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Eakin Elementary

Q: Is Eakin Elementary a good school?

Eakin Elementary ranks 130 th of 1009 Tennessee elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-5

130^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,009 Tennessee Elementary Schools

Better than 87% of Tennessee elementary schools

Summary

Eakin Elementary is a public elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee, serving 544 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Davidson County school district, which is ranked 122 out of 139 districts in the state.

Eakin Elementary consistently outperforms the Davidson County and Tennessee state averages in academic proficiency across all grade levels and subject areas. In the 2024-2025 school year, 59.4% of Eakin students were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 31.9% for Davidson County and 42.2% for the state. The school has maintained a strong statewide ranking, placing in the top 20% of Tennessee elementary schools over the past several years and earning a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. Eakin's Asian and White student populations perform particularly well, ranking in the top 10% and top 15%, respectively, of Tennessee elementary schools in academic proficiency.

While Eakin Elementary has higher chronic absenteeism rates compared to the state average, the school's rates have been lower than the district average in recent years. Eakin significantly outperforms the nearby Cockrill Elementary, Julia Green Elementary, and Robert Churchwell Elementary schools in academic proficiency. However, the school's performance for its special education student population is an area of concern, ranking in the bottom 50% of Tennessee elementary schools in this subgroup.

544

Students ?

18.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,985

Per pupil spending ?

23.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2500 Fairfax AVE
Nashville, TN 37212

(615) 298-8076

District: Davidson County

Students who attend Eakin Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	West End Middle
High:	Hillsboro High

Racial breakdown:

White:

42.6%

African American:

31.1%

Asian:

11.9%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 78th percentile in 2014 → 87th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Tennessee average (62% vs 42% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 13% of Tennessee elementary schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 9 percentile points since 2014

Worth a look

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

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school62%

District avg32%

Tennessee avg42%

130^th of 1,009

Tennessee public elementary schools ?

Top 13%▲ up 18 pts since 2015

From top 31% (2015) to top 13% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

7^th of 79Elementary Schools in the Davidson County

122^nd of 139Davidson County 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)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
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
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
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
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
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
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 (2025)93rd percentile+6 vs school

Female (2025)86th percentile~ school

Male (2025)86th percentile~ school

Asian (2025)85th percentile~ school

African American (2025)71st percentile-16 vs school

Hispanic (2023)62nd percentile-21 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)29th percentile-58 vs school

Special Education (2025)18th percentile-69 vs school

By subject vs Tennessee (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts64%+25 vs state

