The top reported proficiency rate is 37% in English language arts. The lowest is 29% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Warner Elementary
Warner Elementary is a regular public school in Nashville, serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. It sits within the Davidson County school system, which is the Metro Nashville Public Schools district. The school occupies a building on Russell Street in Nashville’s 37206 ZIP code, a neighborhood in the east side of the city.
The student body is moderately sized for an elementary school. The racial and ethnic composition is not evenly spread: a majority of students are Black, with a smaller share of white students and even smaller groups of students who are Asian, Hispanic, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and those identifying as two or more races. Data on free or reduced-price meal eligibility, special education status, and English learner status were not reported for this school, so it is not possible to describe the economic or special-service profile of the student body from the available information. A parent may want to ask the school directly about those supports and the share of students who qualify.
Academically, Warner Elementary’s state test results from the most recent year place it in a specific position among its local peers. On Tennessee’s TNReady assessments, the school’s combined proficiency rate across math, reading, and science is above the midpoint among the handful of districts in Davidson County that reported data. But the actual share of students scoring at the proficient or advanced level in any single subject is below a majority. In math, less than four in ten students reached proficiency. In English language arts, the rate was similar. In science, it was lower still. Social studies results were suppressed for privacy reasons in an earlier year and were not reported for the most recent year. These are modest scores in absolute terms, and a family considering the school would likely want to follow up with the school or district about academic supports and how the school works to raise achievement.
There are no program offerings listed in the data, so it is not clear whether the school offers special academic tracks, language programs, or enrichment activities beyond the standard elementary curriculum. The school’s status is regular public school; it is not a charter or a magnet school. The data do not indicate Title I status, though many elementary schools in Nashville do receive that designation.
Housing in the school’s surrounding ZIP code is relatively expensive by national standards. Home values are above the national median and well above the statewide median for Tennessee. Rents are also above typical levels. This means the neighborhood around Warner Elementary is a costly part of the city to rent or buy in, which may shape the pool of families who live within the attendance zone.
Nashville itself is a fast-growing state capital and the largest city in Tennessee. It is a major center for healthcare, music, publishing, and technology, with several universities and a large metropolitan economy. The city’s overall pattern is suburban sprawl with a concentrated downtown, and car dependency is widespread. The consolidated city-county government means that Metro Nashville Public Schools covers the entire county. The district has a large number of elementary schools, and Warner is one of many.
The parent district, Davidson County, had no publicly reported major changes in the recent period that would affect parents, based on the search conducted. No new boundary adjustments, program launches, or leadership transitions were found. That is not a guarantee nothing has changed; it simply means no widely reported district-level shifts surfaced.
For a family looking at Warner Elementary, the academic picture is mixed: the school performs above the midpoint of its county’s districts when test results are averaged across subjects, but actual proficiency rates are low in absolute terms. The student population is predominantly Black, and the neighborhood is expensive, which may limit the range of families who can afford to live nearby. The lack of reported data on economic status and special programs means some important questions cannot be answered from this profile alone.
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