McMurray Middle School, 520 McMurray Drive: grades 6-8, 545 students in 2024-25, state letter grade D.
Last checked Oct. 19, 2026. Sources: McMurray 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.
McMurray Middle School is a Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) middle school serving sixth grade through eighth grade, in the Overton cluster in the Southwest quadrant of the district.
- Address: 520 McMurray Drive, Nashville, TN 37211
- Main office: 615-333-5126
- Grades: 6-8
- School hours: 8:55 a.m. to 3:55 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 start times
- Website: mcmurray.mnps.org
Who to call
- Front office: 615-333-5126
- Enrolling a new student: the school, or the Overton Enrollment Center at Robertson Academy, 835 Robertson Academy Road, 615-333-5067, 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 T-Shaka Coverson, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment
The federal NCES directory counted 686 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 16 students per teacher. The Tennessee Department of Education’s 2024-25 school profile file has a newer count of 545 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 | McMurray 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 | 13.3% |
The state’s spring 2026 test file has the share of McMurray Middle students in tested grades who met or exceeded expectations on TCAP: 13.5% in English language arts, 9.9% in math, 20% in science and 19.8% in social studies. The 2025-26 letter grades have not been published yet.
The State Report Card page for McMurray 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 Overton cluster map (PDF) and the other maps on its district maps page.
On the district’s 2026-27 pathways chart (PDF), McMurray Middle takes students from Haywood Elementary and Tusculum Elementary and feeds John Overton 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: mcmurray.mnps.org
- The school’s listing in the MNPS schools directory
- Neighborhood guides for the Overton zone: 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 McMurray Middle serve?
Sixth grade through eighth grade. The school is at 520 McMurray Drive in Nashville; the main office number is 615-333-5126.
What is McMurray Middle’s state report card grade?
McMurray Middle received a D overall in Tennessee’s 2024-25 School Letter Grades, according to the Tennessee Department of Education.
Which high school does McMurray Middle feed into?
John Overton High, according to MNPS’s 2026-27 pathways chart. Check an address in the MNPS zone finder.
What time does McMurray 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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