Nashville Grade School

Nashville Grade School is one of the big elementary schools in Nashville, Illinois, operated by Nashville CCSD 49, with 622 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 63% larger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Nashville Grade School is a school of Nashville CCSD 49, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Nashville Grade School records that nearly all students (92%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Washington County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Nashville Grade School records 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Around 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Nashville Grade School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.0%, the actual is 40.6%, a residual of -8.4 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Washington County put median household income runs about $78,224, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Washington County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,739 students), Nashville Grade School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Nashville Comm High School, around 0.3 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Nashville Grade School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 48.4%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Nashville Grade School has grew 11%, going from 562 students in 2018 to 622 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

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