The top reported proficiency rate is 23% in English language arts. The lowest is 10% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Aventura Community School
Aventura Community School is a charter school serving kindergarten through eighth grade in Nashville. It is a regular public school, not a magnet or alternative program, and it operates within the Davidson County school system. The school is small for its grade band, and its enrollment is concentrated in the earliest elementary grades: the student body is composed almost entirely of kindergartners and first and second graders. There are no students in grades three through eight. This is highly unusual for a school that lists KG through 08 as its served grades, and a parent would want to clarify directly with the school whether the middle grades are currently unenrolled or whether the school plans to add them in the future.
The student population is diverse. A majority of students are Hispanic, about a quarter are white, and the balance includes Black students, Asian students, and students who identify as two or more races. Information on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, who receive special education services, or who are English learners was not available in the data.
State testing data is available in math, English language arts, and science, and it was produced by a cohort of students that is very small. In each subject, the share of students scoring proficient or above was below a quarter. The lowest result was in math. The highest result was in English language arts. A parent should read these numbers with the size of the tested group in mind: this is a small sample drawn from early elementary grades, and the results may not be stable or predictive of how the school will perform as it grows or adds grades. Compared to other districts in Davidson County, the school’s overall proficiency index sits above the midpoint among a small cohort of districts.
Because the school does not serve high school grades, there is no graduation rate to report. No chronic absenteeism rate was available. Discipline data, course access information, and staffing details were also absent from the record.
Nashville, where the school is located, is a large and fast-growing state capital with a diversified economy centered on healthcare, music, publishing, automotive, technology, and state government. The city has a defined downtown with civic and entertainment landmarks, and it hosts multiple universities. The consolidated city-county government was formed decades ago partly to address sprawl, and the city’s geographic footprint remains large, making car dependency common across most of the city. Housing values in the school’s ZIP code are above the state benchmark but have softened slightly, and the gap between typical rents and the cost of a mortgage makes renting more affordable than buying at current interest rates. The broader Nashville metro area is among the fastest-growing in the country.
No district-level changes or initiatives that would directly affect parents at this school were found in the data. The district brief returned no parent-relevant updates from recent years.
This is a school that appears to be in its early stages of operation or enrollment, with a student body concentrated in the primary grades and academic results that are low in percentage terms but come from a very small test-taking group. A parent considering this school should confirm the grade trajectory, ask about plans for the upper elementary and middle grades, and investigate what supports are in place for the school’s larger populations of Hispanic and English-learner students—since data on English learner services was not provided. The school’s position within a large, growing urban district means that families have many options, and the charter status gives the school operational autonomy that families may value or may want to examine closely, depending on their priorities.
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