Roy L Waldron Elementary

Summary:

Roy L Waldron Elementary is a public elementary school in La Vergne, Tennessee, serving 1,339 students in grades PK-5 as part of the Rutherford County school district.

Despite having a relatively high per-student spending of $11,481 and a student-teacher ratio of 15.1, Roy L Waldron Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom quarter of Tennessee elementary schools on academic performance. The school's proficiency rates on TNReady assessments are significantly below the Rutherford County and Tennessee state averages, particularly for White, Hispanic, and English Language Learner student groups. In contrast, nearby Smyrna Elementary, David Youree Elementary, and Smyrna Primary generally perform better on state assessments, with proficiency rates closer to or above the state averages.

The nearby Cedar Grove Elementary stands out as the highest-performing school in the area, with proficiency rates significantly above the district and state averages. In contrast, the schools in the neighboring Davidson County district, such as Cane Ridge Elementary, KIPP Antioch College Prep Elementary, Thomas A. Edison Elementary, Mt. View Elementary, and Una Elementary, all perform below Roy L Waldron Elementary on state assessments.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 125 Floyd Mayfield DR
       La Vergne, TN  37086


(615) 904-3785

District: Rutherford County

SchoolDigger Rank:
851st of 1,008 Tennessee Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,867 Help


Students who attend Roy L Waldron Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    LaVergne Middle School
High:    Lavergne High School

Student/teacher ratio:  15.1 Help
Number of students:  1,339

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
47.1%
African American:
27.6%
White:
20.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  70.6% Help


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Compare Details Roy L Waldron Elementary ranks worse than 84.4% of elementary schools in Tennessee. It also ranks last among 24 ranked elementary schools in the Rutherford County School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 18.41. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Roy L Waldron Elementary has the largest elementary school student body size in the Rutherford County School District. Student population at Roy L Waldron Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (47.1%), African American (27.6%), White (20.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Roy L Waldron Elementary is 15.1, which is the 10th best among 24 elementary schools in the Rutherford County School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Roy L Waldron Elementary is $11,867, which is the 8th highest among 24 elementary schools in the Rutherford County School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Roy L Waldron Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Roy L Waldron Elementary 851st of 1008 Tennessee public elementary schools. (See Roy L Waldron Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Rutherford County:

