Summary:
Zip code 37069 in Franklin, TN is served by 5 public schools — 3 elementary and 2 middle schools — spanning two highly rated districts, with no high school in the area, requiring families to plan for transitions outside the zip code after 8th grade.
The five schools in this zip code offer distinctly different academic profiles. The three Williamson County Schools campuses — Grassland Middle School, Walnut Grove Elementary School, and Hunters Bend Elementary School — rank in the 97th–98th percentile statewide. Hunters Bend leads in math (87.9% proficient) and science (82.9%), while Walnut Grove tops the zip in ELA (81.5%). Grassland Middle is the strongest middle school, with 69.8% math and 70.3% ELA proficiency, plus remarkably low chronic absenteeism at 5.4%. By contrast, the two Franklin Special School District schools — Poplar Grove K-4 School and Poplar Grove 5-8 School — are above-average statewide (76th–82nd percentile) but trail their zip-code neighbors considerably, especially in math and ELA.
Spending does not align with results: the Poplar Grove schools spend roughly $25,000 per student — nearly double the $13,000–$16,000 at Williamson County schools — yet post lower scores. A notable bright spot is Poplar Grove 5-8's Algebra I program, with 88.9% proficiency, even though 7th-grade math (29.5%) and ELA (32.5%) proficiency are the lowest in the zip. Chronic absenteeism across all schools (5.3%–7.7%) is far below the state average of 18.3%. Overall, families in 37069 have access to some of Tennessee's best schools, but the choice between districts involves clear trade-offs in rankings, spending, and subject-area strengths.
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