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For the 2025-26 school year, there are 13 private elementary schools with special program emphasis serving 1,613 students in Tennessee.

The top ranked with special program emphasis private elementary schools in Tennessee include Akiva School, Agathos Classical School, and Rivers Edge Christian Academy.

The average acceptance rate is 53%, which is lower than the Tennessee private elementary school average acceptance rate of 83%.

69% of private elementary schools with special program emphasis in Tennessee are religiously affiliated (most commonly Christian and Baptist).

Special education schools primarily serve specific student groups such as those that may be hard of hearing, deaf, speech impaired, health impaired, orthopedically impaired, cognitive delays/impairments, seriously emotionally disturbed, multi-handicapped, visually handicapped, or deaf and blind.