Photo: EVula · CC BY 3.0Berry Hill’s public schools score below 87% of Tennessee districts on tests and graduation
Math proficiency in Berry Hill’s districts is 19%, below the Tennessee average (31%). The grade covers the public school district serving Berry Hill, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Tennessee, not nationally.
From Tennessee state tests taken in spring 2022, when 92% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Berry Hill’s schools, in brief
Against towns with similar incomes
Among the 166 Tennessee towns with household incomes within a quarter of Berry Hill’s, its schools beat 5%, lower than their 13% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Results trail the state
In spring 2022, 27% of tested students were proficient in reading and 19% in math, against 37% and 31% statewide; 92% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓
Graduation
81% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 87% across Tennessee. Districts ↓
Spending and class size
The district spends $17,314 per student, against $13,059 across Tennessee (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓
70 elementary schools, then 34 middle and 22 high schools
Which school depends on the address at every step. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
What’s behind Berry Hill’s grade
D: better than 13% of Tennessee school districts. Both inputs trail the Tennessee average; graduation is the closer of the two to typical.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Berry Hill, with each school’s own grade.
Berry Hill’s public schools are run by Metropolitan Nashville Public School District, which also serves Belle Meade, Forest Hills, Goodlettsville and Oak Hill. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well below the state in reading
Berry Hill vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Tennessee towns that share Berry Hill’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Berry Hill | D | Metropolitan Nashville Public |
Every school in Berry Hill
122 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Tennessee’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Berry Hill’s schools
Are Berry Hill’s schools good?
On Tennessee’s tests they score below most of the state: the public schools Berry Hill children attend score below 87% of Tennessee’s school districts on tests and graduation, a D Schools grade. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 5%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Berry Hill in?
Metropolitan Nashville Public School District, which runs grades PK–12 and enrolls 81,022 students in 159 schools (2024–25).
Where do Berry Hill kids go to high school?
One of 22 high schools, depending on your address: Antioch High School, Cane Ridge High School, John Overton High, McGavock High, Hunters Lane High, James Lawson High School, Martin Luther King Jr School, Hillsboro High, Glencliff High School, Hume - Fogg High, Stratford STEM Magnet School, Whites Creek High, Maplewood High, Nashville School Of The Arts, Pearl-Cohn High, East Nashville Magnet High School, W. A. Bass Adult Program, Early College High School, Nashville Big Picture High School, The Academy at Opry Mills, The Academy at Old Cockrill and Transitions at Bass.
What is Berry Hill’s graduation rate?
81% of the class of 2023 in Metropolitan Nashville Public School District graduated in four years, against 87% across Tennessee.
How much does Berry Hill spend per student?
$17,314 in Metropolitan Nashville Public School District (FY2024), against $13,059 across Tennessee. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Berry Hill families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Berry Hill → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Tennessee. Stars are from neighbors.