Dan Mills Elementary

Dan Mills Elementary is a moderately sized elementary-level community in Nashville, Tennessee, part of Davidson County. The school works with 606 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Tennessee's public schools average about 470 students each, so Dan Mills Elementary sits 29% larger than that benchmark.

Within Davidson County, which oversees 160 schools and 81,532 students, Dan Mills Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Dan Mills Elementary logs that 67% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 17% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Davidson County put median household earnings sit near $77,853, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Davidson County's 177 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,005 students), Dan Mills Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Isaac Litton Middle, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dan Mills Elementary.

Dan Mills Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dan Mills Elementary has ticked up 12%, going from 539 students in 2018 to 606 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 15% to 11% over that span.

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