Barksdale Elementary, 1920 Madison St.: grades pre-K-5, 526 students this fall and a C state grade. Office: 931-648-5685.
Last checked Oct. 17, 2026. Sources: barksdaleelem.cmcss.net, Clarksville-Montgomery County School System, Tennessee Department of Education data files and the NCES school directory.
Barksdale Elementary School is a CMCSS elementary school on Madison Street in Clarksville. It shares its building with Spanish Immersion at Barksdale, a separate school of choice.
Who to call
- Front office: 931-648-5685, 1920 Madison St., Clarksville, TN 37043
- School website: barksdaleelem.cmcss.net
- Enrolling a new student: the CMCSS Enrollment Center, 931-542-5078, 430 Greenwood Ave., or start online through the district registration page
- Buses: CMCSS Transportation, 931-358-4089; this school’s buses run from Operations dispatch, 931-358-4224, according to the bus and zoning page
- District office: 931-648-5600, 621 Gracey Ave.
| Address | 1920 Madison St., Clarksville, TN 37043 |
| Phone | 931-648-5685 |
| Grades | Pre-K to 5 |
| School day | 8:50 a.m. to 3:50 p.m. |
| District | Clarksville-Montgomery County School System (CMCSS) |
| Students, Oct. 17, 2026 | 526 |
| State letter grade, 2024-25 | C |
Principal
Principal Karen Hoskins, according to the school’s staff directory.
Enrollment and teachers
- This fall: 526 students on Oct. 17, 2026, day 44 of the school year, in the district’s enrollment count.
- State count: 483 students in the 2024-25 school year, in the Tennessee Department of Education’s school profile file.
- Federal count: 487 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 19 students per teacher.
State report card
Tennessee gives most public schools 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 indicators scored from 1 to 5: student achievement, academic growth, growth of the highest-need students and, for high schools, college and career readiness.
Barksdale Elementary earned a C for 2024-25, the latest grades published, with an overall score of 2.5 out of 5 in the state’s letter grade file.
| Indicator | Score (1 to 5) |
|---|---|
| Achievement | 4 |
| Growth | 1 |
| Growth of highest-need students | 1 |
| Overall success rate, all students, 2024-25 tests | 44.4% |
Spring 2026 TCAP tests (share of students who met or exceeded expectations, all grades, from the state’s 2026 school assessment file):
| Subject | Met or exceeded | Valid tests |
|---|---|---|
| English language arts | 47.6% | 246 |
| Math | 49.8% | 247 |
| Science | 54.3% | 247 |
The full report, with chronic absence and subgroup results, is on the Tennessee State Report Card; search for Barksdale Elementary by name.
Attendance zone and feeder schools
Check any address with the district’s bus and zoning lookup, or open the 2026-27 elementary zone map (PDF) and middle and high school zone map (PDF). Students attend their zoned school; a transfer needs a Special Request for Transfer approved by Student Services or an Open Enrollment application, and transfer students do not get bus service, according to the bus and zoning page.
In the elementary rezoning plan the school board approved in January 2024 (the feeder diagram in the final rezoning presentation (PDF)), Barksdale Elementary’s zone splits between more than one middle school zone, so the next school depends on the address: Richview Middle (then Clarksville High) or Rossview Middle (then Rossview High).
Calendar and bell times
From the board-approved CMCSS 2026-27 calendar (PDF):
- Tuesday, Nov. 3: staff development, no school for students
- Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, no school
- Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
- Thursday, Dec. 17: half day for students, end of the second nine weeks
- Dec. 18 to Jan. 4: winter break; students return Wednesday, Jan. 6
- March 15-19, 2027: spring break
Bell times, from the district’s list of schools: regular days run 8:50 a.m. to 3:50 p.m., and half days 8:50 a.m. to 12:20 p.m.
More on Clarksville schools
- The school’s website and the CMCSS list of elementary schools
- Every public school in Clarksville
- Our Clarksville schools guide for enrollment documents, the full calendar and school board meetings
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Barksdale Elementary School serve?
Barksdale Elementary serves grades pre-K to 5. It is a Clarksville-Montgomery County School System school at 1920 Madison St. in Clarksville.
What is Barksdale Elementary’s state letter grade?
Barksdale Elementary earned a C in Tennessee’s 2024-25 school letter grades, with an overall score of 2.5 out of 5.
Which middle school does Barksdale Elementary feed into?
It depends on the address. In the rezoning plan the CMCSS board approved in January 2024, Barksdale Elementary’s zone splits between the Richview Middle (then Clarksville High) and Rossview Middle (then Rossview High) zones. Check an address with the district’s bus and zoning lookup.
What time does Barksdale Elementary start?
CMCSS lists Barksdale Elementary’s regular day as 8:50 a.m. to 3:50 p.m., and half days as 8:50 a.m. to 12:20 p.m.
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