Scales Elementary, 6430 Murray Lane, Brentwood: grades K-5, 641 students (2024-25), state grade B; feeds Brentwood Middle.

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

Scales Elementary School is a Williamson County Schools (WCS) elementary school on Murray Lane in west Brentwood, about 2 miles west of Brentwood Middle and Brentwood High. It opened in the fall of 1977 for grades K-6 and now serves kindergarten to fifth grade, according to the school’s About Us page, which says its students “live primarily in a residential area west of Franklin Rd.” A renovation added a new office, a hallway with 10 classrooms and a STEM library, the school says. The students are the Mustangs.

Who to call

  • Front office: 615-472-4830, 6430 Murray Lane, Brentwood, TN 37027
  • School website: ses.wcs.edu
  • Enrolling a new student: the WCS enrollment page. District office: 615-472-4000
  • Buses: Williamson County Schools Transportation, 615-472-4950
Address 6430 Murray Lane, Brentwood, TN 37027
Phone 615-472-4830
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 Drew Perry, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment and teachers

  • Federal count: 712 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 16 students per teacher.
  • State count: 641 students in the 2024-25 school year, in the Tennessee Department of Education’s school profile file.
  • District projection: WCS projected 526 students for the first month of 2026-27 in a building with room for 830, and offered 154 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.

Scales Elementary earned a B for 2024-25, the latest grades published, with an overall score of 3.5 out of 5 in the state’s letter grade file.

Indicator Score (1 to 5)
Achievement 5
Growth 2
Growth of highest-need students 2
Overall success rate, all students, 2024-25 tests 74.7%

Scales’ achievement score was the top mark of 5. Its two growth scores, 2 each, 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 79% 348
Math, grades 3-5 76.5% 349
Science 72.5% 349

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

Scales Elementary feeds Brentwood Middle and then 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, and Brentwood High’s history page. Comparing the maps with the Census Bureau’s city boundary, the Scales zone covers the west side of Brentwood and continues west beyond the city limits into unincorporated Williamson County. 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

What grades does Scales Elementary School serve?

Kindergarten to 5. Scales is a Williamson County Schools elementary school at 6430 Murray Lane in Brentwood; call 615-472-4830.

What is Scales Elementary School’s state letter grade?

Scales Elementary earned a B in Tennessee’s 2024-25 school letter grades, with an overall score of 3.5 out of 5.

Which high school does Scales Elementary School feed into?

Scales feeds Brentwood Middle and then Brentwood High, according to the school district’s zone maps and Brentwood High’s history page.

What time does Scales Elementary School start?

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