NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools TN

Best-Resourced Schools in Goodlettsville, TN

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5 public K-12 schools in Goodlettsville from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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5
Schools
2,079
Students
44.6/100
Avg Resource Index
17.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Resource breadth with tighter class loads

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Goodlettsville has more public-school enrollment than 14% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Goodlettsville's average Resource Investment Index ranks above most listed cities even though its student-teacher ratio is on the more crowded side of the national city distribution. That is a useful mismatch, not a contradiction: counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance can lift the composite while classroom staffing remains comparatively tight. Families should inspect the component scores on each school profile instead of reading the city index as a shorthand for small classes.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of Goodlettsville's 5 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Goodlettsville's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 68th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 29th percentile. The 39-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 86%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
68th percentile
Teacher staffing
29th percentile

Madison Creek Elementary accounts for 27.2% of all Goodlettsville public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Goodlettsville-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Goodlettsville school enrollment varies 2.2× across entities

Goodlettsville school enrollment ranges from 252 students (lowest) to 566 students (highest), a spread of 314 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Goodlettsville student-teacher ratio is 17.5:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Goodlettsville is typically wider than the Goodlettsville-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Millersville Elementary 54
2. Goodlettsville Middle 47
3. Madison Creek Elementary 46
4. Goodlettsville Elementary 39
5. Old Center Elementary 37

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Goodlettsville

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Goodlettsville Elementary 71.7/100
  2. 2 Goodlettsville Middle 67.1/100
  3. 3 Old Center Elementary 64.4/100
  4. 4 Millersville Elementary 62.4/100
  5. 5 Madison Creek Elementary 52.7/100

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Which Goodlettsville school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Millersville Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Goodlettsville schools in this federal-data comparison at 54/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Goodlettsville, TN? ▼

Goodlettsville has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,079 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.5:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.