Best Public Schools in Tennessee for 2025, According to Niche

Niche released its list of Best Public High Schools for 2025.

The top 20 schools on the list include Metro Nashville Public Schools, Williamson County Schools and Rutherford County Schools.

The top spot on the list goes to Hume Fogg Academic Magnet School in Nashville. Niche says, “Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet School is a top rated, public, magnet school located in Nashville, TN. It has 898 students in grades 9-12 with a student-teacher ratio of 20 to 1. According to state test scores, 74% of students are at least proficient in math and 95% in reading.”

Central Magnet School in Murfreesboro is coming in at the number two spot, followed by Ravenwood High School in Brentwood in number three.

Niche’s Data Team uses advanced algorithms and statistical techniques to compare, score, and connect millions of data points to analyze U.S. schools and neighborhoods thoroughly.

Read the entire study here. 

See the top 20 schools in Tennessee below.

1. Hume Fogg High School
2. Central Magnet School
3. Ravenwood High School
4. Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet School
5. Brentwood High School
6. L&N Stem Academy
7. Madison Academic Magnet High School
8. Farragut High School
9. White Station High School
10. Collierville High School
11. Stem School Chattanooga
12. Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts
13. Franklin High School
14. Chattanooga School for the Arts
15. Merrol Hyde Magnet School
16. Valor Flagship Academy
17. Oak Ridge High School
18. Nolensville High School
19. Dobyns Bennett High School
20. Hamilton County Collegiate High at Chattanooga State