Pennington Elementary School, 2817 Donna Hill Drive: pre-K to 5, 268 students in 2024-25, state letter grade D.

Last checked Oct. 19, 2026. Sources: Pennington 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.

Pennington Elementary School is a Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) elementary school serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, in the McGavock cluster in the Northeast quadrant of the district.

  • Address: 2817 Donna Hill Drive, Nashville, TN 37214
  • Main office: 615-885-8918
  • 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: pennington.mnps.org

Who to call

  • Front office: 615-885-8918
  • Enrolling a new student: the school, or the McGavock Enrollment Center, 3150 McGavock Pike, 615-885-8850, 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 Raquel Gonzalez, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment

The federal NCES directory counted 295 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 14 students per teacher. The Tennessee Department of Education’s 2024-25 school profile file has a newer count of 268 students, including 18 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 Pennington Elementary
Overall letter grade, 2024-25 D (score 2 of 5)
Achievement grade C
Academic growth grade F
Growth of the lowest-scoring 25% of students F
Overall success rate on state tests, 2024-25 31.3%

The state’s spring 2026 test file has the share of Pennington Elementary students in tested grades who met or exceeded expectations on TCAP: 41.4% in English language arts, 40.6% in math and 32.6% in science. The 2025-26 letter grades have not been published yet.

The State Report Card page for Pennington 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 McGavock cluster map (PDF) and the other maps on its district maps page.

On the district’s 2026-27 pathways chart (PDF), Pennington Elementary feeds Two Rivers Middle, along with McGavock Elementary, and then McGavock 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.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Pennington Elementary serve?

Pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. The school is at 2817 Donna Hill Drive in Nashville; the main office number is 615-885-8918.

What is Pennington Elementary’s state report card grade?

Pennington Elementary received a D overall in Tennessee’s 2024-25 School Letter Grades, according to the Tennessee Department of Education.

Which middle school does Pennington Elementary feed into?

Two Rivers Middle, and then McGavock High, according to MNPS’s 2026-27 pathways chart. Check an address in the MNPS zone finder.

What time does Pennington Elementary start?

School runs from 8:10 a.m. to 3:10 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 school start times.