The top reported proficiency rate is 23% in English language arts. The lowest is 8% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Inglewood Elementary
Inglewood Elementary serves students from prekindergarten through fifth grade in a regular public school setting in Nashville. The school is part of Davidson County, the consolidated city-county system that operates as Nashville’s school district. This is a neighborhood elementary school, not a charter or magnet school.
The student body is diverse. The largest group of students is Black, followed by a substantial share of white students, and a smaller but still present group of Hispanic students. About a quarter of students are white. Families with roots in two or more races are also represented. No Asian or Native American students were enrolled in the year the data was collected. Data on how many students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, receive special education services, or are English learners was not available, which is an important gap for a parent gauging the range of student needs and support structures at the school.
On state assessments, academic performance is a soft spot. The school's overall proficiency rate across tested subjects, when averaged together, sits above the midpoint among Davidson County's elementary schools. But proficiency rates individually are low. In math, about a sixth of students scored proficient. In English language arts, the share was just over a fifth. In science, it was a fifth. The social studies results are from several years ago, before the test changed, and showed very few students reaching proficiency. These are the most recent results available for the other subjects as well. A parent evaluating the school will want to ask what instructional supports are in place and how the school is working to move these numbers.
Inglewood Elementary has a sizable enrollment for an elementary school. The grade distribution is fairly even from prekindergarten through fourth grade, with a smaller group in fifth. This suggests neighborhood feeder patterns that hold families through the primary years, with some attrition before middle school, or simply smaller cohort sizes at that grade level.
The school is located in Nashville, a major state capital and fast-growing urban center. The Inglewood neighborhood is an older part of the city, east of downtown, known for its early to mid-twentieth-century housing stock and a mix of longtime residents and newer arrivals drawn by the area's relative affordability compared to more central neighborhoods. Housing values in this part of Nashville have been under some recent pressure, with a slight dip after a long period of steep increases. Rents have continued to rise. For a family buying a home in the attendance zone, the cost is meaningfully above the statewide median but remains more accessible than the national median. The area is car-dependent, like most of Nashville’s sprawling footprint, though Inglewood has a more connected street grid than some newer subdivisions.
The school district itself, Metro Nashville Public Schools, is a large and complex system. No new district-level initiatives or changes that would directly affect families at Inglewood Elementary were found in the available research. The district's general profile has not shifted in a way that would change the experience of attending this particular school.
For a parent, Inglewood Elementary presents as a neighborhood school with a diverse student population and an academic record that gives reason for close attention. The data points to a school where many students are not yet meeting state benchmarks in core subjects. A parent choosing this school should plan to engage directly with the principal and teachers about specific academic supports, intervention programs, and how the school tracks student growth over time. The neighborhood itself offers a stable, older residential setting within a city that is growing rapidly, and the housing market in this zip code reflects Nashville’s general upward cost trajectory even with a recent leveling off.
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