Is Nashville Grade School a good school?

Nashville Grade School ranks 1127 th of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Nashville Grade School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 605 students attended Nashville Grade School.

What is the racial makeup of Nashville Grade School?

Students at Nashville Grade School are 92% White, 3% Two or more races, 2% Hispanic.

What schools do graduates of Nashville Grade School attend?

Students who attend Nashville Grade School usually go on to attend: High : Nashville Community High School

Nashville Grade School

Summary:

Nashville Grade School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-8 in Nashville, Illinois, with 584 students. The school is part of the Nashville CCSD 49 district, which is ranked 516 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

While Nashville Grade School has some areas of concern, the nearby schools show a wide range of performance. The school's test scores are generally below the state averages, with only 30.2% of students proficient or better in ELA and 28.3% in Math, compared to the state averages of 41.2% and 28.4% respectively. The school also struggles to effectively serve certain student subgroups, with its rankings for female, male, and white students all in the bottom half of Illinois elementary schools, and its ranking for special education students particularly low, in the bottom 30% of schools. Additionally, Nashville Grade School has seen a steady increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 2.1% in 2019-2020 to 9.0% in 2023-2024, which is higher than the state average.

Comparing Nashville Grade School to its neighbors, some schools like Germantown Elementary and Bartelso Elementary significantly outperform it on test scores and other metrics, while others like Coulterville Elementary and Irvington Elementary struggle with similar challenges. Nashville Grade School's performance has also been somewhat inconsistent over the years, suggesting the school may be facing difficulties in maintaining consistent improvement. To address these issues, the school could benefit from a closer examination of its practices and strategies for supporting its struggling student subgroups, particularly special education and low-income students, as well as a focus on addressing chronic absenteeism.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-8

750 E Gorman St
Nashville, IL 62263-2007

(618) 327-4304

District: Nashville CCSD 49

SchoolDigger Rank:
1127^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $12,507

Students who attend Nashville Grade School usually attend:

High:

Nashville Community High School

Student/teacher ratio: 15.1

Number of students: 605

Racial breakdown:

White:

91.9%

Two or more races:

3.5%

Hispanic:

2.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 40.5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Nashville Grade School ranks worse than 54.5% of elementary schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 41.07. (See more...)

Compare Details Nashville Grade School ranks better than 53.3% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 46.96. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (91.9%), two or more races (3.5%), Hispanic (2.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 40.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Nashville Grade School is 15.1. (See more...)

Compare Nashville Grade School employs 40 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Nashville Grade School is $12,507.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Nashville Grade School:

SchoolDigger ranks Nashville Grade School 1127^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Nashville Grade School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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SchoolDigger ranks Nashville Grade School 637^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Nashville Grade School in the ranking list.)

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Nashville CCSD 49:

SchoolDigger ranks Nashville CCSD 49 516^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Nashville Grade School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Nashville Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	69.70	717^th	2020	64.5%
2004	58.06	1052^nd	2030	48.2%
2005	55.22	1116^th	2022	44.8%
2006	67.58	795^th	2086	61.9%
2007	67.10	814^th	2095	61.1%
2008	68.29	789^th	2092	62.3%
2009	62.58	980^th	2120	53.8%
2010	60.67	1034^th	2139	51.7%
2011	61.38	999^th	2147	53.5%
2012	62.33	983^rd	2166	54.6%
2013	53.68	1090^th	2167	49.7%
2015	24.53	1575^th	2052	23.2%
2016	43.00	1102^nd	2046	46.1%
2017	51.32	920^th	2044	55.0%
2018	49.24	961^st	2037	52.8%
2019	55.96	863^rd	2086	58.6%
2021	42.76	1000^th	1948	48.7%
2022	47.06	1013^th	2082	51.3%
2023	47.82	996^th	2077	52.0%
2024	41.07	1127^th	2067	45.5%

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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Nashville Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2022	26.92	859^th	1113	22.8%
2023	59.89	345^th	1156	70.2%
2024	29.73	844^th	1195	29.4%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Nashville Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	52.75	737^th	1765	58.2%
2019	68.02	401^st	1816	77.9%
2021	65.46	325^th	1514	78.5%
2022	55.38	652^nd	1763	63.0%
2023	52.33	757^th	1808	58.1%
2024	38.62	1096^th	1793	38.9%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Nashville Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	50.23	916^th	1964	53.4%
2019	55.27	847^th	2019	58.0%
2021	29.69	1151^st	1680	31.5%
2022	42.78	1031^st	1970	47.7%
2023	43.00	1033^rd	1957	47.2%
2024	40.97	1061^st	1942	45.4%

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Rank History for elementary school Disabled students at Nashville Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	28.69	659^th	886	25.6%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Nashville Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	46.18	966^th	1972	51.0%
2019	56.70	784^th	2019	61.2%
2021	54.26	651^st	1707	61.9%
2022	50.56	868^th	1977	56.1%
2023	50.84	877^th	1984	55.8%
2024	40.67	1068^th	1959	45.5%

