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Percy Priest Elementary

PublicElementaryGrades K–5

1700 Otter Creek RD, Nashville, TN 37215 · (615) 298-8416 · Part of Metropolitan Nashville Public School District

Forest Hills’ School Grade D better than 13% of Tennessee school districts

Directions
Students
553
Setting
Suburb
Grades
K–5
The gist

What stands out about Percy Priest Elementary

  • Its own letter, A+: reading and math results near the top of Tennessee’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 40 pts above the state
  • Reading / language arts 48 pts above the state
  • Enrollment up 31.4% since 2020–21
  • Next stop for Forest Hills kids: 34 middle schools

On the path

Where Forest Hills kids come from and go next. The whole path →

K–5Percy Priest ElementaryYou are here
6–834 middle schoolsDepends on your address

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency67%
State average 27%
Reading / language arts77%
State average 29.5%

Its own letter, A+, places these results among Tennessee’s 1,649 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

1700 Otter Creek RD, Nashville

Students

Enrollment by grade
Kindergarten86
Grade 1103
Grade 289
Grade 3119
Grade 484
Grade 572
Enrollment over time
421’20
412’21
451’22
534’23
553’24

Up 31.4% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 85%Hispanic 5%Two or more races 4%Asian 4%Black 2%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Percy Priest Elementary from Forest Hills families.

Other schools in Metropolitan Nashville Public School District

The district →
Mt. View Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Antioch
C−
963 students
Smith Springs Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Antioch
C−
890 students
A. Z. Kelley Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Antioch
C+
840 students
Harpeth Valley Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Nashville
A
803 students
Una Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Nashville
C−
796 students
J. E. Moss Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Antioch
D
782 students

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Tennessee’s other public schools; Forest Hills’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.