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Official sources
The official sources, in one place. We link them. We don't rate them — and below, why.
If you ask us to rate a school or an area's safety, we're going to hand you the data instead of an opinion. Not because we can't talk about it — because those are judgments, they're yours to make, and an agent's impression is a poor substitute for the primary source.
There's a fairness dimension too. When school ratings or safety impressions get used to nudge buyers toward some areas and away from others, real people end up sorted by someone else's assumptions. That's what fair housing law exists to prevent, and we think the rule is right.
So here's what we do instead: we give you the same primary sources the professionals use, for every county we work in, every time — and we stay out of your conclusion. The FBI publishes guidance asking people not to rank or compare places using its crime data. We think that's good advice, so we follow it.
The state report card and the federal public-school directory.
Tennessee Department of Education (state agency)
Search by school or district name. Reports achievement, student growth, enrollment, English-learner proficiency, graduation rate, postsecondary readiness, discipline, staff data, school and district funding, a TISA funding calculator, and the state's letter grades. Free, no login.
The dashboard's address box finds the closest school to an address, not the school an address is zoned for.
National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education (federal)
The federal Common Core of Data directory. Search by school name, street address, city, state, ZIP, a mile radius, county, or district; filter by grade span and school type. Returns enrollment, student-teacher ratio, grade span, and locale. The site carries its own notice that inclusion does not constitute an endorsement.
Address search returns schools near a point, not the school an address is zoned for.
Neither statewide tool tells you which school an address is zoned for. Zoning is set by the district; use the district tools below.
The district sets school assignment by address. These are the districts' own sites and lookup tools.
School assignment is by address, and zone lines change. Rutherford County Schools adopted new zone lines on December 11, 2025, covering all middle schools plus Stewarts Creek Elementary and Brown's Chapel Elementary. Wilson County Schools approved rezonings for Central Pike Elementary, Gladeville Elementary, Gladeville Middle, Southside School, and Rutland Elementary. Confirm any specific address with the district itself.
Sumner County Board of Education
District site with the school directory and student registration. Covers Sumner County, including Hendersonville, Gallatin, Portland, White House (Sumner side), and Westmoreland.
Williamson County Board of Education
District site with the school list and enrollment. Covers Williamson County, including Franklin, Brentwood, Nolensville, Fairview, Thompson's Station, and the Williamson side of Spring Hill.
Part of Franklin lies in the separate Franklin Special School District for grades PreK-8, so a Franklin address can fall in either district. Confirm with both.
Metropolitan Nashville Board of Public Education
Find My School: enter a residential address to see zoned schools, with the district's own explanation of zoned schools, out-of-zone (optional) applications, and Pre-K. Covers Nashville and Davidson County.
Rutherford County Board of Education
Bus routes and school zones: address lookup for school zones and school-board zones, with the current rezoning notice. Covers Rutherford County, including Murfreesboro, Smyrna, and La Vergne.
Murfreesboro City Schools is a separate district for grades PreK-6 inside Murfreesboro, so a Murfreesboro address can fall in either district for those grades. Confirm with both.
Wilson County Board of Education
School zone lookup by address plus downloadable zone maps and the approved rezoning list. Covers Wilson County, including Mt. Juliet and Lebanon.
The district notes that a PreK-8 address in Lebanon may fall in the separate Lebanon Special School District.
Maury County Board of Education
District site with a zoned-school lookup on its Transportation page. Covers Maury County, including Columbia, Mt. Pleasant, and the Maury side of Spring Hill.
Spring Hill straddles the Williamson/Maury county line, so a Spring Hill address can fall in either district. Confirm with the district.
Robertson County Board of Education
District site. Covers Robertson County, including Springfield, Greenbrier, Coopertown, and the Robertson side of White House.
White House straddles the Sumner/Robertson county line, so a White House address can fall in either district. Confirm with the district.
Clarksville-Montgomery County Board of Education
District site. Covers Montgomery County, including Clarksville.
Also from the U.S. Department of Education:
Reported-offense data by law-enforcement agency, from the federal and state programs that collect it.
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program (federal)
Agency-level offense and clearance counts by month and by offense type, with victim and offender demographics, weapon type, location type, and relationship data. Free, no login. How to use it: set two dropdowns, the law-enforcement agency and the year.
Every city police department and county sheriff's office in the eight counties above reports to this program as its own agency. Choose the agency whose jurisdiction covers the address.
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (state agency)
The state's primary source. A plain-English explanation of TIBRS, the Tennessee incident-based reporting system, and what the state does and does not collect, with links to the CrimeInsight dashboards and the annual Crime in Tennessee reports.
Local police and sheriff's office websites vary in what they publish, and many handle records requests only. The two sources above report the local agencies on one consistent basis.
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You pull the data. We'll handle contracts, inspections, negotiation, and the parts of a Middle Tennessee move that don't show up in a spreadsheet. We represent buyers at little or no cost to you.
The school district owns that answer. Each district publishes its own zone lookup: Sumner County Schools (Find My School Zone), Williamson County Schools (school zones page), Metro Nashville Public Schools (Find My School), Rutherford County Schools (bus routes and school zones), Wilson County Schools (school zone lookup), Maury County Public Schools (Transportation page), Robertson County Schools, and the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System. Franklin, Murfreesboro, and Lebanon each also contain a separate city or special school district for the lower grades, so an address there can fall in either district. The statewide tools return the closest school to an address, which is not the same as the zoned school, so confirm any specific address with the district.
The Tennessee Department of Education publishes the State Report Card at tn.gov/education/families/report-card.html. It is searchable by school or district name and reports achievement, growth, enrollment, graduation rate, discipline, staffing, and funding data. It is free and requires no login.
The FBI Crime Data Explorer at cde.ucr.cjis.gov publishes agency-level data by month; choose the law-enforcement agency and the year. Each Middle Tennessee city police department and county sheriff's office reports as its own agency. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation publishes state-level statistics and the annual Crime in Tennessee reports at tn.gov/tbi.
Yes. Districts redraw zone lines as enrollment shifts. Rutherford County Schools adopted new zone lines on December 11, 2025, covering all middle schools plus Stewarts Creek Elementary and Brown's Chapel Elementary, and Wilson County Schools approved rezonings for Central Pike Elementary, Gladeville Elementary, Gladeville Middle, Southside School, and Rutland Elementary. Confirm the current zoning for any specific address with the district before relying on it.
Those are judgments that belong to the buyer, and they should be made from the primary data rather than from an agent's impression. Using school ratings or safety impressions to steer buyers toward or away from areas is what fair housing law exists to prevent. So we link the official state and federal sources for every county we work in, the same way every time, and we stay out of the conclusion.
