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Enrollment
593
Elementary
DISTRICT 459 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NASH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370327001349
Nashville Elementary
209 East Virginia Avenue, Nashville, NC 27856 · (252) 451-2877 · Nash County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL593 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
590 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 105 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (105).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
53.6%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
66.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
62.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Nashville Elementary
Nashville Elementary's state test result (62.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville Elementary this school | 593 | 99.5% | 62.6% |
| Ayden Elementary Ayden | 656 | 98.5% | 63.7% |
| Tabor City School Tabor City | 598 | 99.5% | 38.6% |
| Central Elementary Elizabeth City | 484 | 98.6% | 51.4% |
| Elmhurst Elementary Greenville | 454 | 99.3% | 56.3% |
| Laurel Hill Elementary Laurel Hill | 662 | 98.6% | 43.4% |
Matched among North Carolina elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Nashville Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Nash County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.6% | #428 of 1,297 | #2 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #428 of 1,296 | #2 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #496 of 1,300 | #3 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 593 | #363 of 1,485 | #3 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #1,344 of 1,377 | #10 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.6% | #547 of 1,379 | #6 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #152 of 1,414 | #2 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.6% | #246 of 937 | #3 of 9 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
593
-74 (-11%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 770
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 14.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 593 | 30.1 | 19.7:1 | 99% (590) |
| 2023-24 | 661 | 40.5 | 16.3:1 | 93% (612) |
| 2022-23 | 672 | 41.6 | 16.1:1 | 68% (459) |
| 2020-21 | 667 | 47 | 14.2:1 | 41% (273) |
| 2017-18 | 756 | 41 | 18.4:1 | 57% (428) |
| 2015-16 | 757 | 42 | 18.0:1 | 57% (431) |
| 2010-11 | 775 | 50 | 15.5:1 | 54% (417) |
| 2000-01 | 335 | 51 | 6.6:1 | 24% (82) |
| 1990-91 | 770 | 37 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nashville Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (756 to 593); teachers down 27% (41 to 30.1).
About Nashville Elementary
Nashville Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in Nashville, North Carolina. It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 593 students. Enrollment is 27% higher than the average for elementary schools in North Carolina, which is about 467.
Nashville Elementary is one school in Nash County Public Schools, a system of 28 schools with 14,587 students.
The most common group at Nashville Elementary is Black students, at 48%. After that, the student body is 35% White, 8% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 64%, meaning two students picked at random have a 64% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Nashville Elementary operates with 30.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 19.7:1. That is higher than the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. About 99% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That tracks the 98% average for public schools in Nash County.
allk12 grades Nashville Elementary an A-. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 62.6%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 48.5%.
Across Nash County, the median household income is $62,426, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. In all, Nash County has 27 public schools and roughly 14,285 students.
The shortest distance from Nashville Elementary to another public school is about 1.1 miles, to Nash Central Middle. Other public schools within five miles: 5. Nearby schools with test data average 59.0% proficiency; Nashville Elementary posts 62.6%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Small. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 74 fewer students in 2024-25. The school's ratio rose from 14.2:1 to 19.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Nash County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
96,216
Census ACS
Median income
$62,426
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
14,285 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Nash County Public Schools
- Southern Nash HighHigh · 1,048 students
- Northern Nash HighHigh · 1,035 students
- Rocky Mount HighHigh · 1,023 students
- Red Oak MiddleMiddle · 840 students
- Southern Nash MiddleMiddle · 795 students
- Nash Central HighHigh · 703 students
Other schools in Nashville
- Nash Central MiddleMiddle · 531 students
- Cedar Grove ElementaryCombined
Other Nashville Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Nashville Elementary. Nashville Elementary is the largest of the 3.
- NASHVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNASHVILLE, AR · 375 students
- Nashville Elementary SchoolBig Prairie, OH · 97 students
Nearby schools
- Nash Central Middle1.1 mi · 531
- CITI High School3.7 mi · 87
- NRM Early College High School3.7 mi · 376
- Nash Central High3.8 mi · 703
- Northern Nash High4.5 mi · 1,035
- Red Oak Elementary5.8 mi · 696
Frequently asked questions
About Nashville ElementaryHow large is Nashville Elementary?
Nashville Elementary enrolls approximately 593 students in grades KG-05.
Is Nashville Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Nashville Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Nashville Elementary have?
Nashville Elementary employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Nashville Elementary?
Student demographics at Nashville Elementary are roughly 35% White, 8% Hispanic, 48% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Nashville Elementary in?
Nashville Elementary is part of Nash County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.