Summary:
The Nashville School District in Arkansas serves 773 students across two middle-level schools: Nashville Junior High School (grades 7-9) and Nashville Elementary School (grades 4-6), both located in a community where over 99% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, a key context for understanding their performance.
Both schools share a standout strength in Mathematics, significantly outperforming the state average. Nashville Junior High School posts a 57.7% math proficiency rate (state: 44.1%), with 8th-grade Algebra reaching an impressive 88% proficiency. Nashville Elementary School also excels in math at 56.5% and shows a surprising strength in Science at 47.9%, beating both the Junior High (38.5%) and the state average (44.0%). However, both schools struggle in English Language Arts and Reading, falling below state averages. A notable "reading cliff" appears at the Elementary School, where 4th-grade reading proficiency (40.1%) drops sharply to 28% by 5th grade, signaling a critical transition challenge.
Resource allocation differs between the two schools, with the Junior High spending $11,390 per student (versus $10,471 at the Elementary School) despite a slightly higher student-to-teacher ratio (14.4 vs. 13.0). The Junior High is the only school in the district offering Geometry, where its students score 50% proficiency—nearly double the district average of 20.5%. Despite a slight ranking decline from the 70th to 62nd percentile over three years, Nashville Junior High School maintains a 3-star rating, a significant achievement given the high poverty levels. The Nashville School District overall ranks 93rd out of 251 districts in Arkansas, placing it in the 63rd percentile.
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