SchoolDigger ranks Rutherford County 33rd of 139 Tennessee school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Roy L Waldron Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Roy L Waldron Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2010 40.12 514th 809 36.5%
2011 54.11 405th 818 50.5%
2012 55.30 393rd 820 52.1%
2013 51.95 515th 846 39.1%
2014 45.08 503rd 853 41.0%
2015 40.97 592nd 855 30.8%
2017 23.90 552nd 646 14.6%
2018 31.76 688th 997 31.0%
2019 33.76 664th 985 32.6%
2021 23.42 759th 983 22.8%
2022 26.51 745th 1000 25.5%
2023 25.66 775th 1020 24.0%
2024 18.41 851st 1008 15.6%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Roy L Waldron Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.15 78th 95 17.9%
2019 33.30 48th 66 27.3%
2021 31.46 83rd 101 17.8%
2022 31.23 129th 165 21.8%
2023 31.91 129th 164 21.3%
2024 24.31 158th 177 10.7%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Roy L Waldron Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 18.06 385th 395 2.5%
2019 22.87 230th 255 9.8%
2021 22.22 331st 369 10.3%
2022 21.26 411th 447 8.1%
2023 26.26 432nd 528 18.2%
2024 21.41 522nd 577 9.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Roy L Waldron Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.39 535th 877 39.0%
2019 48.42 391st 821 52.4%
2021 33.27 564th 823 31.5%
2022 37.40 552nd 858 35.7%
2023 32.10 621st 865 28.2%
2024 29.55 647th 847 23.6%
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Rank History for Female students at Roy L Waldron Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 37.72 577th 926 37.7%
2021 22.69 735th 945 22.2%
2022 25.19 734th 975 24.7%
2023 25.73 746th 989 24.6%
2024 19.74 811th 981 17.3%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Roy L Waldron Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 32.32 6th 8 25.0%
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Rank History for Male students at Roy L Waldron Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 28.29 680th 916 25.8%
2021 23.19 739th 941 21.5%
2022 27.10 725th 980 26.0%
2023 25.06 756th 987 23.4%
2024 17.57 842nd 982 14.3%
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Rank History for African American students at Roy L Waldron Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.41 144th 450 68.0%
2019 57.71 129th 404 68.1%
2021 34.18 243rd 411 40.9%
2022 42.56 237th 483 50.9%
2023 47.31 225th 500 55.0%
2024 43.24 263rd 494 46.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Roy L Waldron Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.30 195th 319 38.9%
2019 41.01 133rd 250 46.8%
2021 41.20 179th 324 44.8%
2022 38.59 217th 363 40.2%
2023 29.56 294th 387 24.0%
2024 23.16 350th 410 14.6%
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Rank History for White students at Roy L Waldron Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.18 646th 841 23.2%
2019 29.06 635th 812 21.8%
2021 22.03 717th 844 15.0%
2022 26.09 672nd 844 20.4%
2023 28.62 655th 852 23.1%
2024 14.15 790th 840 6.0%
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Data source: test scores: Tennessee Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Roy L Waldron Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 801 56 6 4 0 n/a n/a 0 867
1989 679 66 5 5 n/a n/a n/a 23 778
1990 742 59 9 4 0 n/a n/a 0 814
1991 827 61 4 2 0 n/a n/a 0 894
1992 861 63 4 2 0 n/a n/a 0 930
1993 809 44 4 6 0 n/a n/a 0 863
1994 883 38 4 10 2 n/a n/a 0 937
1995 1066 59 10 19 1 n/a n/a 0 1155
1996 1066 59 10 19 1 n/a n/a 0 1155
1997 1090 80 11 29 2 n/a n/a 5 1217
1998 762 76 16 9 2 n/a n/a -2 863
1999 620 100 19 27 1 n/a n/a 0 767
2000 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 753 753
2001 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 919 919
2002 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 804 804
2003 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 804 804
2004 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 870 870
2005 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 734 734
2006 403 278 26 109 2 n/a n/a 0 818
2007 368 261 31 142 1 n/a n/a 0 803
2008 266 193 20 142 0 n/a n/a 0 621
2009 273 216 22 160 0 n/a n/a 0 671
2010 280 236 17 172 0 n/a n/a 0 705
2011 229 221 20 180 0 0 8 0 658
2012 247 215 15 206 0 1 14 0 698
2013 252 210 19 226 0 0 24 0 731
2014 234 227 22 254 0 1 28 0 766
2015 244 232 18 297 0 2 33 0 826
2016 233 253 18 317 0 3 29 0 853
2017 228 230 20 336 2 2 18 0 836
2018 208 230 18 330 3 2 14 0 805
2019 205 228 15 323 2 2 20 0 795
2020 215 222 20 332 2 0 33 0 824
2021 316 345 25 472 2 1 41 0 1202
2022 306 328 18 541 0 2 45 0 1240
2023 278 369 11 631 2 2 46 0 1339

