#1 Best Special Education Schools in Tennessee
Bowie Reading and Learning Center
Special education school · Grades 1–12
Smaller classes than 94% of special education schools in Tennessee
Memphis, TN
A+Overall grade94 students2 students per teacher
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Best Special Education Schools in Tennessee
The highest-graded schools of this kind in Tennessee. Top 11 of 11 schools.
#2 Best Special Education Schools in Tennessee
Currey Ingram Academy
Special education school · Grades K–12
The only special education school in Brentwood
Brentwood, TN
AOverall grade392 students5 students per teacher
#3 Best Special Education Schools in Tennessee
Madonna Learning Center
Special education school · Ungraded
Growing: enrollment up 53% since 2011–12
Germantown, TN
AOverall grade66 students6 students per teacher
#4 Best Special Education Schools in Tennessee
The Edison School
Special education school · Grades K–12
Smaller classes than 82% of special education schools in Tennessee
Madison, TN
AOverall grade32 students3 students per teacher
#5 Best Special Education Schools in Tennessee
The Edison School
Special education school · Grades K–12
Smaller classes than 82% of special education schools in Tennessee
Madison, TN
AOverall grade32 students3 students per teacher
#6 Best Special Education Schools in Tennessee
Skyuka Hall
Special education school · Grades K–12
The smallest classes of any special education school in Chattanooga
Chattanooga, TN
A-Overall grade118 students6 students per teacher
#7 Best Special Education Schools in Tennessee
Concord Academy
Special education school · Grades 6–12
Small classes: about 7 students per teacher
Memphis, TN
A-Overall grade65 students7 students per teacher
#8 Best Special Education Schools in Tennessee
Jeremiah School
Special education school · Grades 9–11
Small classes: about 7 students per teacher
Johnson City, TN
B+Overall grade33 students7 students per teacher
#9 Best Special Education Schools in Tennessee
Orange Grove Center
Special education school · Grades 2–12
One of 4 special education schools in Chattanooga
Chattanooga, TN
B+Overall grade38 students10 students per teacher
#10 Best Special Education Schools in Tennessee
The Kings Daughters School
Special education school · Ungraded
Serving families in Columbia since at least 2011
Columbia, TN
B+Overall grade74 students11 students per teacher
#11 Best Special Education Schools in Tennessee
Skyuka Hall School
Special education school · Grades K–12
One of the 3 largest special education schools in Tennessee
Chattanooga, TN
BOverall grade118 students6 students per teacher
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