur County Schools

Department Of Children's Services Education Division

Dyersburg City Schools

Elizabethton City Schools

Fayette County Public Schools

Fentress County Schools

Franklin County Schools

Franklin Special School District

Germantown Municipal Schools

Gibson County Special School District

Giles County Schools

Grainger County Schools

Henderson County Schools

Henry County Schools

Hickman County Schools

Hollow Rock – Bruceton Special School District

Huntingdon Special School District

Jefferson County Schools

Johnson City Schools

Kingsport City Schools

Lauderdale County Schools

Lebanon Special School District

Lenoir City Schools

Lincoln County Schools

Loudon County Schools

Macon County Schools

Madison County Schools

Manchester City Schools

Marshall County Schools

Maryville City Schools

McKenzie Special School District

McMinn County Schools

McNairy County Schools

Milan Special School District

Millington Municipal Schools

Montgomery County Schools

Moore County Schools

Morgan County Schools

Murfreesboro Schools

Oak Ridge Schools

Paris Special School District

Pickett County Schools

Polk County Schools

Roane County Schools

Rutherford County Schools

Sequatchie County Schools

Shelby County Schools

Smith County Schools

South Carroll Special School District

Sullivan County Schools

Sumner County Schools

Tennessee Public Charter School Commission

Tipton County Schools

Trenton Special School District

Union City Schools

Washington County Schools

Wayne County Schools

Weakley County Schools

White County Schools

Wilson County Schools

Districts designated as satisfactory received an overall score equal to or greater than 1.1 but less than 2.1. See below for a list of districts with Satisfactory designation for 2021-22. 

Bedford County Schools

Bledsoe County Schools

Campbell County Schools

Cannon County Schools

Chester County Schools

Clay County Schools

Cleveland City Schools

Cocke County Schools

Crockett County Schools

Cumberland County Schools

DeKalb County Schools

Dickson County Schools

Dyer County Schools

Fayetteville City Schools

Grundy County Schools

Hamblen County Schools

Hamilton County Schools

Hancock County Schools

Hardeman County Schools

Hardin County Schools

Hawkins County Schools

Haywood County Schools

Houston County Schools

Humboldt City Schools

Jackson County Schools

Johnson County Schools

Lake County Schools

Lawrence County Schools

Marion County Schools

Maury County Schools

Monroe County Schools

Obion County Schools

Oneida Special School District

Overton County Schools

Putnam County Schools

Rhea County Schools

Richard City Schools

Robertson County Schools

Rogersville City Schools

Scott County Schools

Stewart County Schools

Sweetwater City Schools

Tullahoma City Schools

Unicoi County Schools

Union County Schools

Warren County Schools

West Carroll Special School District

Districts designated as marginal received an overall score of less than 1.1. In 2021-22, none of the districts received Marginal designation.

Districts receive an in need of improvement designation if their overall score falls in the bottom five percent of all districts. See below for a list of districts within Need of Improvement designation for 2021-22. 

Anderson County Schools

Claiborne County Schools

Humphreys County Schools

Knox County Schools

Perry County Schools

Sevier County Schools

Tennessee School for Blind