Best Public Schools in Zip Code 37211

Zip code 37211 in Nashville is served by 17 schools—7 elementary, 6 middle, 3 high schools, and 1 alternative school—enrolling roughly 11,100 students across grades K-12. Nearly all schools belong to Metro Nashville Public Schools, which ranks 126th of 141 Tennessee districts, while two charter schools fall under the Tennessee Public Charter School Commission (127th of 141). This district context matters because most schools operate in a low-performing environment, though individual results vary dramatically.

The clear standouts are the two Valor schools. Valor Flagship Academy School ranks in the 88th percentile of Tennessee high schools with 63.7% math proficiency, a 97.6% graduation rate, and a 1.4% dropout rate. Valor Voyager Academy School ranks in the 90th percentile for middle schools and has the area's lowest chronic absenteeism at 10.1%. LEAD Southeast School posts modest test scores but still graduates 95.2% of its students. On the opposite end, Glencliff High School ranks in the 1st percentile with a 61.5% graduation rate and a 37.5% dropout rate. Wright Middle School and McMurray Middle School both rank below the 10th percentile with math proficiency under 10%.

Only the two Valor schools rank above the state median. Spending does not predict success: Valor Flagship spends the most at $23,841 per student, while Aventura Community School spends nearly as much ($23,614) yet has just 20.9% math proficiency and 29.6% chronic absenteeism. The highest-absenteeism schools are usually the lowest-performing, though Tusculum Elementary School has low absenteeism (11.2%) but only 19% ELA proficiency. Encouragingly, several elementary schools are improving, including Aventura (7th to 27th percentile) and Paragon Mills Elementary School (2nd to 6th). The remaining schools—Norman Binkley Elementary School, May Werthan Shayne Elementary School, Haywood Elementary School, Glencliff Elementary School, William Henry Oliver Middle School, Croft Middle School, Nashville Collegiate Prep School, and Tennessee Nature Academy—span the 6th to 34th percentiles, so parents should evaluate each school individually.