Grassland Elementary, 6803 Manley Lane, Brentwood: grades K-5, 428 students (2024-25), state grade B; feeds Grassland Middle.

Last checked Oct. 18, 2026. Sources: ges.wcs.edu, Williamson County Schools, Tennessee Department of Education data files and the NCES school directory.

Grassland Elementary School is a Williamson County Schools (WCS) elementary school on Manley Lane in the Grassland community west of Brentwood. Its mailing address is Brentwood, but the school is outside the city limits, in unincorporated Williamson County, according to the Census Bureau’s city boundary, and its zone does not include any part of the city. The school traces its history to Sunnyside School, built about 1873 on Hillsboro Road; it took the Grassland name in 1911 and moved into the present building on Manley Lane in August 1992, according to its About Us page. The mascot is the Bald Eagle.

Who to call

  • Front office: 615-472-4480, 6803 Manley Lane, Brentwood, TN 37027
  • School website: ges.wcs.edu
  • Enrolling a new student: the WCS enrollment page. District office: 615-472-4000
  • Buses: Williamson County Schools Transportation, 615-472-4950
Address 6803 Manley Lane, Brentwood, TN 37027
Phone 615-472-4480
Grades Kindergarten to 5
School day 8:43 a.m. to 3:50 p.m.
District Williamson County Schools
State letter grade, 2024-25 B

Principal

Principal Kelly Goethals, according to the school’s principal’s message and staff directory.

Enrollment and teachers

  • Federal count: 463 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 15 students per teacher.
  • State count: 428 students in the 2024-25 school year, in the Tennessee Department of Education’s school profile file.
  • District projection: WCS projected 385 students for the first month of 2026-27 in a building with room for 780, and offered 245 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.

Grassland Elementary earned a B for 2024-25, the latest grades published, with an overall score of 3.6 out of 5 in the state’s letter grade file.

Indicator Score (1 to 5)
Achievement 5
Growth 2
Growth of highest-need students 3
Overall success rate, all students, 2024-25 tests 82.4%

Grassland’s achievement score was the top mark of 5, and 82.4% of its students met or exceeded expectations on 2024-25 tests. Its growth scores of 2 and 3 pulled the overall grade to a B.

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 3-5 88.1% 218
Math, grades 3-5 86.3% 219
Science 84.9% 218

The full report, with chronic absence, subgroup results and more, is on the Tennessee State Report Card; search for Grassland Elementary 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.

Grassland Elementary feeds Grassland Middle, at 2390 Hillsboro Road in Franklin, and then Franklin High, according to the WCS zone maps, as drawn in the 2023 board-approved boundaries published in the City of Franklin’s planning GIS. Comparing those maps with the Census Bureau’s city boundary, the Grassland zone lies entirely west of Brentwood, outside the city limits; homes inside Brentwood are zoned for other elementary schools. 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 elementary schools release early on set Wednesdays. The next are Oct. 28, Nov. 18 and Dec. 9.

Bell times for 2026-27, from the district’s start and end times page: classes run 8:43 a.m. to 3:50 p.m., with 12:18 p.m. dismissal on half days and 1:58 p.m. dismissal on early-release Wednesdays.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Grassland Elementary School in Brentwood?

It has a Brentwood mailing address, 6803 Manley Lane, but sits outside the city limits in unincorporated Williamson County, and its zone does not include any part of the city.

What is Grassland Elementary School’s state letter grade?

Grassland Elementary earned a B in Tennessee’s 2024-25 school letter grades, with an overall score of 3.6 out of 5.

Which high school does Grassland Elementary School feed into?

Grassland feeds Grassland Middle and then Franklin High, according to the district zone maps.

What time does Grassland Elementary School start?

Williamson County Schools lists Grassland Elementary’s day as 8:43 a.m. to 3:50 p.m., with 1:58 p.m. dismissal on early-release Wednesdays.