H.G. Hill Middle School, 150 Davidson Road: grades 6-8, 435 students in 2024-25, state letter grade C.

Last checked Oct. 19, 2026. Sources: H.G. Hill Middle, 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.

H.G. Hill Middle School is a Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) middle school serving sixth grade through eighth grade, in the Lawson cluster in the Southwest quadrant of the district.

  • Address: 150 Davidson Road, Nashville, TN 37205
  • Main office: 615-353-2020
  • Grades: 6-8
  • School hours: 8:55 a.m. to 3:55 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 start times
  • Website: hghill.mnps.org

Who to call

  • Front office: 615-353-2020
  • Enrolling a new student: the school, or the Lawson Enrollment Center, 8001 Highway 70 S., 615-353-6000, open 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. weekdays (all eight centers); 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 Carrie Jones, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment

The federal NCES directory counted 433 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15 students per teacher. The Tennessee Department of Education’s 2024-25 school profile file has a newer count of 435 students.

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 H.G. Hill Middle
Overall letter grade, 2024-25 C (score 2.6 of 5)
Achievement grade D
Academic growth grade C
Growth of the lowest-scoring 25% of students B
Overall success rate on state tests, 2024-25 26.1%

The state’s spring 2026 test file has the share of H.G. Hill Middle students in tested grades who met or exceeded expectations on TCAP: 21.9% in English language arts, 20.3% in math, 37.2% in science and 33.2% in social studies. It also has the share of H.G. Hill Middle students who met or exceeded expectations on each end-of-course exam: Integrated Math I 89.5%. The 2025-26 letter grades have not been published yet.

The State Report Card page for H.G. Hill Middle 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 Lawson cluster map (PDF) and the other maps on its district maps page.

On the district’s 2026-27 pathways chart (PDF), H.G. Hill Middle takes students from Charlotte Park Elementary and Gower Elementary and feeds James Lawson 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 8:55 a.m. to 3:55 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 school start times; the school kept its schedule when the district adjusted start times for 2026-27.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does H.G. Hill Middle serve?

Sixth grade through eighth grade. The school is at 150 Davidson Road in Nashville; the main office number is 615-353-2020.

What is H.G. Hill Middle’s state report card grade?

H.G. Hill Middle received a C overall in Tennessee’s 2024-25 School Letter Grades, according to the Tennessee Department of Education.

Which high school does H.G. Hill Middle feed into?

James Lawson High, according to MNPS’s 2026-27 pathways chart. Check an address in the MNPS zone finder.

What time does H.G. Hill Middle start?

School runs from 8:55 a.m. to 3:55 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 school start times.