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Explore Community School

Q: Is Explore Community School a good school?

Explore Community School ranks 655 th of 1019 Tennessee elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Q: How many students attend Explore Community School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 591 students attended Explore Community School.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Explore Community School?

Students at Explore Community School are 57% African American, 30% White, 7% Two or more races, 5% Hispanic.

Public, Charter Grades K-8

655^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,019 Tennessee Elementary Schools

Better than 36% of Tennessee elementary schools

Summary

Explore Community School is a K-8 school in Nashville, TN, serving 591 students within Metro Nashville Public Schools, a district ranked in the 11th percentile statewide. The school has been steadily improving—rising from a 1-star rating in the 15th percentile in 2020-2021 to a 2-star rating in the 36th percentile in 2025-2026, ranking 655th out of 1,019 Tennessee schools.

Academically, the school presents a mixed picture. Science is the only core subject where Explore outperforms its district, with 38.7% proficiency compared to the district's 35.4%. Fifth grade is a genuine bright spot: 5th graders exceed state averages in math (50.8% vs. 47.4%), ELA (55.6% vs. 42.7%), and science (54.0% vs. 46.5%). However, the transition to middle school brings a sharp decline—7th grade math proficiency falls to just 7.9% versus 39.2% statewide. Nearby Nashville Classical East School, also a K-8 school, does not show the same collapse, with 28.3% 7th-grade math proficiency. Explore also spends significantly more than higher-performing neighbors: $27,355 per student compared to just $16,612 at Lockeland Elementary, the #2 school in the state.

Chronic absenteeism is a major concern, with 34.5% of students chronically absent—nearly double the state rate of 18.3% and far above the 13.8% rate at high-performing nearby schools like Rosebank Elementary. Special education outcomes have also declined sharply, falling from the 18th percentile statewide in 2023-2024 to the 2nd percentile in 2025-2026. On a positive note, proficiency has risen consistently across all subjects over the past four years, and the school outperforms several nearby schools such as Fall-Hamilton Elementary. Addressing the middle-school drop-off and absenteeism are likely the most direct levers for continued improvement.

591

Students ?

18.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$27,355

Per pupil spending ?

47.5%

Directly certified for free meals (2024-25) ?

707 S 7th Street
Nashville, TN 37206

(615) 784-8222

District: Metro Nashville Public Schools

Racial breakdown:

African American:

57.0%

White:

29.8%

Two or more races:

6.8%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 15th percentile in 2021 → 36th in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 21 percentile points since 2021

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Tennessee average (33% vs 45% meeting standards)

!High chronic absenteeism (34% vs 18% Tennessee)

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

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school33%

District avg34%

Tennessee avg45%

Elementary school

655^th of 1,019

Tennessee public elementary schools ?

Bottom 36%▲ up 21 pts since 2021

From bottom 15% (2021) to bottom 36% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

474^th of 594

Tennessee public middle schools ?

Bottom 20%▼ down 2 pts since 2023

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

25^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)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	38.3	655 of 1019	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2025	31.8	715 of 1009	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.8	759 of 1018	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.1	779 of 1020	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.9	729 of 1000	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.8	838 of 983	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	26.3	374 of 498	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	24.1	394 of 498	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.9	453 of 498	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	18.3	447 of 500	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.4	420 of 483	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.1	384 of 411	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	30.0	720 of 986	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.2	700 of 990	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.6	736 of 989	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.1	742 of 975	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	14.9	819 of 945	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	19.9	721 of 823	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	23.1	722 of 843	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	10.0	844 of 853	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.2	802 of 865	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	17.2	798 of 858	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	13.6	791 of 823	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	33.8	672 of 984	31.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	26.4	757 of 991	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.0	735 of 987	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	33.0	664 of 980	32.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	20.4	765 of 941	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	15.6	631 of 641	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	21.6	554 of 618	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.6	476 of 582	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.1	456 of 528	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	47.0	190 of 447	57.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	25.8	304 of 369	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	77.1	161 of 849	81.0%	★★★★☆
2025	76.3	164 of 840	80.5%	★★★★☆
2024	92.3	58 of 847	93.2%	★★★★★
2023	71.0	178 of 852	79.1%	★★★★☆
2022	76.3	146 of 844	82.7%	★★★★☆
2021	31.1	612 of 844	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	22.5	474 of 594	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	20.0	473 of 583	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.2	497 of 587	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.5	461 of 594	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	22.0	269 of 328	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	17.8	273 of 312	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.9	295 of 318	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	18.5	274 of 316	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	18.1	458 of 546	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	10.1	520 of 554	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.1	491 of 560	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	18.7	427 of 478	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	15.7	456 of 490	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.5	505 of 510	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.1	460 of 514	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	23.5	434 of 550	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.8	430 of 560	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.7	398 of 557	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	28.4	264 of 349	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	34.1	199 of 332	40.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	29.3	224 of 299	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.2	241 of 288	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	64.6	142 of 494	71.3%	★★★★☆
2025	80.6	73 of 492	85.2%	★★★★☆
2024	80.5	74 of 504	85.3%	★★★★☆
2023	69.7	117 of 503	76.7%	★★★★☆

