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Glencliff Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5

898^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,009 Tennessee Elementary Schools

Better than 11% of Tennessee elementary schools

Summary

Glencliff Elementary is a public elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee, serving 527 students in grades PK-4. The school is part of the Davidson County school district, which is ranked 122 out of 139 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Glencliff Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom 20% of Tennessee elementary schools, with significantly lower academic performance than the state and district averages across all subject areas and grade levels. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 24.1% of Glencliff students were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 42.2% statewide and 31.9% in the Davidson County district. The school's performance is particularly low for specific student subgroups, such as White students and Special Education students. Additionally, Glencliff has consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 15.9% to 27.8% over the past few years, significantly higher than the state and district averages.

Interestingly, Glencliff Elementary's academic performance is consistently lower than the nearby Tusculum Elementary and John B. Whitsitt Elementary schools, which have proficiency rates that are 8-30 percentage points higher than Glencliff's in most subject areas. Additionally, Glencliff's relatively high spending per student, ranging from $13,714 to $21,916 per student, suggests that the school may not be effectively utilizing its resources to improve student outcomes.

596

Students ?

14.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,454

Per pupil spending ?

90.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

120 Antioch PIKE
Nashville, TN 37211

(615) 333-5105

District: Davidson County

Students who attend Glencliff Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Wright Middle
High:	Glencliff High School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

72.8%

African American:

11.2%

White:

10.7%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 3rd percentile in 2013 → 11th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 8 percentile points since 2013

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Tennessee average (21% vs 42% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (11th percentile)

!Science scores 23 pts below the Tennessee average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school21%

District avg32%

Tennessee avg42%

898^th of 1,009

Tennessee public elementary schools ?

Bottom 11%▼ down 1 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

57^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	14.1	898 of 1009	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	11.3	938 of 1018	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.4	911 of 1020	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.5	872 of 1000	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.1	845 of 983	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.5	841 of 985	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.0	823 of 997	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	22.2	755 of 855	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	8.3	818 of 853	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	13.2	824 of 846	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	12.2	771 of 820	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	25.1	680 of 818	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	5.9	798 of 809	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2024	25.1	377 of 498	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.1	379 of 500	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.9	345 of 483	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	54.7	158 of 450	64.9%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	52.8	68 of 211	67.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	35.0	120 of 178	32.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	36.1	114 of 164	30.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	41.3	83 of 165	49.7%	★★★☆☆
2021	25.7	93 of 101	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	33.4	47 of 66	28.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	37.3	57 of 95	40.0%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	13.4	890 of 986	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.5	928 of 990	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.6	893 of 989	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	16.9	837 of 975	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.7	797 of 945	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.3	818 of 926	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	22.1	365 of 424	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.3	376 of 415	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	18.6	362 of 387	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	28.2	280 of 363	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.4	288 of 324	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.3	202 of 250	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.2	289 of 319	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	39.5	551 of 843	34.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	19.9	759 of 853	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.8	699 of 865	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.4	653 of 858	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.7	672 of 823	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	31.4	618 of 821	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	33.1	636 of 877	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	17.1	854 of 984	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.3	878 of 991	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.8	894 of 987	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	16.0	862 of 980	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	13.8	837 of 941	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.9	761 of 916	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	19.7	572 of 618	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	12.0	810 of 840	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	7.8	833 of 847	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	18.1	764 of 852	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	12.3	808 of 844	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	19.7	745 of 844	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.1	751 of 812	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	23.5	721 of 841	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2025)68th percentile+57 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)35th percentile+24 vs school

African American (2024)24th percentile+16 vs school

Hispanic (2025)14th percentile+3 vs school

Male (2025)13th percentile~ school

Female (2025)10th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)7th percentile-4 vs school

White (2025)4th percentile-7 vs school

By subject vs Tennessee (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics24%-18 vs state

Science23%-23 vs state

English Language Arts17%-22 vs state

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by a citizen
Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Very good atmosphere. Bright and clean. Students very well behaved. Close Quote

