A. Z. Kelley Elementary School, 5834 Pettus Road: pre-K to 5, 805 students in 2024-25, state letter grade D.
Last checked Oct. 19, 2026. Sources: A. Z. Kelley Elementary, Metro Nashville Public Schools’ school directory, 2026-27 pathways chart (PDF), district calendar, school start times and zone finder, the Tennessee Department of Education’s State Report Card, 2024-25 letter grade and school profile files and spring 2026 test file and the federal NCES school directory.
A. Z. Kelley Elementary School is a Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) elementary school serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, in the Cane Ridge cluster in the Southeast quadrant of the district. Its mailing address says Antioch, a community inside Nashville’s consolidated city-county government.
- Address: 5834 Pettus Road, Antioch, TN 37013
- Main office: 615-941-7535
- Grades: pre-K to 5
- School hours: 8:10 a.m. to 3:10 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 start times
- Website: azkelley.mnps.org
Who to call
- Front office: 615-941-7535
- Enrolling a new student: the school, or one of MNPS’s eight enrollment centers, open 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. weekdays; MNPS Family Information Center 615-259-4636
- Checking a zone: the MNPS zone finder
- Buses: MNPS Transportation, 615-259-4636; the district says students who attend their zoned school and live more than 1.25 miles away (1.5 miles for high schools) can ride the bus
Principal
Principal Kamilah Mathews, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment
The federal NCES directory counted 683 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 18 students per teacher. The Tennessee Department of Education’s 2024-25 school profile file has a newer count of 805 students, including 35 in pre-K.
State report card
Tennessee grades every public school A to F. The department says School Letter Grades give “a snapshot of how each school in the state is performing, including student achievement and academic growth measures for all schools, as well as a measure of college and career readiness just for high schools.”
From the state’s 2024-25 letter grade file:
| Measure | A. Z. Kelley Elementary |
|---|---|
| Overall letter grade, 2024-25 | D (score 1.7 of 5) |
| Achievement grade | D |
| Academic growth grade | F |
| Growth of the lowest-scoring 25% of students | C |
| Overall success rate on state tests, 2024-25 | 23.6% |
The state’s spring 2026 test file has the share of A. Z. Kelley Elementary students in tested grades who met or exceeded expectations on TCAP: 28% in English language arts, 29.1% in math and 29.3% in science. The 2025-26 letter grades have not been published yet.
The State Report Card page for A. Z. Kelley Elementary holds the full detail: results by grade and subject, chronic absenteeism and results for each group of students.
Attendance zone and feeder schools
MNPS attendance zones do not follow neighborhood lines. Check an address in the zone finder, which shows the zoned elementary, middle and high school, or see the district’s Cane Ridge cluster map (PDF) and the other maps on its district maps page.
On the district’s 2026-27 pathways chart (PDF), A. Z. Kelley Elementary feeds Thurgood Marshall Middle, along with Henry C. Maxwell Elementary, and then Cane Ridge High.
Calendar and school hours
The MNPS 2026-27 district calendar has these dates next:
- Thursday, Oct. 22: report cards issued
- Tuesday, Nov. 3: parent conference day, no school for students
- Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, district closed
- Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break (district closed Nov. 26-27)
- Friday, Dec. 18: half day; the second quarter ends
- Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break
- March 22-26, 2027: spring break and the spring holiday
- Tuesday, May 25, 2027: last day for students, a half day
The school day runs 8:10 a.m. to 3:10 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 school start times, which the Board of Education approved as part of a districtwide adjustment.
More
- The school’s own site: azkelley.mnps.org
- The school’s listing in the MNPS schools directory
- Neighborhood guides for the Cane Ridge zone: Antioch-Priest Lake, Southeast Nashville
- Every public school in the city: Nashville public schools
- Calendars, enrollment and the school board: our Nashville schools guide
Frequently asked questions
What grades does A. Z. Kelley Elementary serve?
Pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. The school is at 5834 Pettus Road in Antioch; the main office number is 615-941-7535.
What is A. Z. Kelley Elementary’s state report card grade?
A. Z. Kelley Elementary received a D overall in Tennessee’s 2024-25 School Letter Grades, according to the Tennessee Department of Education.
Which middle school does A. Z. Kelley Elementary feed into?
Thurgood Marshall Middle, and then Cane Ridge High, according to MNPS’s 2026-27 pathways chart. Check an address in the MNPS zone finder.
What time does A. Z. Kelley Elementary start?
School runs from 8:10 a.m. to 3:10 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 school start times.
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