Elementary · Tennessee

Scales Elementary School

Free meals for all

Scales Elementary School, a public elementary school in Murfreesboro, Tennessee: grades k–5, 937 students, — students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Murfreesboro.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
937
Teachers (FTE)
—
Students per teacher
—
Grades
K–5
Elementary

The school reported no teacher count for this year.

Larger than 97% of elementary schools in Tennessee

Median 453 · 1,022 schools compared

Larger than 98% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Tennessee's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Tennessee: 39%

37%proficient

+3.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 55% of elementary schools in Tennessee

Median 40% · 978 elementary schools compared

446 students tested, grades 3–8 · TNReady; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Tennessee: 42%

37%proficient

+2.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 60% of elementary schools in Tennessee

Median 42% · 978 elementary schools compared

445 students tested, grades 3–8 · TNReady; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades K–5
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Midsize city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Murfreesboro.

Location

Address
2340 St. Andrews DR, Murfreesboro, TN 37128
Phone
(615)895-5279
City or town
Murfreesboro

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Cason Lane AcademyFree meals for all
Pre-K–6844—30%37%
Salem Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–6946—46%57%
Overall Creek ElementaryFree meals for all
K–5937—55%64%
Pre-K–5954—47%47%
Pre-K–5982—57%61%
Pre-K–5969—49%59%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 470315002073