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Roy L Waldron Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 867 63.0 13.7 n/a
1989 778 63.0 12.3 n/a
1990 814 63.0 12.9 n/a
1991 894 41.0 21.8 n/a
1992 930 41.0 22.6 n/a
1993 863 41.0 21.0 n/a
1994 937 49.0 19.1 n/a
1995 1155 49.0 23.6 n/a
1996 1155 49.0 23.6 n/a
1997 1217 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 863 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 767 n/a 0.0 n/a
2000 753 n/a 0.0 n/a
2001 919 n/a 0.0 n/a
2002 804 n/a n/a n/a
2003 804 n/a n/a n/a
2004 870 n/a n/a n/a
2005 734 n/a n/a n/a
2006 818 45.0 18.2 n/a
2007 803 49.0 16.4 54.4
2008 621 42.0 14.8 72
2009 671 44.0 15.3 60.2
2010 705 46.0 15.3 63.3
2011 658 47.5 13.8 83
2012 698 48.5 14.3 76.2
2013 731 53.4 13.6 78.5
2014 766 54.2 14.1 78.7
2015 826 60.0 13.7 78.2
2016 853 61.0 13.9 78
2017 836 64.0 13.0 n/a
2018 805 60.5 13.3 n/a
2019 795 57.0 13.9 n/a
2020 824 48.0 17.1 70.6
2021 1202 77.7 15.4 n/a
2022 1240 69.3 17.8 n/a
2023 1339 88.3 15.1 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Roy L Waldron Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 867 63.0 13.7 n/a
1989 778 63.0 12.3 n/a
1990 814 63.0 12.9 n/a
1991 894 41.0 21.8 n/a
1992 930 41.0 22.6 n/a
1993 863 41.0 21.0 n/a
1994 937 49.0 19.1 n/a
1995 1155 49.0 23.6 n/a
1996 1155 49.0 23.6 n/a
1997 1217 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 863 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 767 n/a 0.0 n/a
2000 753 n/a 0.0 n/a
2001 919 n/a 0.0 n/a
2002 804 n/a n/a n/a
2003 804 n/a n/a n/a
2004 870 n/a n/a n/a
2005 734 n/a n/a n/a
2006 818 45.0 18.2 n/a
2007 803 49.0 16.4 54.4
2008 621 42.0 14.8 72
2009 671 44.0 15.3 60.2
2010 705 46.0 15.3 63.3
2011 658 47.5 13.8 83
2012 698 48.5 14.3 76.2
2013 731 53.4 13.6 78.5
2014 766 54.2 14.1 78.7
2015 826 60.0 13.7 78.2
2016 853 61.0 13.9 78
2017 836 64.0 13.0 n/a
2018 805 60.5 13.3 n/a
2019 795 57.0 13.9 n/a
2020 824 48.0 17.1 70.6
2021 1202 77.7 15.4 n/a
2022 1240 69.3 17.8 n/a
2023 1339 88.3 15.1 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Roy L Waldron Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $946 (9.2%) $8,836 (85.6%) $10,325
2020 $901 (8.7%) $8,963 (86.4%) $10,369
2021 $1,271 (11.1%) $9,731 (84.8%) $11,481
2022 $1,390 (11.8%) $9,843 (83.4%) $11,805
2023 $1,322 (11.1%) $9,909 (83.5%) $11,867

Data source: Tennessee Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Roy L Waldron Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 664th of 985 Elementary schoolsRanks 775th of 1020 Elementary schools
 8.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Mathematics (Roy L Waldron Elementary)40.724.4
 16.3%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Rutherford County)53.949.6
 4.3%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Tennessee)43.840.5
 3.3%
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Roy L Waldron Elementary)28.621.2
 7.4%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Rutherford County)4045.4
 5.4%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Tennessee)36.940.5
 3.6%
4th Grade Mathematics (Roy L Waldron Elementary)36.230.5
 5.7%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Rutherford County)56.451
 5.4%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Tennessee)4643.6
 2.4%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Roy L Waldron Elementary)21.930.3
 8.4%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Rutherford County)38.450.9
 12.5%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Tennessee)34.343.5
 9.2%
5th Grade Mathematics (Roy L Waldron Elementary)35.719.6
 16.1%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Rutherford County)56.747.1
 9.6%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Tennessee)46.241.3
 4.9%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Roy L Waldron Elementary)2326.7
 3.7%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Rutherford County)38.941.8
 2.9%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Tennessee)35.237
 1.8%
All Grades Mathematics (Roy L Waldron Elementary)37.325
 12.3%
   All Grades Mathematics (Rutherford County)47.847.8
   All Grades Mathematics (Tennessee)40.838.1
 2.7%
All Grades English Language Arts (Roy L Waldron Elementary)24.326.2
 1.9%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Rutherford County)39.243.6
 4.4%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Tennessee)33.736.6
 2.9%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students7951339
 68.4%
African American228369
 61.8%
American Indian22
Asian1511
 26.7%
Hispanic323631
 95.4%
Pacific Islander22
White205278
 35.6%
Two or More Races2046
 130%


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Students at Roy L Waldron Elementary are 47% Hispanic, 28% African American, 21% White, 3% Two or more races.

Roy L Waldron Elementary ranks in the bottom 15.6% of Tennessee elementary schools.

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,339 students attended Roy L Waldron Elementary.

Students who attend Roy L Waldron Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : LaVergne Middle School
High : Lavergne High School


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