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Rank History for elementary school White students at Nashville Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	33.10	1016^th	1463	30.6%
2019	37.60	952^nd	1462	34.9%
2021	27.09	1024^th	1308	21.7%
2022	29.05	1083^rd	1425	24.0%
2023	29.40	1061^st	1419	25.2%
2024	23.68	1134^th	1392	18.5%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Rank History for all middle school students at Nashville Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	53.05	632^nd	1185	46.7%
2004	74.84	316^th	1204	73.8%
2005	72.56	363^rd	1209	70.0%
2006	77.35	254^th	1272	80.0%
2007	70.99	367^th	1287	71.5%
2008	65.85	503^rd	1293	61.1%
2009	68.73	454^th	1318	65.6%
2010	70.28	417^th	1327	68.6%
2011	66.37	514^th	1344	61.8%
2012	68.73	438^th	1365	67.9%
2013	72.16	350^th	1367	74.4%
2015	25.67	972^nd	1302	25.3%
2016	55.46	501^st	1294	61.3%
2017	54.94	515^th	1293	60.2%
2018	50.75	594^th	1293	54.1%
2019	47.35	662^nd	1356	51.2%
2021	54.63	461^st	1241	62.9%
2022	58.73	462^nd	1369	66.3%
2023	58.01	472^nd	1367	65.5%
2024	46.96	637^th	1363	53.3%

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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Nashville Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2022	26.43	767^th	781	1.8%
2023	40.27	397^th	805	50.7%
2024	35.07	469^th	802	41.5%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Nashville Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	76.16	170^th	1161	85.4%
2019	59.79	381^st	1217	68.7%
2021	55.43	339^th	1019	66.7%
2022	54.29	450^th	1221	63.1%
2023	66.44	286^th	1234	76.8%
2024	48.04	547^th	1219	55.1%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Nashville Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	49.28	602^nd	1226	50.9%
2019	51.95	566^th	1276	55.6%
2021	45.43	503^rd	1017	50.5%
2022	55.39	465^th	1286	63.8%
2023	53.98	487^th	1275	61.8%
2024	46.10	618^th	1251	50.6%

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Rank History for middle school Disabled students at Nashville Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	58.10	180^th	674	73.3%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Nashville Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	50.13	550^th	1223	55.0%
2019	42.97	673^rd	1296	48.1%
2021	60.19	322^nd	1048	69.3%
2022	61.42	402^nd	1286	68.7%
2023	58.96	422^nd	1292	67.3%
2024	47.21	585^th	1264	53.7%

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Rank History for middle school White students at Nashville Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	34.50	605^th	889	31.9%
2019	29.80	646^th	905	28.6%
2021	40.10	461^st	813	43.3%
2022	46.34	454^th	898	49.4%
2023	43.55	487^th	895	45.6%
2024	30.76	619^th	875	29.3%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Nashville Grade School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1999	354	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	354
2000	383	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	384
2001	343	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	344
2002	359	0	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	361
2003	359	0	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	361
2004	382	1	1	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	385
2005	371	1	1	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	376
2006	564	5	3	2	0	n/a	n/a	2	576
2007	559	8	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	3	571
2008	543	0	4	0	0	n/a	n/a	15	562
2009	490	8	6	3	0	n/a	n/a	2	509
2010	562	4	5	7	0	n/a	n/a	8	586
2011	557	6	5	2	0	0	5	0	575
2012	529	7	4	8	0	0	6	0	554
2013	551	5	5	6	0	0	7	0	574
2014	529	4	5	6	0	0	8	0	552
2015	521	6	4	10	1	0	7	0	549
2016	559	7	5	16	1	0	7	0	595
2017	552	8	6	17	1	0	11	0	595
2018	525	3	5	14	2	5	8	0	562
2019	527	4	7	15	4	6	8	0	571
2020	556	3	8	13	4	5	10	0	599
2021	526	2	13	17	3	4	14	0	579
2022	524	2	5	17	1	1	19	0	569
2023	537	3	5	13	1	2	23	0	584
2024	556	5	6	14	1	2	21	0	605

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Nashville Grade School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1999	354	16.4	21.6	n/a
2000	384	16.5	23.3	n/a
2001	344	18.0	19.1	n/a
2002	361	17.1	21.1	13.9
2003	361	17.1	21.1	13.9
2004	385	17.5	22.0	17.7
2005	376	19.0	19.8	19.1
2006	576	33.0	17.5	8.5
2007	571	30.0	19.0	n/a
2008	562	29.0	19.4	n/a
2009	509	33.0	15.4	30
2010	586	33.0	17.7	31.7
2011	575	32.4	17.7	32.2
2012	554	31.4	17.6	35.2
2013	574	39.6	14.4	33.3
2014	552	n/a	n/a	33.7
2015	549	35.0	15.6	40.8
2016	595	40.0	14.8	42.2
2017	595	41.0	14.5	34.5
2018	562	41.0	13.7	39.7
2019	571	39.0	14.6	38
2020	599	39.0	15.3	36.2
2021	579	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	569	39.0	14.5	33.6
2023	584	39.0	14.9	37.8
2024	605	40.0	15.1	40.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Nashville Grade School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1999	354	16.4	21.6	n/a
2000	384	16.5	23.3	n/a
2001	344	18.0	19.1	n/a
2002	361	17.1	21.1	13.9
2003	361	17.1	21.1	13.9
2004	385	17.5	22.0	17.7
2005	376	19.0	19.8	19.1
2006	576	33.0	17.5	8.5
2007	571	30.0	19.0	n/a
2008	562	29.0	19.4	n/a
2009	509	33.0	15.4	30
2010	586	33.0	17.7	31.7
2011	575	32.4	17.7	32.2
2012	554	31.4	17.6	35.2
2013	574	39.6	14.4	33.3
2014	552	n/a	n/a	33.7
2015	549	35.0	15.6	40.8
2016	595	40.0	14.8	42.2
2017	595	41.0	14.5	34.5
2018	562	41.0	13.7	39.7
2019	571	39.0	14.6	38
2020	599	39.0	15.3	36.2
2021	579	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	569	39.0	14.5	33.6
2023	584	39.0	14.9	37.8
2024	605	40.0	15.1	40.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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