Schools in Walterhill · Rutherford County School District
Walterhill’s public schools beat 73% of Tennessee districts
The public schools Walterhill’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 73% of Tennessee’s districts on state tests and graduation.
Math proficiency
34%
▲ 7 pts vs TN 27%
2020–21
Graduate on time
95%
▲ 5 pts vs TN 90%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$11.3K
▼ 13% vs TN $13.1K
FY2024
Schools
1
615 students
In brief
What Walterhill’s schools are like
Average results for less money
Walterhill spends 13% less per student than the state average, yet lands near the middle on results. Test scores ↓
Which school depends on your street
With 14 middle and 12 high schools, the school a child attends depends on your address. After that, everyone goes to Walter Hill Elementary. See the path ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
The School Grade
How Walterhill compares
B+ Test scoresB− Graduation
Tennessee school districts we grade (143)Better than 73%
Lower resultsHigher results
High confidence. Built on 24,944 tested students and a graduating class of 3,881; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Tennessee’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Tennessee only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Walterhill.
14 schools teach 6th grade in Walterhill’s district. Which one depends on your address: Blackman Middle School, Rockvale Middle School, Oakland Middle School and Central Magnet School and more.
14 schools teach 7th grade in Walterhill’s district. Which one depends on your address: Blackman Middle School, Rockvale Middle School, Oakland Middle School and Central Magnet School and more.
14 schools teach 8th grade in Walterhill’s district. Which one depends on your address: Blackman Middle School, Rockvale Middle School, Oakland Middle School and Central Magnet School and more.
12 schools teach 9th grade in Walterhill’s district. Which one depends on your address: Stewarts Creek High School, Blackman High School, Riverdale High School and Smyrna High School and more.
12 schools teach 10th grade in Walterhill’s district. Which one depends on your address: Stewarts Creek High School, Blackman High School, Riverdale High School and Smyrna High School and more.
12 schools teach 11th grade in Walterhill’s district. Which one depends on your address: Stewarts Creek High School, Blackman High School, Riverdale High School and Smyrna High School and more.
12 schools teach 12th grade in Walterhill’s district. Which one depends on your address: Stewarts Creek High School, Blackman High School, Riverdale High School and Smyrna High School and more.
The path, start to finish
PK–5Walter Hill ElementaryRutherford County School District
6–814 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–1212 high schoolsDepends on your address
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Lincoln College of Technology-NashvilleCommunity college · For-profit · Nashville
26.6 mi1,062 students
Straight-line distance from the center of Walterhill. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS. 13 more within 30 miles.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Tennessee. Stars are from neighbors.