Rosebank Elementary vs Waverly-Belmont Elementary School

Rosebank Elementary and Waverly-Belmont Elementary School sit 5.5 miles apart in Nashville, Tennessee, and rank within 10 spots of each other statewide — Rosebank Elementary at #20 of 1,785 Tennessee schools and Waverly-Belmont Elementary School at #30 of 1,785. The overall ratings are nearly identical: Rosebank holds a 9.3/10 against Waverly-Belmont's 9.2/10, a gap of just 0.1 points. Both schools place in the top 2% of the state, so parents are choosing between two genuinely high-performing options rather than a clear frontrunner and a fallback.

The academic and growth scores tell a more interesting story. Waverly-Belmont Elementary School posts a higher academic proficiency score — 9.5/10 versus Rosebank Elementary's 8.8/10, a difference of 0.7 points on tested subject mastery. Rosebank reverses that advantage on growth: its 10.0/10 growth score is a perfect mark, half a point above Waverly-Belmont's already strong 9.5/10. In practical terms, students arriving at Rosebank are gaining ground at an exceptional rate relative to their starting points, while students at Waverly-Belmont are scoring higher on absolute proficiency benchmarks.

Enrollment at Rosebank Elementary is 440 students compared to Waverly-Belmont Elementary School's 528, giving Rosebank a modestly smaller campus feel. The student-teacher ratios are nearly equivalent — 16.3:1 at Rosebank versus 16.5:1 at Waverly-Belmont — so neither school offers a meaningful classroom-size advantage over the other.

One structural difference: Rosebank Elementary serves grades PK through 5, while Waverly-Belmont Elementary School begins at kindergarten with no pre-K offering. For families with a four-year-old, Rosebank is the only option of the two. Above kindergarten, both schools cover the same grade span through fifth grade and compete directly for the same student population across Nashville's elementary years.