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)

Elementary school

White (2026)81st percentile+45 vs school

Male (2025)32nd percentile+3 vs school

Female (2025)27th percentile~ school

African American (2026)25th percentile-11 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)12th percentile-23 vs school

Special Education (2026)2nd percentile-34 vs school

Middle school

White (2026)71st percentile+51 vs school

Special Education (2026)24th percentile+4 vs school

Male (2025)21st percentile~ school

African American (2026)18th percentile~ school

Female (2025)16th percentile-3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)11th percentile-10 vs school

By subject vs Tennessee (2025-2026) ?

Science39%-8 vs state

Social Studies33%-18 vs state

English Language Arts30%-10 vs state

Mathematics29%-14 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				TNReady Mathematics (2026)							TNReady English Language Arts (2026)							TNReady Science (2026)							TNReady Social Studies (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 6th Grade	TNReady Mathematics 7th Grade	TNReady Mathematics 8th 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 6th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts 7th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts 8th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts All Grades	TNReady Science 3rd Grade	TNReady Science 4th Grade	TNReady Science 5th Grade	TNReady Science 6th Grade	TNReady Science 7th Grade	TNReady Science 8th Grade	TNReady Science All Grades	TNReady Social Studies 6th Grade	TNReady Social Studies 7th Grade	TNReady Social Studies 8th Grade	TNReady Social Studies All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Explore Community School	Public, Charter	K-8	707 S 7th Street	Nashville	37206	Davidson County	Metro Nashville Public Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(615) 784-8222	560	30	18.6	47.5%	157 (28.0%)	330 (58.9%)	32 (5.7%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	35 (6.3%)	38.3	655^th of 1019 public elementary schools	35.7%		31.8	715^th of 1009 public elementary schools	29.1%	60	33.3	36.4	50.8	14.1	7.9	21.7	28.9	34.3	21.8	55.6	29.7	10.5	19.1	30.5	34.8	41.8	54.0	33.3	34.2	30.4	38.7	35.5	36.8	26.7	33.1	$27,355	$1,925	$24,185
KIPP Kirkpatrick Elementary School	Public, Charter	K-4	1000 Sevier Street	Nashville	37206	Davidson County	Metro Nashville Public Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(615) 226-4484	330	14	23.5	81.1%	9 (2.7%)	286 (86.7%)	22 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.9%)	22.4	829^th of 1019 public elementary schools	18.6%		18.7	851^st of 1009 public elementary schools	15.7%	22	16.4	40.8					28.9	27.4	28.9					28.2	21.9	42.1					32.2					$19,638	$2,177	$16,747
Warner Elementary School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	626 Russell Street	Nashville	37206	Davidson County	Metro Nashville Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(615) 291-6395	390	28	14.1	55.1%	65 (16.7%)	297 (76.2%)	8 (2.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	17 (4.4%)	27.4	779^th of 1019 public elementary schools	23.6%		29.6	744^th of 1009 public elementary schools	26.3%	35	32.1	23.3	26.8				27.8	40.7	35.0	33.8				36.8	32.1	30.0	29.6				30.7					$19,155	$1,651	$16,499
Lockeland Elementary School	Public, Magnet	K-5	105 South 17th Street	Nashville	37206	Davidson County	Metro Nashville Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(615) 258-1330	322	19	16.6	4.0%	276 (85.7%)	11 (3.4%)	19 (5.9%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.0%)	99.4	2^nd of 1019 public elementary schools	99.8%		99.2	2^nd of 1009 public elementary schools	99.8%		89.3	94.8	≥ 95%				93.3	91.1	91.4	90.0				90.9	94.6	91.4	≥ 95%				94.5					$16,612	$837	$15,182
