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Castle Heights Elementary
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·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 Tennessee public elementary schools
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 40 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 109 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 103 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 110 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (109) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (110).
Test scores
TCAP 2024-25 . % On Track or MasteredWhat this means: On the TCAP, Tennessee's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Tennessee schools, those numbers are about 41 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 4 points.
TCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.6% | 49.8% |
| 2023-24 | 46.4% | 50.4% |
| 2022-23 | 42.0% | 45.4% |
Where Castle Heights Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Tennessee | In Wilson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #320 of 957 ▼ 38 | #13 of 18 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #220 of 959 ▲ 66 | #9 of 18 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 657 | #192 of 1,044 | #10 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.7% | #140 of 962 | #4 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.4% | #482 of 537 | #7 of 7 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 657 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 647 | 46 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 626 | 42.5 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 656 | 48 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 673 | 44 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 640 | 40 | 16.0:1 | 58% (372) |
| 2010-11 | 693 | 44 | 15.8:1 | 56% (391) |
| 2000-01 | 611 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
About Castle Heights Elementary
Castle Heights Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Lebanon, Tennessee. It enrolled 657 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Tennessee average about 470 students each.
Castle Heights Elementary is one of the 7 schools that make up Lebanon (4,628 students in total).
White students make up a majority at Castle Heights Elementary, at 54%. The remaining students are 18% Hispanic, 17% Black, and 9% multiracial. Census figures show Wilson County is about 81% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 64% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
allk12 grades Castle Heights Elementary a B+. The grade compares the school only with Tennessee public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Within Wilson County, the median household income is $95,839, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. In all, Wilson County has 32 public schools and roughly 25,331 students.
Nearby, Walter J. Baird Middle School is about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Castle Heights Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Town: Fringe.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 656 to 657.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Wilson County at a glance
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