Best Nashville suburbs for schools

Ranked almost entirely on the Schools category — within-state proficiency, student–teacher ratio, graduation rate and schools nearby — with the two poll questions about children and teenagers at 20% once a place has enough responses.

Updated Sep 2026·20 suburbs considered, 10 listed

Franklin$705k median · 23.9 min commute

Schools A+Cost of living B−Residents inactive

Schools score
overall 76 B

Brentwood$1.03M median · 25.7 min commute

Schools ACost of living D−Residents inactive

Schools score
overall 69 B−

Nolensville$778k median · 36.8 min commute

Schools ACost of living C−Residents inactive

Schools score
overall 68 B−

Fairview$390k median · 37.1 min commute

Schools ACost of living B−Residents inactive

Schools score
overall 57 C−

Hendersonville$431k median · 29.7 min commute

Schools A−Cost of living C+Residents inactive

Schools score
overall 64 C+

Mount Juliet$460k median · 30.2 min commute

Schools A−Cost of living CResidents inactive

Schools score
overall 61 C

Gallatin$372k median · 26.4 min commute

Schools A−Cost of living BResidents inactive

Schools score
overall 62 C

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Hartsville/Trousdale County$338k median · 33.9 min commute

Schools A−Cost of living A−Residents inactive

Schools score
overall 52 D+

Smyrna$358k median · 26.3 min commute

Schools B+Cost of living BResidents inactive

Schools score
overall 63 C+

Downtown Murfreesboro, Tennessee Image copyleft: Image taken by me, released under GFDL, Pollinator 04:42, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Murfreesboro$402k median · 26.7 min commute

Schools B+Cost of living BResidents inactive

Schools score
overall 66 C+

This list's weighting

Schools 80%Resident poll (Q5, Q6) 20%

Poll components only count for places with eight or more resident responses; for the others the remaining weights re-normalise to 100%.

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Photos from Wikimedia Commons: Franklin (Ichabod · CC BY-SA 3.0); Brentwood (Concord715 · CC0); Nolensville (Skye Marthaler · CC BY-SA 3.0); Fairview (Skye Marthaler · CC BY-SA 3.0); Hendersonville (GatewayPolitics · CC BY-SA 4.0); Gallatin (Ichabod · CC BY-SA 3.0); Hartsville/Trousdale County (Brian Stansberry · CC BY 3.0); Smyrna (Skye Marthaler · CC BY-SA 3.0); Murfreesboro (The original uploader was Pollinator at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0).