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Davidson County Schools
Schools graded
155
Cities served
9
Students
80,468
Students per teacher
16.4
Grades
Pre-K to 12
Area
503 sq mi
State
TN
Davidson County is a public school district in Tennessee, based in Coffee County (Nashville). SchoolGrade grades 155 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
Davidson County on the map
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District boundary from the NCES EDGE composite school district file. Each marker is a graded school; click it for its grade and scores.
SchoolGrade summary for Davidson County
Average SchoolGrade
D
Meeting or exceeding expectations
36%
Exceeding
13%
Avg actual scores
20.8%
Avg projected
26.7%
145 of 155 schools in Davidson County carry a SchoolGrade (10 have too little test data to grade). Grade distribution:
A: 11B: 10C: 13D: 50F: 61
Best schools in Davidson County
Statewide rankings: all 339 high schools in Tennessee · all 306 middle schools in Tennessee · all 944 elementary schools in Tennessee
The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.
- A+ Hume Fogg High (High school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A+ Lockeland Elementary (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- A+ Glendale Elementary (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A+ Julia Green Elementary (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- A Martin Luther King JR School (High school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A Meigs Middle (Middle school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A Percy Priest Elementary (Elementary school, underperforms expectations)
- A Mnps Virtual School (Other school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A- Valor Flagship Academy (Other school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A- Stanford Elementary (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
Every school in Davidson County
High schools (18)
- F Antioch High School, Antioch
- F Cane Ridge High School, Antioch
- C+ Early College High School, Nashville
- F East Nashville Magnet High School, Nashville
- F Glencliff High School, Nashville
- C Hillsboro High, Nashville
- D Hillwood High, Nashville
- A+ Hume Fogg High, Nashville
- F Hunters Lane High, Nashville
- D John Overton High, Nashville
- D- Kipp Nashville Collegiate High School, Nashville
- F Maplewood High, Nashville
- D Mcgavock High, Nashville
- F Nashville Big Picture High School, Nashville
- F Pearl Cohn High, Nashville
- Republic High School, Nashville
- D Stem Prep High School, Nashville
- F Whites Creek High, Whites Creek
Middle and junior high schools (30)
- F Antioch Middle, Antioch
- F Apollo Middle, Antioch
- D+ Bellevue Middle, Nashville
- D Croft Middle, Nashville
- F Donelson Middle, Nashville
- D+ Dupont Hadley Middle, Old Hickory
- F Dupont Tyler Middle, Hermitage
- F East Nashville Middle, Nashville
- F Goodlettsville Middle, Goodlettsville
- D- H G Hill Middle, Nashville
- F Haynes Middle, Nashville
- C Head Middle, Nashville
- D Isaac Litton Middle, Nashville
- F Isaiah T Creswell Middle School Of The Arts, Nashville
- F Jere Baxter Middle, Nashville
- F John Early Middle, Nashville
- F John F Kennedy Middle, Antioch
- B John Trotwood Moore Middle, Nashville
- F Madison Middle, Madison
- F Margaret Allen Middle, Nashville
- A Martin Luther King JR School, Nashville
- F Mcmurray Middle, Nashville
- A Meigs Middle, Nashville
- F Moses Mckissack Middle, Nashville
- C+ Rose Park Middle, Nashville
- F Thurgood Marshall Middle, Antioch
- D- Two Rivers Middle, Nashville
- C West End Middle, Nashville
- D William Henry Oliver Middle, Nashville
- F Wright Middle, Nashville
Elementary and primary schools (76)
- D+ A Z Kelley Elementary, Antioch
- F Alex Green Elementary, Whites Creek
- F Amqui Elementary, Madison
- B- Andrew Jackson Elementary, Old Hickory
- F Bellshire Elementary, Nashville
- Cambridge Early Learning Center, Antioch
- D Cane Ridge Elementary, Antioch
- D+ Carter Lawrence Elementary, Nashville
- Casa Azafran Early Learning Center, Nashville
- F Chadwell Elementary, Madison
- D- Charlotte Park Elementary, Nashville
- D- Cockrill Elementary, Nashville
- F Cole Elementary, Antioch
- B Crieve Hall Elementary, Nashville
- F Cumberland Elementary, Nashville
- B- Dan Mills Elementary, Nashville
- D- Dodson Elementary, Hermitage
- D Dupont Elementary, Old Hickory
- D- Eagle View Elementary School, Antioch
- B Eakin Elementary, Nashville
- F Fall Hamilton Elementary, Nashville
- D Gateway Elementary, Madison
- D- Glencliff Elementary, Nashville
- A+ Glendale Elementary, Nashville
- F Glengarry Elementary, Nashville
- F Glenview Elementary, Nashville
- D- Goodlettsville Elementary, Goodlettsville
- C Gower Elementary, Nashville
- B Granbery Elementary, Brentwood
- B+ Harpeth Valley Elementary, Nashville
