Stanford Elementary vs Waverly-Belmont Elementary School

Stanford Elementary and Waverly-Belmont Elementary School are both elite performers in Nashville, separated by just 0.1 rating points — Waverly-Belmont at 9.2/10 versus Stanford at 9.1/10. More meaningfully, their state ranks reveal both schools are outliers: Waverly-Belmont sits at #30 of 1,785 Tennessee elementary schools, while Stanford holds #38 of 1,785. Either school places a child in the top 2% statewide, but Waverly-Belmont holds a slim edge at every tier of the comparison.

On academics, Waverly-Belmont Elementary School scores 9.5/10 versus Stanford Elementary's 9.2/10 — a 0.3-point gap that reflects measurably stronger tested proficiency. The growth picture flips: Stanford Elementary earns a 9.6/10 growth score against Waverly-Belmont's 9.5/10, meaning Stanford is slightly better at accelerating students beyond their starting points, even if absolute achievement runs a touch lower. Families weighing a child who is catching up or working above grade level should note that Stanford's growth edge is real, however narrow.

Stanford Elementary enrolls 435 students compared to Waverly-Belmont Elementary School's 528 — a 93-student difference that makes Stanford the more intimate campus. Student-teacher ratios are nearly identical: 16.7:1 at Stanford versus 16.5:1 at Waverly-Belmont, so neither school offers a material classroom-size advantage. Both ratios are competitive for Metro Nashville Public Schools, and neither school skews toward exceptionally high concentrations of economically disadvantaged students relative to the other based on available data.

One structural difference is worth flagging for families of pre-kindergarten-age children: Stanford Elementary serves grades PK through 5, giving families an on-campus pre-K entry point, while Waverly-Belmont Elementary School begins at kindergarten. The two schools sit 6.8 miles apart in Nashville, so geography alone may resolve the choice for many families, but those within range of both should weigh Waverly-Belmont's higher academic score against Stanford's PK availability and fractionally stronger growth trajectory.