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Eakin Elementary School

Q: Is Eakin Elementary School a good school?

Eakin Elementary School ranks 188 th of 1019 Tennessee elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Q: How many students attend Eakin Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 544 students attended Eakin Elementary School.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Eakin Elementary School?

Students at Eakin Elementary School are 43% White, 31% African American, 12% Asian, 8% Two or more races, 7% Hispanic.

Q: What schools do graduates of Eakin Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Eakin Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : West End Middle School High : Hillsboro High School

Public Grades K-5

188^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,019 Tennessee Elementary Schools

Better than 82% of Tennessee elementary schools

Summary

Eakin Elementary School is a K–5 school in Nashville, TN, serving 544 students within the Metro Nashville Public Schools district. Despite attending a school in a district that ranks in the bottom quarter of Tennessee districts, Eakin Elementary School has earned a 4-star rating and ranks 188th out of 1,019 Tennessee elementary schools, placing it in the 82nd percentile statewide. This is not a one-year fluke: Eakin has been consistently ranked in the 71st–87th percentile over the past eight reported school years.

Academically, Eakin outperforms both its district and the state by wide margins. In the most recent school year, 59% of Eakin students were proficient in math, compared to 32.4% for the district and 43% statewide. In English Language Arts, 58.4% were proficient compared to 31.8% for the district and 40.6% statewide, and in science, 57.3% were proficient compared to 35.4% for the district and 46.9% statewide. Compared to other schools in the area, Eakin sits in the upper-middle tier: it is far ahead of struggling nearby schools like Carter-Lawrence Elementary School and Park Avenue Elementary School, while trailing a small cluster of elite schools including Julia Green Elementary School, Glendale Elementary School, Sylvan Park Elementary School, and Waverly-Belmont Elementary School.

One of Eakin's strongest differentiators is attendance: chronic absenteeism is just 9.6%, less than half the district average of 23.3% and well below the state average of 18.3%. This aligns Eakin with high-performing nearby schools like Sylvan Park (8.8%) and Waverly-Belmont (8.4%). Eakin also produces strong results with moderate per-pupil spending of $16,985 — far less than the $20,000–$23,500 spent per student at several struggling nearby schools. That said, there are areas for improvement. While most Eakin students perform well, results for students receiving special education services and economically disadvantaged students rank in the bottom quarter of Tennessee schools. Third-grade math (40% proficient) is also slightly below the state average, even though 4th- and 5th-grade math scores are far above it — suggesting an early-grade math intervention opportunity.

544

Students ?

18.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,985

Per pupil spending ?

17.5%

Directly certified for free meals (2024-25) ?

2500 Fairfax Avenue
Nashville, TN 37212

(615) 298-8076

District: Metro Nashville Public Schools

Students who attend Eakin Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	West End Middle School
High:	Hillsboro High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

42.6%

African American:

31.1%

Asian:

11.9%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 69th percentile in 2015 → 82nd in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Tennessee average (58% vs 43% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 18% of Tennessee elementary schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 13 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school58%

District avg33%

Tennessee avg43%

188^th of 1,019

Tennessee public elementary schools ?

Top 18%▼ down 4 pts since 2017

From top 14% (2017) to top 18% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

