Brentwood Middle, 5324 Murray Lane: grades 6-8, 1,109 students (2024-25), state grade A; feeds Brentwood High. Office: 615-472-4250.
Last checked Oct. 18, 2026. Sources: bms.wcs.edu, Williamson County Schools, Tennessee Department of Education data files and the NCES school directory.
Brentwood Middle School is a Williamson County Schools (WCS) middle school for grades 6 to 8 on Murray Lane, next door to Brentwood High. It opened in August 1972 as Northside Junior High School, with 850 students in grades 7 to 9, and became a middle school when ninth grade moved to the new Brentwood High in 1982, according to the school’s About Us page. The teams are the Vikings, in green and gold. The school says it was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 2006 and again in 2016.
A new building. The school was rebuilt in two phases on the same site. Students moved into the first phase in March 2024 and the second in August 2025, and the new multi-purpose field was finished Nov. 7, 2025, according to the district’s project page. The finished school has 72 classrooms.
Who to call
- Front office: 615-472-4250, 5324 Murray Lane, Brentwood, TN 37027
- School website: bms.wcs.edu
- Enrolling a new student: the WCS enrollment page. District office: 615-472-4000
- Buses: Williamson County Schools Transportation, 615-472-4950
| Address | 5324 Murray Lane, Brentwood, TN 37027 |
| Phone | 615-472-4250 |
| Grades | 6 to 8 |
| School day | 7:50 a.m. to 2:57 p.m. |
| District | Williamson County Schools |
| State letter grade, 2024-25 | A |
Enrollment and teachers
- Federal count: 1,126 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 16 students per teacher.
- State count: 1,109 students in the 2024-25 school year, in the Tennessee Department of Education’s school profile file.
- District projection: WCS projected 1,085 students for the first month of 2026-27 in a building with room for 1,460, and offered 100 open-zoned seats to families from other zones, in its open-zoned schools list for 2026-27 (PDF).
State report card
Tennessee gives every public school an A-F letter grade. The Department of Education says the grades are meant “to provide a snapshot of how each school performed during the previous academic year,” according to its school letter grades page. The grade combines four indicators, each scored from 1 to 5: student achievement, academic growth, growth of the highest-need students and, for high schools only, college and career readiness.
Brentwood Middle earned an A for 2024-25, the latest grades published, with a perfect overall score of 5 in the state’s letter grade file.
| Indicator | Score (1 to 5) |
|---|---|
| Achievement | 5 |
| Growth | 5 |
| Growth of highest-need students | 5 |
| Overall success rate, all students, 2024-25 tests | 81.6% |
Spring 2026 TCAP tests (share of students who met or exceeded expectations, from the state’s 2026 school assessment file):
| Subject | Met or exceeded | Valid tests |
|---|---|---|
| English language arts, grades 6-8 | 78.8% | 1,092 |
| Math, grades 6-8 | 79.3% | 864 |
| Science | 85.4% | 1,091 |
| Social studies | 88.8% | 1,090 |
| Algebra I (high school course) | more than 95% | 161 |
| Geometry (high school course) | more than 95% | 66 |
The full report, with chronic absence, subgroup results and more, is on the Tennessee State Report Card; search for Brentwood Middle School by name.
Attendance zone and feeder schools
Check any address with the WCS zoned school finder (abbreviate the street type, leave the ZIP code blank) or on the district’s school zone maps. You must live in Williamson County to attend WCS. Out-of-zone requests open Feb. 4 and close April 15, and out-of-zone students do not get bus service.
The Edmondson, Lipscomb and Scales elementary zones feed Brentwood Middle, which feeds Brentwood High, according to the WCS zone maps, as drawn in the 2023 board-approved boundaries published in the City of Franklin’s planning GIS. Brentwood High’s own history page names the same schools. Inside the city, the zone takes in most of the west side, the Concord Road area around Lipscomb Elementary and the northeast around Edmondson Pike. Zones follow streets, not city limits, so confirm any address with the zoned school finder.
Calendar and bell times
From the WCS 2026-27 student calendar (PDF):
- Tuesday, Nov. 3: Election Day, no students
- Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
- Friday, Dec. 18: half day for students, end of the first semester
- Dec. 21 to Jan. 4: winter break; students return Tuesday, Jan. 5
- Feb. 12-15, 2027: mid-winter break and Presidents Day
- March 15-19, 2027: spring break
WCS middle and high schools start 45 minutes late on set Mondays. The next are Monday, Oct. 19, then Oct. 26, Nov. 2, Nov. 9, Nov. 16, Nov. 30 and Dec. 7.
Bell times for 2026-27, from the district’s start and end times page: classes run 7:50 a.m. to 2:57 p.m., starting at 8:35 a.m. on late-start Mondays, with 11:25 a.m. dismissal on half days.
More on Brentwood schools
- The school’s website and Williamson County Schools’ list of middle schools
- Every public school in Brentwood
- Our Brentwood schools guide for enrollment documents and school board meetings
- Brentwood High School, where Brentwood Middle students go next
- Our Murray Lane and Granny White neighborhood guide
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Brentwood Middle School serve?
Grades 6 to 8. Brentwood Middle is a Williamson County Schools middle school at 5324 Murray Lane in Brentwood; the office number is 615-472-4250.
What is Brentwood Middle School’s state letter grade?
Brentwood Middle earned an A in Tennessee’s 2024-25 school letter grades, with a perfect overall score of 5.
Which high school does Brentwood Middle School feed into?
Brentwood High, next door on Murray Lane, according to the district zone maps.
What time does Brentwood Middle School start?
Williamson County Schools lists Brentwood Middle’s day as 7:50 a.m. to 2:57 p.m., with an 8:35 a.m. start on late-start Mondays.
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