Cumberland Heights Elementary, 2093 Ussery Road South: grades pre-K-5, 582 students this fall and an A state grade. Office: 931-648-5695.
Last checked Oct. 17, 2026. Sources: cumberlandheightselem.cmcss.net, Clarksville-Montgomery County School System, Tennessee Department of Education data files and the NCES school directory.
Cumberland Heights Elementary School is a CMCSS elementary school on Ussery Road South, south of the Cumberland River, with a Clarksville mailing address.
Who to call
- Front office: 931-648-5695, 2093 Ussery Road South, Clarksville, TN 37040
- School website: cumberlandheightselem.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 | 2093 Ussery Road South, Clarksville, TN 37040 |
| Phone | 931-648-5695 |
| Grades | Pre-K to 5 |
| School day | 8:35 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. |
| District | Clarksville-Montgomery County School System (CMCSS) |
| Students, Oct. 17, 2026 | 582 |
| State letter grade, 2024-25 | A |
Principal
Principal Rachel Funderburk, according to the school’s staff directory.
Enrollment and teachers
- This fall: 582 students on Oct. 17, 2026, day 44 of the school year, in the district’s enrollment count.
- State count: 584 students in the 2024-25 school year, in the Tennessee Department of Education’s school profile file.
- Federal count: 610 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 18 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.
Cumberland Heights Elementary earned an A for 2024-25, the latest grades published, with an overall score of 4.5 out of 5 in the state’s letter grade file.
| Indicator | Score (1 to 5) |
|---|---|
| Achievement | 5 |
| Growth | 4 |
| Growth of highest-need students | 4 |
| Overall success rate, all students, 2024-25 tests | 55.7% |
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 | 58.6% | 278 |
| Math | 57.4% | 277 |
| Science | 63.3% | 278 |
The full report, with chronic absence and subgroup results, is on the Tennessee State Report Card; search for Cumberland Heights 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)), all of Cumberland Heights Elementary’s zone feeds Montgomery Central Middle and Montgomery Central High.
For 2026-27, CMCSS offered open-enrollment seats at Cumberland Heights Elementary in first and second grades (five seats each), with the building at 65% of capacity; a lottery is held if requests outnumber seats, according to the district’s application page.
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 8:35 a.m. to 3:35 p.m., and half days 8:35 a.m. to 12:05 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 Cumberland Heights Elementary School serve?
Cumberland Heights Elementary serves grades pre-K to 5. It is a Clarksville-Montgomery County School System school at 2093 Ussery Road South in Clarksville.
What is Cumberland Heights Elementary’s state letter grade?
Cumberland Heights Elementary earned an A in Tennessee’s 2024-25 school letter grades, with an overall score of 4.5 out of 5.
Which middle and high school does Cumberland Heights Elementary feed into?
Montgomery Central Middle and Montgomery Central High. The rezoning plan the CMCSS board approved in January 2024 drew all of Cumberland Heights Elementary’s zone into that middle and high school zone. Check an address with the district’s bus and zoning lookup.
What time does Cumberland Heights Elementary start?
CMCSS lists Cumberland Heights Elementary’s regular day as 8:35 a.m. to 3:35 p.m., and half days as 8:35 a.m. to 12:05 p.m.
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