Margaret Allen Middle School, 500 Spence Lane: grades 6-8, 306 students in 2024-25, state letter grade D.
Last checked Oct. 19, 2026. Sources: Margaret Allen 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.
Margaret Allen Middle School is a Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) middle school serving sixth grade through eighth grade, in the Glencliff cluster in the Southeast quadrant of the district.
- Address: 500 Spence Lane, Nashville, TN 37210
- Main office: 615-291-6385
- Grades: 6-8
- School hours: 8:55 a.m. to 3:55 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 start times
- Website: margaretallen.mnps.org
Who to call
- Front office: 615-291-6385
- Enrolling a new student: the school, or the Glencliff Enrollment Center, 160 Antioch Pike, 615-333-5070, option 7, 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 Monica Bryant, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment
The federal NCES directory counted 294 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13 students per teacher. The Tennessee Department of Education’s 2024-25 school profile file has a newer count of 306 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 | Margaret Allen Middle |
|---|---|
| Overall letter grade, 2024-25 | D (score 1.8 of 5) |
| Achievement grade | F |
| Academic growth grade | D |
| Growth of the lowest-scoring 25% of students | A |
| Overall success rate on state tests, 2024-25 | 13.2% |
The state’s spring 2026 test file has the share of Margaret Allen Middle students in tested grades who met or exceeded expectations on TCAP: 15.4% in science and 19% in social studies. It also has the share of Margaret Allen Middle students who met or exceeded expectations on each end-of-course exam: Integrated Math I 15.4%. The 2025-26 letter grades have not been published yet.
The State Report Card page for Margaret Allen 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 Glencliff cluster map (PDF) and the other maps on its district maps page.
On the district’s 2026-27 pathways chart (PDF), Margaret Allen Middle takes students from Fall-Hamilton Elementary, Glenview Elementary, John B. Whitsitt Elementary and Napier Elementary and feeds Glencliff 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.
More
- The school’s own site: margaretallen.mnps.org
- The school’s listing in the MNPS schools directory
- Neighborhood guides for the Glencliff zone: South Nashville, 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 Margaret Allen Middle serve?
Sixth grade through eighth grade. The school is at 500 Spence Lane in Nashville; the main office number is 615-291-6385.
What is Margaret Allen Middle’s state report card grade?
Margaret Allen Middle received a D overall in Tennessee’s 2024-25 School Letter Grades, according to the Tennessee Department of Education.
Which high school does Margaret Allen Middle feed into?
Glencliff High, according to MNPS’s 2026-27 pathways chart. Check an address in the MNPS zone finder.
What time does Margaret Allen Middle start?
School runs from 8:55 a.m. to 3:55 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 school start times.
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