Nashville School District

The Nashville School District in Arkansas serves approximately 1,786 students across four schools—Nashville Primary School (K-3), Nashville Elementary School (4-6), Nashville Junior High School (7-9), and Nashville High School (10-12)—and is ranked 93rd out of 251 districts in the state, earning a 3-star rating.

The district is a standout for mathematics, with every school outperforming the state average. Nashville Junior High School leads with 57.7% math proficiency, well above the state's 44.1%, and excels in advanced math: 88% of 8th graders taking Algebra are proficient, and 50% of 9th graders taking Geometry are proficient. Nashville High School is a standout in English Language Arts, with 49.6% proficiency—10 points above the state average—and benefits from a low student-teacher ratio of 7.4:1 and the highest per-student spending at $12,527. Nashville Primary School shows the most improvement, jumping from the 40th to the 56th percentile in state rankings over three years, and its 3rd-grade math proficiency (55.5%) is 10 points above the state average.

Despite over 99% of students being economically disadvantaged, the district achieves strong results, particularly in math. However, science proficiency declines in upper grades: Nashville Elementary School scores 47.9% in science (above the state average), but Nashville Junior High School drops to 38.5%, and Nashville High School biology proficiency is just 33.4%. A notable "Geometry gap" exists: while the junior high achieves 50% proficiency in Geometry, the high school's Geometry score is only 11.7%, far below the state average of 26.4%. The high school's dropout rate is exceptionally low at 0.2%.