Ida B. Wells Elementary School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	244 Foster Street	Nashville	37207	Davidson County	Metro Nashville Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(615) 291-6361	204	18	11.6	73.0%	6 (2.9%)	178 (87.3%)	13 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.9%)	12.6	914^th of 1019 public elementary schools	10.3%		18.4	855^th of 1009 public elementary schools	15.3%	59	31.6	24.4	25.7				27.1	25.6	20.0	14.3				20.2	23.1	13.3	11.4				16.0					$20,928	$1,588	$18,155
Napier Elementary School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	70 Donelson Street	Nashville	37210	Davidson County	Metro Nashville Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(615) 291-6400	289	20	14.2	80.0%	7 (2.4%)	246 (85.1%)	23 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	12 (4.2%)	3.3	1015^th of 1019 public elementary schools	0.4%		5.1	994^th of 1009 public elementary schools	1.5%	21	7.3	7.9	< 5%				6.0	12.2	10.3	< 5%				8.5	15.0	5.3	5.3				8.6					$22,459	$1,971	$19,025
Murrell at Glenn School	Public	K-8	322 Cleveland Street	Nashville	37207	Davidson County	Metro Nashville Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 262-6682	34	14	2.4	76.7%	7 (20.6%)	23 (67.6%)	2 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (5.9%)								(n/a)							< 5%							< 5%							12.0				7.1	$130,350	$34,814	$92,957
Hattie Cotton Elementary School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	1033 West Greenwood Avenue	Nashville	37206	Davidson County	Metro Nashville Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(615) 262-6981	216	19	11.6	59.7%	22 (10.2%)	148 (68.5%)	41 (19.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.9%)	10.6	930^th of 1019 public elementary schools	8.7%		9.2	951^st of 1009 public elementary schools	5.7%	21	19.4	10.5	34.5				20.4	22.2	13.2	20.7				18.4	22.2	10.5	17.2				16.5					$22,896	$1,456	$20,187
Nashville Classical East School	Public, Charter	K-8	2000 Greenwood Avenue	Nashville	37206	Davidson County	Metro Nashville Public Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(615) 538-5841	537	22	24.4	27.9%	149 (27.7%)	317 (59.0%)	47 (8.8%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.7%)	80.6	151^st of 1019 public elementary schools	85.2%		58.9	366^th of 1009 public elementary schools	63.7%	215	52.9	64.7	65.0	41.2	28.3	46.3	51.5	81.4	67.6	70.0	47.1	21.3	37.5	57.7	67.1	61.8	70.0	39.2	36.2	34.1	54.0	62.7	57.4	56.1	59.0	$19,133	$1,453	$17,181
Rosebank Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1012 Preston Drive	Nashville	37206	Davidson County	Metro Nashville Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(615) 262-6720	440	28	16.0	21.5%	230 (52.3%)	134 (30.5%)	40 (9.1%)	3 (0.7%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (7.0%)	75.8	192^nd of 1019 public elementary schools	81.2%		72.1	222^nd of 1009 public elementary schools	78.0%	30	40.5	55.6	57.5				50.7	60.8	65.1	56.9				60.7	55.8	59.7	69.9				61.8					$17,214	$837	$15,610

Frequently Asked Questions about Explore Community School

What is the racial makeup of Explore Community School?

Students at Explore Community School are 57% African American, 30% White, 7% Two or more races, 5% Hispanic.

How many students attend Explore Community School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 591 students attended Explore Community School.

What district is Explore Community School in?

Metro Nashville Public Schools

Is Explore Community School a good school?

Explore Community School ranks 655^th of 1019 Tennessee elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

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