Science64%+18 vs state

Mathematics59%+17 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

Schools Near Eakin Elementary

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				TNReady Mathematics (2025)				TNReady English Language Arts (2025)				TNReady Science (2025)				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	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	TNReady Mathematics 3rd Grade	TNReady Mathematics 4th Grade	TNReady Mathematics 5th 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	Public	K-5	2500 Fairfax AVE	Nashville	37212	Davidson County	Davidson County	No	No	No	No	(615) 298-8076	544	29	18.7		230 (42.3%)	177 (32.5%)	36 (6.6%)	56 (10.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (7.9%)	83.9	130^th of 1009 public elementary schools	87.1%		64.5	291^st of 1018 public elementary schools	71.4%	161	52.5	59.3	68.9	59.4	60.4	63.8	68.4	63.8	57.0	66.7	69.3	63.7	$16,985	$972	$15,171
Waverly-Belmont Elementary School	Public	K-5	2301 10th Ave South	Nashville	37204	Davidson County	Davidson County	No	No	No	No	(615) 800-7690	528	33	16.2		257 (48.7%)	187 (35.4%)	41 (7.8%)	9 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (6.3%)	81	145^th of 1009 public elementary schools	85.6%		74.4	198^th of 1018 public elementary schools	80.6%	53	67.3	55.9	55.8	59.9	69.0	61.4	58.2	63.2	62.9	56.9	55.8	58.7	$16,783	$837	$15,120
Carter-Lawrence Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	1118 12th Avenue South	Nashville	37203	Davidson County	Davidson County	No	Yes	No	Yes	(615) 291-7333	199	20	10.2		8 (4.0%)	169 (84.9%)	15 (7.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.0%)	15.6	879^th of 1009 public elementary schools	12.9%		14	904^th of 1018 public elementary schools	11.2%	25	12.5	18.4	32.1	20.4	12.1	36.8	28.6	26.3	9.7	31.6	14.3	19.6	$21,626	$2,274	$18,177
Park Avenue Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	3703 Park AVE	Nashville	37209	Davidson County	Davidson County	No	Yes	No	Yes	(615) 298-8412	330	22	14.7		22 (6.7%)	269 (81.5%)	24 (7.3%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.6%)	5.6	991^st of 1009 public elementary schools	1.8%		8.5	976^th of 1018 public elementary schools	4.1%	15		16.2	15.4	10.2		13.5	10.5	8.8		10.8		5.6	$21,145	$1,611	$18,068
Sylvan Park Elementary	Public, Magnet	K-5	4801 Utah AVE	Nashville	37209	Davidson County	Davidson County	No	Yes	No	No	(615) 298-8423	439	30	14.4		309 (70.4%)	70 (15.9%)	20 (4.6%)	8 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (7.3%)	94.8	46^th of 1009 public elementary schools	95.4%		81.2	145^th of 1018 public elementary schools	85.8%	99	68.9	75.0	71.9	72.0	71.6	73.1	70.3	71.8	76.7	81.8	77.8	78.9	$16,249	$837	$14,669
Fall-Hamilton Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	510 Wedgewood AVE	Nashville	37203	Davidson County	Davidson County	No	Yes	No	Yes	(615) 291-6380	265	24	11.2		17 (6.4%)	184 (69.4%)	53 (20.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.0%)	24.7	797^th of 1009 public elementary schools	21.0%		24.4	796^th of 1018 public elementary schools	21.8%	1	12.1	34.9	23.3	24.5	12.1	46.5	26.7	30.2	15.2	48.8	13.3	28.3	$21,650	$1,512	$18,774
Cockrill Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4701 Indiana AVE	Nashville	37209	Davidson County	Davidson County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 298-8075	282	21	13.4		36 (12.8%)	135 (47.9%)	105 (37.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.8%)	6.4	982^nd of 1009 public elementary schools	2.7%					(n/a)	20.6	10.8		12.1	14.7	8.3		9.2	14.7	16.2		11.2	$23,450	$2,138	$19,726
Julia Green Elementary	Public, Magnet	K-5	3500 Hobbs RD	Nashville	37215	Davidson County	Davidson County	No	Yes	No	No	(615) 298-8082	494	34	14.5		425 (86.0%)	13 (2.6%)	14 (2.8%)	18 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (4.7%)	97.4	26^th of 1009 public elementary schools	97.4%		98.6	10^th of 1018 public elementary schools	99.0%	16	88.9	92.9	70.0	86.9	81.5	92.9	65.0	83.0	80.2	87.1	69.2	81.0	$15,834	$837	$14,267
Robert Churchwell Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	1625 Dr. D. B. Todd Jr. BLVD	Nashville	37208	Davidson County	Davidson County	No	Yes	No	Yes	(615) 687-4024	292	19	15.7		6 (2.1%)	250 (85.6%)	14 (4.8%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (6.5%)	9.1	952^nd of 1009 public elementary schools	5.6%		7.2	990^th of 1018 public elementary schools	2.8%	38	9.1		12.2	9.1	11.4	30.8	17.1	18.0		28.0		7.3	$20,393	$1,640	$17,386
Glendale Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	800 Thompson AVE	Nashville	37204	Davidson County	Davidson County	No	Yes	No	No	(615) 279-7970	438	30	14.8		336 (76.7%)	20 (4.6%)	49 (11.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (6.8%)	98.3	9^th of 1009 public elementary schools	99.1%		97.9	19^th of 1018 public elementary schools	98.1%	10	80.9	90.7	75.0	83.6	88.2	94.7	82.5	89.6	80.9	86.7	82.5	83.6	$16,730	$837	$15,024

Frequently Asked Questions about Eakin Elementary

What is the racial makeup of Eakin Elementary?

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

What district is Eakin Elementary in?

Davidson County

How many students attend Eakin Elementary?

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

What schools do graduates of Eakin Elementary attend?

Students who attend Eakin Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : West End Middle
High : Hillsboro High

Is Eakin Elementary a good school?

Eakin Elementary ranks 130^th of 1009 Tennessee elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

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