Dan Mills Elementary vs Rosebank Elementary

Dan Mills Elementary and Rosebank Elementary are both Nashville elementary schools serving PK–05, sitting 2.3 miles apart — but they occupy meaningfully different positions in Tennessee's school rankings. Rosebank Elementary holds the stronger overall standing at #20 of 1785 Tennessee schools, while Dan Mills Elementary ranks #66 of 1785. That 46-slot gap translates to a 0.4-point overall rating difference: Rosebank at 9.3/10 versus Dan Mills at 8.9/10, placing both schools in elite territory but Rosebank clearly ahead on composite measures.

The academic and growth scores tell a more nuanced story. Dan Mills Elementary leads on academic score at 9.5/10 compared to Rosebank Elementary's 8.8/10 — a 0.7-point edge that reflects stronger current proficiency outcomes. Rosebank Elementary, however, earns a perfect 10.0/10 growth score against Dan Mills Elementary's 8.6/10, a 1.4-point gap that signals Rosebank is accelerating student progress at an exceptional rate. Families weighing where students already test well against where students are gaining ground fastest will find those two numbers are the sharpest differentiator between these schools.

Dan Mills Elementary is the larger campus, enrolling 604 students versus Rosebank Elementary's 440. The student-teacher ratios are nearly identical — 15.9:1 at Dan Mills and 16.3:1 at Rosebank — meaning class-size access to teachers is comparable despite the 164-student enrollment difference. Neither school holds a meaningful edge on staffing density, so families shouldn't weight that factor heavily in their comparison.

Both schools serve the same grade span, PK through fifth grade, making them functionally equivalent on program length. The distinction lies in outcomes: Dan Mills Elementary's higher academic score suggests a student body currently performing at a very high proficiency level, while Rosebank Elementary's perfect growth score indicates its instructional model is driving year-over-year gains that rank among the best in the entire state. For context, both schools outperform the vast majority of Tennessee's 1,785 elementary schools by a wide margin.