New Providence Middle, 146 Cunningham Lane: grades 6-8, 962 students this fall and a C state grade. Office: 931-648-5655.
Last checked Oct. 17, 2026. Sources: newprovidencemiddle.cmcss.net, Clarksville-Montgomery County School System, Tennessee Department of Education data files and the NCES school directory.
New Providence Middle School is a CMCSS middle school for grades 6 to 8 on Cunningham Lane in Clarksville, the same street as Minglewood Elementary.
Who to call
- Front office: 931-648-5655, 146 Cunningham Lane, Clarksville, TN 37042
- School website: newprovidencemiddle.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 Liberty dispatch, 931-820-1515, according to the bus and zoning page
- District office: 931-648-5600, 621 Gracey Ave.
| Address | 146 Cunningham Lane, Clarksville, TN 37042 |
| Phone | 931-648-5655 |
| Grades | 6 to 8 |
| School day | 7:20 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. |
| District | Clarksville-Montgomery County School System (CMCSS) |
| Students, Oct. 17, 2026 | 962 |
| State letter grade, 2024-25 | C |
Principal
Principal Melanie Steinlage, according to the school’s staff directory.
Enrollment and teachers
- This fall: 962 students on Oct. 17, 2026, day 44 of the school year, in the district’s enrollment count.
- State count: 1,012 students in the 2024-25 school year, in the Tennessee Department of Education’s school profile file.
- Federal count: 1,055 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 20 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.
New Providence Middle earned a C for 2024-25, the latest grades published, with an overall score of 3 out of 5 in the state’s letter grade file.
| Indicator | Score (1 to 5) |
|---|---|
| Achievement | 3 |
| Growth | 3 |
| Growth of highest-need students | 3 |
| Overall success rate, all students, 2024-25 tests | 32.3% |
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 | 27.9% | 962 |
| Math | 26.7% | 940 |
| Science | 46.8% | 960 |
| Social studies | 47.9% | 960 |
| Algebra I (advanced eighth graders) | more than 95% | 19 |
The full report, with chronic absence and subgroup results, is on the Tennessee State Report Card; search for New Providence 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.
New Providence Middle and Northwest High share one zone on the district’s 2026-27 middle and high school zone map (PDF), so New Providence Middle students move on to Northwest High. In the elementary rezoning plan the school board approved in January 2024 (the feeder diagram in the final rezoning presentation (PDF)), Liberty Elementary and Minglewood Elementary feed into this zone, some of them only in part.
For 2026-27, CMCSS offered open-enrollment seats at New Providence Middle in sixth, seventh and eighth grades (16, 15 and 16 seats), with the building at 86% 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 7:20 a.m. to 2:15 p.m., and half days 7:20 a.m. to 10:45 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 New Providence Middle School serve?
New Providence Middle serves grades 6 to 8. It is a Clarksville-Montgomery County School System school at 146 Cunningham Lane in Clarksville.
What is New Providence Middle’s state letter grade?
New Providence Middle earned a C in Tennessee’s 2024-25 school letter grades, with an overall score of 3 out of 5.
Which high school does New Providence Middle feed into?
Northwest High. The two schools share one zone on the CMCSS 2026-27 middle and high school zone map.
What time does New Providence Middle start?
CMCSS lists New Providence Middle’s regular day as 7:20 a.m. to 2:15 p.m., and half days as 7:20 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
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