The top reported proficiency rate is 56% in Science. The lowest is 33% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Charlotte Elementary
Charlotte Elementary is a regular public school serving prekindergarten through fifth grade in the small rural town of Charlotte, the seat of Dickson County. The town is part of the Nashville metropolitan area, though its own character is quieter and more residential, centered on a historic courthouse square that is the oldest functioning courthouse in Tennessee. Charlotte has seen considerable population growth in recent years, alongside rising home values and household income, yet it remains a small, close-knit community. The school itself is one of several operated by Dickson County Schools, and it sits within a district where no significant recent developments were publicly reported that would alter a family’s near-term planning.
The student body is predominantly white, with a small share of students who identify as Hispanic and an even smaller share who are Black or multiracial. A very small number of students are Asian or American Indian. The enrollment is moderate in size for an elementary school. We looked for the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, for the number of students with an IEP, and for the count of English learners, but those figures were not available in the data provided; a parent may want to ask the school directly about the range of student supports it offers.
On state assessments, Charlotte Elementary’s results are a mixed picture. In English language arts, more than half of students scored at the proficient level or above on the TNReady tests, while in math the share was notably lower, falling short of that mark. In science, again more than half of students met the proficiency threshold. Social studies data came from several years ago and involved a change in the test and cut scores, so that result is not directly comparable to current performance. Taken together, the school’s strongest academic showing in the available evidence is in reading and science, with math being a softer spot that a parent may wish to discuss with the school to understand what interventions or curriculum supports are in place.
Because this is an elementary school that does not serve high school grades, there is no graduation rate to report. The same is true for chronic absenteeism; those metrics are not applicable to this grade band.
The school’s setting is rural and residential. Charlotte itself is walkable only in a very limited sense, with street life concentrated around the court square and the low-density residential streets that surround it. The town has no public transit system or dedicated walkability scores, and the school campus’s exact proximity to downtown was not specified in the available records. For families considering a move to the area, housing values have risen substantially, reflecting the broader growth pressure from the Nashville region, but the town still offers a small-town feel.
The comparison fact-set was unable to place Charlotte Elementary relative to other schools in Dickson County because it was the only school-level entity in that county for which the data could produce a comparison. That means there is no local benchmark to say whether this school’s test results are stronger or weaker than those of nearby elementary schools. The district itself is the only one in the county, so any district-level comparison would be to itself.
For a family, Charlotte Elementary presents as a school where literacy and science scores are solid but math proficiency is lower, set in a small, growing, rural county-seat town that is part of the Nashville orbit but retains a distinct historic identity. The absence of demographic support data and the lack of a local comparison group mean that a prospective parent will want to gather more information directly from the school about student services, class sizes, and how the school addresses math instruction.
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