- F Hattie Cotton Elementary, Nashville
- F Haywood Elementary, Nashville
- D- Henry C Maxwell Elementary, Antioch
- C- Hermitage Elementary, Hermitage
- D Hickman Elementary, Nashville
- C- Hull Jackson Elementary, Nashville
- F Ida B Wells Elementary, Nashville
- F Inglewood Elementary, Nashville
- D- J E Moss Elementary, Antioch
- B- Joelton Elementary, Joelton
- D- John B Whitsitt Elementary, Nashville
- F Jones Elementary, Nashville
- A+ Julia Green Elementary, Nashville
- F Kipp Academy Nashville Elementary School, Nashville
- F Kipp Nashville College Prep Elementary, Nashville
- F Lakeview Elementary, Nashville
- A+ Lockeland Elementary, Nashville
- C- May Werthan Shayne Elementary School, Nashville
- D+ Mcgavock Elementary, Nashville
- D Mt View Elementary, Antioch
- F Napier Elementary, Nashville
- F Neelys Bend Elementary, Madison
- D Norman Binkley Elementary, Nashville
- F Old Center Elementary, Goodlettsville
- F Paragon Mills Elementary, Nashville
- F Park Avenue Elementary, Nashville
- C- Pennington Elementary, Nashville
- A Percy Priest Elementary, Nashville
- F Robert Churchwell Elementary, Nashville
- F Rocketship Nashville Northeast Elementary, Nashville
- D Rosebank Elementary, Nashville
- Ross Early Learning Center, Nashville
- D Ruby Major Elementary, Hermitage
- D- Shwab Elementary, Nashville
- D Smith Springs Elementary School, Antioch
- A- Stanford Elementary, Nashville
- F Stratton Elementary, Madison
- B+ Sylvan Park Elementary, Nashville
- D Thomas A Edison Elementary, Antioch
- F Tom Joy Elementary, Nashville
- D- Tulip Grove Elementary, Hermitage
- F Tusculum Elementary, Nashville
- D Una Elementary, Nashville
- D- Warner Elementary, Nashville
- B- Waverly Belmont Elementary School, Nashville
- D+ Westmeade Elementary, Nashville
Other schools and academies (31)
- F Cora Howe School, Nashville
- C- East End Preparatory School, Nashville
- D Explore Community School, Nashville
- C- Harris Hillman Special Education, Nashville
- D- Intrepid College Preparatory Charter School, Antioch
- Ivanetta H Davis Learning Center At Bordeaux, Nashville
- D+ Johnson Alternative Learning Center, Nashville
- F Kipp Academy Nashville, Nashville
- F Kipp Nashville College Prep, Nashville
- F Lead Academy, Nashville
- D- Lead Cameron, Nashville
- D Lead Southeast, Nashville
- D+ Liberty Collegiate Academy, Nashville
- A Mnps Virtual School, Nashville
- F Murrell At Glenn School, Nashville
- D+ Nashville Classical, Nashville
- D- Nashville Prep, Nashville
- C+ Nashville School Of The Arts, Nashville
- D- Purpose Prep, Nashville
- F Rocketship United, Nashville
- F Smithson Craighead Academy, Madison
- D Stem Prep Academy, Nashville
- F Stratford Stem Magnet School, Nashville
- D Strive Collegiate Academy, Nashville
- The Academy At Hickory Hollow, Antioch
- The Academy At Old Cockrill, Nashville
- The Academy At Opry Mills, Nashville
- Transitions At Bass, Nashville
- A- Valor Flagship Academy, Nashville
- A- Valor Voyager Academy, Nashville
- Wa Bass Alternative Learning Center, Nashville
Where Davidson County schools are
Cities and towns served (9)
- Nashville (115)
- Antioch (18)
- Madison (7)
- Hermitage (5)
- Goodlettsville (3)
- Old Hickory (3)
- Whites Creek (2)
- Brentwood (1)
- Joelton (1)
About this district
- State: Best schools in Tennessee
- County: Coffee County
- Type: regular local school district
- Setting: large city (NCES locale of the district office)
- Enrollment: 80,468 students with 4,912 full-time-equivalent teachers and 7,346 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 4703180
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works
Nearby school districts
- Franklin SSD (8 schools, 17 mi)
- Cheatham County (14 schools, 19 mi)
- Williamson County (50 schools, 20 mi)
- Robertson County (23 schools, 25 mi)
- Lebanon (7 schools, 26 mi)
- Wilson County (24 schools, 28 mi)
- Sumner County (49 schools, 28 mi)
- Murfreesboro (13 schools, 30 mi)
Questions about Davidson County
How many schools are in Davidson County?
SchoolGrade grades 155 public schools in Davidson County, across 9 cities and towns. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does Davidson County serve?
The largest by graded schools: Nashville, Antioch, Madison, Hermitage, Goodlettsville and 4 more.
How good are the schools in Davidson County?
Across the 145 graded schools, the average SchoolGrade is D, with 20.8% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 26.7%. 36% of schools meet or exceed the expectation for their student context.
How many students attend Davidson County?
80,468 students were enrolled in Davidson County in the 2023-24 school year, about 16.4 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is Davidson County?
Davidson County is in Tennessee, based in Coffee County, with its district office in Nashville. Its boundary covers about 503 sq mi.