Neely's Bend Elementary

Public elementary school, pre-kindergarten to grade 7 · Madison, Tennessee

Neely's Bend Elementary in Madison, Tennessee enrolled 491 students in 2024-25. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 15-24% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 15-19% proficient in math in 2022-23 (Tennessee: 35% and 34.3%).

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method

Enrollment rose 20% from 2022-23 to 2023-24; full-time teachers rose 14%

368 students in 2022-23, 442 students in 2023-24. Full-time teachers went from 24.5 to 28.0.

Students enrolled at Neely's Bend Elementary by school year2022-23: 368, 2023-24: 44202004006002022-233682023-24442
Students enrolled at Neely's Bend Elementary by school year2022-23: 368, 2023-24: 44202004006002022-233682023-24442
Students enrolled at Neely's Bend Elementary by school year2022-23: 368, 2023-24: 44202004006002022-233682023-24442
Students enrolled at Neely's Bend Elementary by school year2022-23: 368, 2023-24: 44202004006002022-233682023-24442
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2336824.515.0
2023-2444228.015.8

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24.

One counselor per 258 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Neely's Bend Elementary enrolled 258 students and had 1.0 counselor (full-time equivalent); it reported 2 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement coursesNone
  • Gifted and talented programYes
  • Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 258 of the 258 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions2
  • Chronically absent28.3% (2022-23)

Who attends

51.3% of students were Hispanic, 33.4% Black, 10.2% White in 2024-25.

  1. Hispanic51.3%
  2. Black33.4%
  3. White10.2%
  4. Two or more races4.3%
  5. Asian0.6%
  6. American Indian0.2%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.

State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23

The students tested at Neely's Bend Elementary scored proficient or above: 15-24% in reading in 2021-22 and 15-19% in math in 2022-23, against 35% in reading in 2021-22 and 34.3% in math in 2022-23 across Tennessee. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Tennessee, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22 and 2022-23
Subject and yearThis schoolIts districtTennessee
Reading and language arts, 2021-2215‑24%26%35%
Math, 2022-2315‑19%23% (2021-22)34.3%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Elementary schools in Madison

7 public elementary schools in Madison report 2024-25 enrollment; Neely's Bend Elementary is number 2 by size.

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunch
Amqui Elementary62615.0not reported
Neely's Bend Elementary49115.0not reported
Chadwell Elementary47819.5not reported
Stratton Elementary47813.2not reported
Neely's Bend: A LEAD Public School36720.4not reported
Smithson Craighead Academy31919.8not reported
Gateway Elementary31713.3not reported

All public schools in Madison →

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.

What to look at next about Neely's Bend Elementary

  1. Smithson Craighead AcademyThe nearest public elementary school, 1.5 miles away: 319 students, 19.8 per teacher (2024-25).1.5 mi
  2. DuPont ElementaryThe next nearest public elementary school, 1.9 miles away: 331 students, 16.1 per teacher (2024-25).1.9 mi
  3. Compare Neely's Bend Elementary with Smithson Craighead AcademyStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools spends per student$17,808 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$17,808
  5. The largest public schools in TennesseeNeely's Bend Elementary is the number 422 by size of 998 Tennessee elementary schools open in 2024-25.#422 of 998
  6. Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.

Questions about Neely's Bend Elementary

  1. How many students attend Neely's Bend Elementary?
    491 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 368 in 2022-23. It is an elementary school in Madison, TN.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Neely's Bend Elementary?
    15.0 students per full-time teacher (2022-23). A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is Neely's Bend Elementary a Title I school?
    Neely's Bend Elementary ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.
  4. How do students at Neely's Bend Elementary do on state tests?
    The students tested at Neely's Bend Elementary scored proficient or above: 15-24% in reading in 2021-22 and 15-19% in math in 2022-23, against 35% in reading in 2021-22 and 34.3% in math in 2022-23 across Tennessee. Tennessee's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.
  5. What district is Neely's Bend Elementary in?
    Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, NCES district ID 4703180. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 470318001351 are the district's.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22

District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.

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