12^th of 79Elementary Schools in the Metro Nashville Public Schools

126^th of 141Metro Nashville Public Schools among Tennessee districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	76.0	188 of 1019	81.6%	★★★★☆
2025	83.9	130 of 1009	87.1%	★★★★☆
2024	64.5	291 of 1018	71.4%	★★★★☆
2023	76.0	179 of 1020	82.5%	★★★★☆
2022	71.8	211 of 1000	78.9%	★★★★☆
2021	75.0	174 of 983	82.3%	★★★★☆
2019	76.0	183 of 985	81.4%	★★★★☆
2018	74.9	178 of 997	82.1%	★★★★☆
2017	74.9	92 of 646	85.8%	★★★★☆
2015	67.8	261 of 855	69.5%	★★★☆☆
2014	70.5	186 of 853	78.2%	★★★★☆
2013	63.8	336 of 846	60.3%	★★★☆☆
2012	75.6	192 of 820	76.6%	★★★★☆
2011	71.4	224 of 818	72.6%	★★★★☆
2010	77.5	171 of 809	78.9%	★★★★☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	49.4	237 of 498	52.4%	★★★☆☆
2025	62.2	143 of 498	71.3%	★★★★☆
2024	45.4	252 of 498	49.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	59.5	164 of 500	67.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	59.0	146 of 483	69.8%	★★★★☆
2021	44.4	183 of 411	55.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	62.4	108 of 404	73.3%	★★★★☆
2018	62.7	118 of 450	73.8%	★★★★☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	77.9	8 of 65	87.7%	★★★★☆
2025	76.5	8 of 55	85.5%	★★★★☆
2023	73.2	15 of 57	73.7%	★★★★☆
2018	74.3	15 of 62	75.8%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	80.7	140 of 986	85.8%	★★★★☆
2024	62.5	303 of 990	69.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	79.4	140 of 989	85.8%	★★★★☆
2022	65.2	259 of 975	73.4%	★★★★☆
2021	70.5	193 of 945	79.6%	★★★★☆
2019	83.1	118 of 926	87.3%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2023	54.5	148 of 387	61.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	78.1	54 of 363	85.1%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	30.3	629 of 823	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	36.9	595 of 843	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.6	791 of 853	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	32.4	619 of 865	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.9	737 of 858	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	36.6	521 of 823	36.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	37.5	544 of 821	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	25.8	733 of 877	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	81.1	142 of 984	85.6%	★★★★☆
2024	64.3	275 of 991	72.3%	★★★★☆
2023	74.9	175 of 987	82.3%	★★★★☆
2022	73.6	184 of 980	81.2%	★★★★☆
2021	72.0	187 of 941	80.1%	★★★★☆
2019	62.8	258 of 916	71.8%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	29.5	471 of 641	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	25.6	505 of 618	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.6	425 of 582	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	48.4	184 of 447	58.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	49.7	154 of 395	61.0%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	91.6	62 of 849	92.7%	★★★★★
2025	92.8	56 of 840	93.3%	★★★★★
2024	83.3	117 of 847	86.2%	★★★★☆
2023	89.0	88 of 852	89.7%	★★★★☆
2022	89.8	77 of 844	90.9%	★★★★★
2021	98.3	15 of 844	98.2%	★★★★★
2019	90.6	76 of 812	90.6%	★★★★★
2018	89.0	75 of 841	91.1%	★★★★★

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

White (2026)93rd percentile+11 vs school

Asian (2026)88th percentile+6 vs school

Female (2025)86th percentile~ school

Male (2025)86th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2023)62nd percentile-21 vs school

African American (2026)52nd percentile-29 vs school

Special Education (2026)27th percentile-55 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)24th percentile-58 vs school

By subject vs Tennessee (2025-2026) ?

Mathematics59%+16 vs state

English Language Arts58%+18 vs state

Science57%+10 vs state

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by a parent
Friday, March 22, 2024

