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We see the hard work taking place by students and teachers in our classrooms each day.

Many of Metro Nashville Public Schools are showing positive growth and student achievement – with 37 of our traditional, magnet, and charter MNPS schools designated as Reward Schools and among the top performing public schools in the state.

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Tennessee’s Reward Schools in Metro Nashville

Andrew Jackson Elementary
Crieve Hall Elementary
Dan Mills Elementary
Eakin Elementary
Gateway Elementary
Glendale Elementary
Gower Elementary
Granbery Elementary
Harpeth Valley Elementary
Head Middle
Hume – Fogg High
KIPP Academy Nashville
KIPP Nashville College Prep

Lakeview Elementary
Liberty Collegiate Academy
Lockeland Elementary
May Werthan Shayne Elementary School
Martin Luther King Jr School
Meigs Middle
Middle College High
Napier Elementary
Nashville Classical
Nashville School of the Arts
Neely’s Bend Elementary
Norman Binkley Elementary

Pennington Elementary
Percy Priest Elementary
Rocketship Nashville Northeast Elementary
Ruby Major Elementary
Shwab Elementary
Smith Springs Elementary School
Stanford Elementary
Sylvan Park Elementary
Tusculum Elementary
Valor Flagship Academy
Valor Voyager Academy
Westmeade Elementary

BUT

 

We also know that not enough of our students are sharing in the progress.

 

By working together, we can create the positive change we want and need for ALL students. But it is going to take all of us working together to create the change and results we need!

Low Student Achievement

Only 1 in 3 MNPS third graders reading on grade level.

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Only 1 out of 4 MNPS students  is “on track” or has mastered the grade level material on state assessments.
(26.4%, up 2.3% from 2018)

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It’s even lower for many students with less than 1 in 5 students of color scoring as grade-level proficient. (18.5%)

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The number of MNPS schools on the state’s Priority List of lowest performing public schools nearly doubled from 11 to 21 last year – with Metro Nashville now having more low performing schools than any school district in the state.

2017-20180%

11 Priority Schools

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2018-20190%

21 Priority Schools

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Growing Number of Low Performing Schools

Growing Number of Low Performing Schools

The number of MNPS schools on the state’s Priority List of lowest performing public schools nearly doubled from 11 to 21 last year – with Metro Nashville now having more low performing schools than any school district in the state.

2017-20180%

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11 Priority Schools

2018-20190%

21 Priority Schools

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Too Many Students NOT College Ready

30%

Only 3 in 10 of MNPS high school graduates are ready for college
(up 6.1% from 2017)

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24%

Just 24% of MNPS graduates earn a postsecondary degree within six years following high school

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Overall MNPS Student Enrollment

Despite Nashville’s booming population growth - overall MNPS student enrollment trends have been slowly and steadily declining

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School-to-School Enrollment Decline

MNPS enrollment decline from elementary to middle to high school is dramatic

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Too Many Families Fleeing for Other Options

Too Many Families Fleeing for Other Options

Overall MNPS Student Enrollment

Despite Nashville’s booming population growth - overall MNPS student enrollment trends have been slowly and steadily declining

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School-to-School Enrollment Decline

MNPS enrollment decline from elementary to middle to high school is dramatic

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