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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
Glencliff Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	120 Antioch PIKE	Nashville	37211	Davidson County	Davidson County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 333-5105	527	37	14.2		64 (12.1%)	75 (14.2%)	363 (68.9%)	16 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.7%)	14.1	898^th of 1009 public elementary schools	11.0%		11.3	938^th of 1018 public elementary schools	7.9%	40	22.1	34.9	13.9	24.1	6.4	26.5	17.8	17.1	24.4	28.9	13.9	22.7	$17,454	$1,115	$15,408
Aventura Community Schools	Public, Charter	K-8	3010 Tuggle AVE	Nashville	37211	Davidson County	Davidson County	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(615) 864-0118	204	10	20.4		49 (24.0%)	18 (8.8%)	117 (57.4%)	4 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (7.8%)	10.3	937^th of 1009 public elementary schools	7.1%					(n/a)	10.3			10.3	23.1			23.1	17.9			17.9	$23,614	$1,065	$21,642
Glengarry Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	200 Finley DR	Nashville	37217	Davidson County	Davidson County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 360-2900	357	22	16.6		47 (13.2%)	28 (7.8%)	273 (76.5%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	4 (1.1%)	16.8	869^th of 1009 public elementary schools	13.9%		40.7	608^th of 1018 public elementary schools	40.3%	261	16.7	43.6	28.3	27.2	15.4	33.3	20.8	22.2	13.6	33.3	17.0	19.6	$18,284	$1,015	$16,366
John B. Whitsitt Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	110 Whitsett RD	Nashville	37210	Davidson County	Davidson County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 333-5600	504	33	15.2		83 (16.5%)	43 (8.5%)	355 (70.4%)	5 (1.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.2%)	49.8	486^th of 1009 public elementary schools	51.8%		54.3	415^th of 1018 public elementary schools	59.2%	71	63.5	48.6	54.2	55.6	42.7	33.8	32.2	36.5	38.7	41.9	33.9	38.5	$17,179	$1,112	$15,278
Paragon Mills Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	260 Paragon Mills RD	Nashville	37211	Davidson County	Davidson County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 333-5170	552	41	13.6		60 (10.9%)	113 (20.5%)	321 (58.2%)	40 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (3.1%)	5	995^th of 1009 public elementary schools	1.4%		6.1	999^th of 1018 public elementary schools	1.9%	4	16.5	15.0	8.1	13.7	11.0	11.3	8.2	10.3	14.3	5.1	6.6	9.1	$18,225	$1,839	$15,365
Rocketship United	Public, Charter	K-4	320 Plus Park BLVD	Nashville	37217	Davidson County	Davidson County	Yes	No	No	Yes	(615) 712-7499	499	18	27.7		24 (4.8%)	219 (43.9%)	243 (48.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.2%)	18.2	858^th of 1009 public elementary schools	15.0%		21	833^rd of 1018 public elementary schools	18.2%	25	26.9	34.9		30.7	22.6	32.6		27.4	13.8	22.1		17.8	$18,152	$1,428	$15,417
Glenview Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1020 Patricia DR	Nashville	37217	Davidson County	Davidson County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 360-2906	642	38	16.8		66 (10.3%)	89 (13.9%)	471 (73.4%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	9 (1.4%)	12.1	924^th of 1009 public elementary schools	8.4%		11.7	932^nd of 1018 public elementary schools	8.4%	8	26.3	22.9	10.9	21.0	25.9	18.6	12.7	19.9	23.5	15.7	12.7	18.0	$17,297	$1,285	$15,074
Haywood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3790 Turley DR	Nashville	37211	Davidson County	Davidson County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 333-5118	565	41	13.9		38 (6.7%)	63 (11.2%)	403 (71.3%)	50 (8.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.9%)	18	860^th of 1009 public elementary schools	14.8%		7.4	986^th of 1018 public elementary schools	3.1%	126	41.6	17.4	32.9	29.7	29.9	19.6	20.0	23.0	26.0	16.3	14.3	18.8	$18,481	$1,534	$16,025
Norman Binkley Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4700 West Longdale DR	Nashville	37211	Davidson County	Davidson County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 333-5037	714	43	16.6		167 (23.4%)	73 (10.2%)	428 (59.9%)	26 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	18 (2.5%)	35.5	670^th of 1009 public elementary schools	33.6%		30	736^th of 1018 public elementary schools	27.7%	66	31.3	40.4	37.1	36.2	29.3	43.4	39.3	37.3	34.3	33.3	33.7	33.8	$17,558	$1,039	$15,634
Tusculum Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	440 McMurray DR	Nashville	37211	Davidson County	Davidson County	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 333-5179	633	50	12.7		79 (12.5%)	73 (11.5%)	446 (70.5%)	30 (4.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	16.5	872^nd of 1009 public elementary schools	13.6%		20.9	834^th of 1018 public elementary schools	18.1%	38	24.6	35.5	40.3	32.4	16.7	21.5	28.8	21.4	11.4	17.8	11.1	13.7	$18,498	$1,289	$16,196

Frequently Asked Questions about Glencliff Elementary

What is the racial makeup of Glencliff Elementary?

Students at Glencliff Elementary are 73% Hispanic, 11% African American, 11% White, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more races.

How many students attend Glencliff Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 596 students attended Glencliff Elementary.

What schools do graduates of Glencliff Elementary attend?

Students who attend Glencliff Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Wright Middle
High : Glencliff High School

What district is Glencliff Elementary in?

Davidson County

Is Glencliff Elementary a good school?

Glencliff Elementary ranks in the bottom 11.0% of Tennessee elementary schools.

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