Kirkwood Middle, 2700 Rossview Road: grades 6-8, 1,206 students this fall and an A state grade. Office: 931-342-8937.
Last checked Oct. 17, 2026. Sources: kirkwoodmiddle.cmcss.net, Clarksville-Montgomery County School System, Tennessee Department of Education data files and the NCES school directory.
Kirkwood Middle School is a CMCSS middle school for grades 6 to 8 on Rossview Road in the eastern part of the county, on one campus with Kirkwood High and Kirkwood Elementary.
Who to call
- Front office: 931-342-8937, 2700 Rossview Road, Clarksville, TN 37043
- School website: kirkwoodmiddle.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 | 2700 Rossview Road, Clarksville, TN 37043 |
| Phone | 931-342-8937 |
| Grades | 6 to 8 |
| School day | 7 a.m. to 2:20 p.m. |
| District | Clarksville-Montgomery County School System (CMCSS) |
| Students, Oct. 17, 2026 | 1,206 |
| State letter grade, 2024-25 | A |
Principal
Principal Laura Boss, according to the school’s staff directory.
Enrollment and teachers
- This fall: 1,206 students on Oct. 17, 2026, day 44 of the school year, in the district’s enrollment count.
- State count: 1,163 students in the 2024-25 school year, in the Tennessee Department of Education’s school profile file.
- Federal count: 1,153 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 21 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.
Kirkwood Middle earned an A for 2024-25, the latest grades published, with an overall score of 5 out 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 | 52.1% |
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 | 43.8% | 1,196 |
| Math | 46% | 1,171 |
| Science | 63.1% | 1,197 |
| Social studies | 66.2% | 1,197 |
| Algebra I (advanced eighth graders) | more than 95% | 26 |
The full report, with chronic absence and subgroup results, is on the Tennessee State Report Card; search for Kirkwood Middle 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.
Kirkwood Middle and Kirkwood High share one zone on the district’s 2026-27 middle and high school zone map (PDF), so Kirkwood Middle students move on to Kirkwood High. In the elementary rezoning plan the school board approved in January 2024 (the feeder diagram in the final rezoning presentation (PDF)), Carmel Elementary, Hazelwood Elementary, Kirkwood Elementary, Northeast Elementary and Oakland Elementary feed into this zone, some of them only in part.
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 7 a.m. to 2:20 p.m., and half days 7 a.m. to 10:50 a.m.
More on Clarksville schools
- The school’s website and the CMCSS list of middle 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 Kirkwood Middle School serve?
Kirkwood Middle serves grades 6 to 8. It is a Clarksville-Montgomery County School System school at 2700 Rossview Road in Clarksville.
What is Kirkwood Middle’s state letter grade?
Kirkwood Middle earned an A in Tennessee’s 2024-25 school letter grades, with an overall score of 5 out of 5.
Which high school does Kirkwood Middle feed into?
Kirkwood High. The two schools share one zone on the CMCSS 2026-27 middle and high school zone map.
What time does Kirkwood Middle start?
CMCSS lists Kirkwood Middle’s regular day as 7 a.m. to 2:20 p.m., and half days as 7 a.m. to 10:50 a.m.
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