Summary
Croft Middle School is a public grades 6–8 school in Nashville, TN, serving 411 students within Metro Nashville Public Schools, a district ranked in the 11th percentile statewide. Croft's own 2025–26 state rank is 447th out of 594 Tennessee middle schools—the 25th percentile, earning a 1-star rating. The school has hovered near this range for a decade, mostly between the 17th and 33rd percentiles. Croft trails district and state averages in math, ELA, science, and social studies, with the largest gaps in math and ELA.
Croft is the strongest of a low-performing cluster of nearby middle schools. It outranks Margaret Allen Middle School, Apollo Middle School, Antioch Middle School, Wright Middle School, McMurray Middle School, and LEAD Cameron School—each of which sits in the 4th to 13th percentile—with roughly double or triple the math proficiency of most of them. But high-performing neighbors like John Trotwood Moore Middle School (95th percentile) and Valor Voyager Academy School (90th) post math proficiency rates above 56%, versus Croft's 21.7%. Croft's relative strengths are science (32.8% vs. district's 35.4%) and social studies, and its chronic absenteeism rate of 21.1% is below the district average of 23.3%. One bright spot: a remarkable 93.3% proficiency in Integrated Math I in 2024–25, far above state norms.
The school's overall rank masks wide variation in outcomes among student groups. Some groups at Croft perform at the 80th percentile statewide, while others—including Hispanic students and students from low-income families—rank at the 9th and 25th percentiles. There is also an 8th-grade drop-off: proficiency falls sharply from 6th to 8th grade in every subject, worth a closer look. On the positive side, chronic absenteeism has improved steadily, from 28.3% in 2020–21 to 21.1% in 2024–25, and per-student spending of $18,670 is higher than some much stronger nearby schools. For parents, Croft is a reasonable neighborhood option with genuine strengths in science, social studies, and advanced math—but it's worth asking how the school plans to close its math and ELA gaps and support the students who are struggling most.
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