Percy Priest Elementary School, 2005 Priest Road: K-5, 553 students in 2024-25, state letter grade C.
Last checked Oct. 19, 2026. Sources: Percy Priest 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.
Percy Priest Elementary School is a Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) elementary school serving kindergarten through fifth grade, in the Hillsboro cluster in the Southwest quadrant of the district. The building sits inside the city of Forest Hills, one of the small cities within Davidson County, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s geocoder; MNPS serves the whole county.
- Address: 2005 Priest Road, Nashville, TN 37215
- Main office: 615-298-8416
- Grades: K-5
- School hours: 8:10 a.m. to 3:10 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 start times
- Website: percypriest.mnps.org
Who to call
- Front office: 615-298-8416
- 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
The school’s website gives the address above. MNPS’s 2026-27 building list and its construction page use 1700 Otter Creek Road, the site where the district built a replacement school building.
Principal
Principal Russell Young, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment
The federal NCES directory counted 534 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 34 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 553 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 | Percy Priest Elementary |
|---|---|
| Overall letter grade, 2024-25 | C (score 3.2 of 5) |
| Achievement grade | A |
| Academic growth grade | F |
| Growth of the lowest-scoring 25% of students | C |
| Overall success rate on state tests, 2024-25 | 82.3% |
The state’s spring 2026 test file has the share of Percy Priest Elementary students in tested grades who met or exceeded expectations on TCAP: 85.9% in English language arts, 82% in math and 83.5% in science. The 2025-26 letter grades have not been published yet.
The State Report Card page for Percy Priest 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 Hillsboro cluster map (PDF) and the other maps on its district maps page.
On the district’s 2026-27 pathways chart (PDF), Percy Priest Elementary feeds John Trotwood Moore Middle, along with Julia Green Elementary and Waverly-Belmont Elementary, and then Hillsboro High.
Some addresses in the Hillsboro cluster have a zoned option, a second zoned school with bus service; see the district’s Hillsboro zoned options map (PDF).
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: percypriest.mnps.org
- The school’s listing in the MNPS schools directory
- Neighborhood guides for the Hillsboro zone: Green Hills-Midtown, West 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 Percy Priest Elementary serve?
Kindergarten through fifth grade. The school is at 2005 Priest Road in Nashville; the main office number is 615-298-8416.
What is Percy Priest Elementary’s state report card grade?
Percy Priest Elementary received a C overall in Tennessee’s 2024-25 School Letter Grades, according to the Tennessee Department of Education.
Which middle school does Percy Priest Elementary feed into?
John Trotwood Moore Middle, and then Hillsboro High, according to MNPS’s 2026-27 pathways chart. Check an address in the MNPS zone finder.
What time does Percy Priest 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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