Crieve Hall Elementary vs Rosebank Elementary

Rosebank Elementary ranks #20 of 1785 schools in Tennessee, placing it in the top 1% statewide. Crieve Hall Elementary earns the #50 statewide rank — still top 3% in Tennessee — with a 9.0/10 overall rating compared to Rosebank Elementary's 9.3/10. That 0.3-point gap at the top of the scale reflects a meaningful difference in state standing: 30 positions separate these two Nashville schools, both of which clear most of the competition by a wide margin.

The academic and growth scores tell sharply different stories. Crieve Hall Elementary leads on academic proficiency with a 9.8/10 academic score versus Rosebank Elementary's 8.8/10 — a full point gap suggesting stronger raw test performance at Crieve Hall. Rosebank Elementary counters with a perfect 10.0/10 growth score against Crieve Hall Elementary's 8.4/10, indicating Rosebank's students are advancing at an exceptional rate relative to their starting points. Parents weighing current proficiency against momentum will find these two schools pulling in opposite directions on those dimensions.

Crieve Hall Elementary enrolls 499 students to Rosebank Elementary's 440, keeping both schools in a comparable mid-size range for Nashville elementaries. The student-teacher ratio favors Crieve Hall Elementary at 14.3:1 versus Rosebank Elementary's 16.3:1 — two additional students per teacher on average, which can affect individual attention in classroom settings. Neither school is unusually large, but families prioritizing smaller class sizes will find the gap at Crieve Hall.

Rosebank Elementary serves grades PK through 05, offering a pre-kindergarten entry point that Crieve Hall Elementary does not — Crieve Hall begins at kindergarten. For families with four-year-olds seeking a single-school transition into elementary, that pre-K availability at Rosebank is a concrete structural advantage. The two schools sit 8.5 miles apart in Nashville, making them realistic alternatives for families whose neighborhoods fall between the two attendance zones or who have school-choice options.