Horrific administration. Untrained and only concerned with behavior. Administration knows very little about children with disabilities and causes so much trauma. There are no checks & balances and administration is not held accountable for their inappropriate choices & actions for neurotypical and neurodiverse students. Would never send children there unless under new administration. Some staff is appropriately trained, but a lot of them are also very unhappy with administration as well and this affects interactions with students & families and hinders how they can and cannot help students appropriately. So many unethical things taking place within administration and staff. School board has ever growing list of complaints about this leadership team in particular the principal. PLEASE DO CURRENT RESEARCH before choosing Eakin for your student!!! Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				TNReady Mathematics (2026)					TNReady English Language Arts (2026)				TNReady Science (2026)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Directly certified (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	TNReady Mathematics 3rd Grade	TNReady Mathematics 4th Grade	TNReady Mathematics 5th Grade	TNReady Mathematics 7th Grade	TNReady Mathematics All Grades	TNReady English Language Arts 3rd Grade	TNReady English Language Arts 4th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts 5th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts All Grades	TNReady Science 3rd Grade	TNReady Science 4th Grade	TNReady Science 5th Grade	TNReady Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Eakin Elementary School	Public	K-5	2500 Fairfax Avenue	Nashville	37212	Davidson County	Metro Nashville Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(615) 298-8076	544	29	18.7	17.5%	230 (42.3%)	177 (32.5%)	36 (6.6%)	56 (10.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (7.9%)	76	188^th of 1019 public elementary schools	81.6%		83.9	130^th of 1009 public elementary schools	87.1%	58	40.0	65.3	68.7		59.0	54.1	61.2	59.0	58.4	51.4	61.9	57.3	57.3	$16,985	$972	$15,171
Waverly-Belmont Elementary School	Public	K-5	2301 10th Ave South	Nashville	37204	Davidson County	Metro Nashville Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(615) 800-7690	528	33	16.2	19.6%	257 (48.7%)	187 (35.4%)	41 (7.8%)	9 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (6.3%)	89.2	95^th of 1019 public elementary schools	90.7%		81	145^th of 1009 public elementary schools	85.6%	50	65.9	76.9	64.4		69.2	71.6	80.6	63.5	72.2	65.9	66.7	58.6	63.8	$16,783	$837	$15,120
Carter-Lawrence Elementary School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	1118 12th Avenue South	Nashville	37203	Davidson County	Metro Nashville Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(615) 291-7333	199	20	10.2	61.7%	8 (4.0%)	169 (84.9%)	15 (7.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.0%)	7.9	961^st of 1019 public elementary schools	5.7%		15.6	879^th of 1009 public elementary schools	12.9%	82	7.1	14.8	20.6		13.6	21.4	22.2	14.7	19.4	16.7	15.4	17.6	16.7	$21,626	$2,274	$18,177
Park Avenue Elementary School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	3703 Park Avenue	Nashville	37209	Davidson County	Metro Nashville Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(615) 298-8412	330	22	14.7	62.8%	22 (6.7%)	269 (81.5%)	24 (7.3%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.6%)	5.3	1002^nd of 1019 public elementary schools	1.7%		5.6	991^st of 1009 public elementary schools	1.8%	11	5.1	17.9	14.3		12.5	7.5	20.5	< 5%	10.7	10.0	17.9	< 5%	10.7	$21,145	$1,611	$18,068
Encompass Community School	Public, Charter	K-3	4300 Park Avenue	Nashville	37209	Davidson County	Tennessee Public Charter School Commission	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(615) 931-0166				—															(n/a)	< 5%				< 5%	< 5%			< 5%	< 5%			< 5%
Sylvan Park Elementary School	Public, Magnet	K-5	4801 Utah Avenue	Nashville	37209	Davidson County	Metro Nashville Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(615) 298-8423	439	30	14.4	17.9%	309 (70.4%)	70 (15.9%)	20 (4.6%)	8 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (7.3%)	96.4	37^th of 1019 public elementary schools	96.4%		94.8	46^th of 1009 public elementary schools	95.4%	9	75.9	81.5	76.4		77.8	84.3	73.4	75.3	78.2	80.7	80.0	76.7	79.2	$16,249	$837	$14,669
Fall-Hamilton Elementary School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	510 Wedgewood Avenue	Nashville	37203	Davidson County	Metro Nashville Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(615) 291-6380	265	24	11.2	51.3%	17 (6.4%)	184 (69.4%)	53 (20.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.0%)	20.4	852^nd of 1019 public elementary schools	16.4%		24.7	797^th of 1009 public elementary schools	21.0%	55	14.8	44.8	20.5		26.3	14.8	44.8	15.4	24.2	7.4	48.3	20.5	25.3	$21,650	$1,512	$18,774
Cockrill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4701 Indiana Avenue	Nashville	37209	Davidson County	Metro Nashville Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 298-8075	282	21	13.4	44.1%	36 (12.8%)	135 (47.9%)	105 (37.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.8%)	5.5	999^th of 1019 public elementary schools	2.0%		6.4	982^nd of 1009 public elementary schools	2.7%	17	5.9	21.1	12.1		12.3	< 5%	15.8	6.1	8.3	< 5%	21.1	12.1	10.7	$23,450	$2,138	$19,726
Julia Green Elementary School	Public, Magnet	K-5	3500 Hobbs Road	Nashville	37215	Davidson County	Metro Nashville Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(615) 298-8082	494	34	14.5	1.6%	425 (86.0%)	13 (2.6%)	14 (2.8%)	18 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (4.7%)	98.1	17^th of 1019 public elementary schools	98.3%		97.4	26^th of 1009 public elementary schools	97.4%	9	77.8	94.8	86.3		85.5	90.9	87.0	78.4	86.8	78.8	92.2	70.6	81.5	$15,834	$837	$14,267
Robert Churchwell Elementary School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	1625 Dr. D. B. Todd Jr. Boulev	Nashville	37208	Davidson County	Metro Nashville Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(615) 687-4024	292	19	15.7	75.7%	6 (2.1%)	250 (85.6%)	14 (4.8%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (6.5%)	7.9	962^nd of 1019 public elementary schools	5.6%		9.1	952^nd of 1009 public elementary schools	5.6%	10	11.9	12.8	14.3		12.8	26.2	23.1	7.4	20.4	19.0	13.2	14.3	15.7	$20,393	$1,640	$17,386

Frequently Asked Questions about Eakin Elementary School

Is Eakin Elementary School a good school?

Eakin Elementary School ranks 188^th of 1019 Tennessee elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What district is Eakin Elementary School in?

Metro Nashville Public Schools

How many students attend Eakin Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 544 students attended Eakin Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Eakin Elementary School?

Students at Eakin Elementary School are 43% White, 31% African American, 12% Asian, 8% Two or more races, 7% Hispanic.

What schools do graduates of Eakin Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Eakin Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : West End Middle School
High : Hillsboro High School

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