My preference was to homeschool but my husband insisted that we send our children to public school, and we had heard good things about Cedar Grove. We have not been disappointed! We're in our 3rd year at Cedar Grove and so far have felt very blessed to have caring, approachable, professional teachers
... Read more who have, for the most part, been great communicators both with us and our children. They welcome parental involvement, and I love being welcomed into that world and getting a feel for what and how my children are being taught, and by whom. The faculty and staff have also been welcoming of me and my younger children as we come in to help out in various ways. We feel very blessed to be zoned for Cedar Grove Elem., and have decided that we will not be leaving this area until our children are out of Cedar Grove. Read less
Posted by a parent on 01/08/09
The school has the feel of a private school. All staff know both of my children by name! That is incredible for the school to have so many students!
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Posted by a parent on 01/16/08
Best little school any where. PTO--Voted best any where for 2006-2007. Parent involvement is excellent. Many extracurricular activities. Academic programs cannot be beat. Just an all around great school.
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Posted by a parent on 09/12/07
This is an awful school. I had my child moved. The teachers, administrators, and cafeteria staff are horrible!!! The teachers send no communication home, the principal and vice-principal don't communicate well with parents, and the cafeteria is a taker of kids money. Please consider another school if
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Posted by a parent on 06/29/07
We love Cedar Grove! We have had two of our children attend for the last five years and we only have good things to say about the teachers and staff at Cedar Grove. We will not move out of this district until our children are out of Cedar Grove.
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Posted by a parent on 03/30/07
I'm a Hurricane Katrina victum, and my daughter has attended 5 diffrent schools in the past year. Out of all 5 schools Cedar Grove has made the best impression on my daughter. Not only has her grades gone up but she's involved in extracurricular activites. She now loves to attend school and speeks highly
... Read more of her 3rd grade teacher Mrs Phillips. As for me, I attend some of the schools functions and am stunned by the amount of parent involvement. To see so many parents come together and support thier children in thier school activites is overwhelming to me. I would like to thank Cedar Groves staff and parents for standing by our childeren for thier future. Read less
Posted by a parent on 01/06/07
My daughter has been at Cedar Grove for the past three years and we are very pleased. She's had teachers that understand the differences in the ways that children learn and a principal that is never too busy to talk with parents and encourage and hug each child who wants her attention. She loves
... Read more to read and they have helped her to enjoy learning. We've had to help her with responsibility issues (remembering to fill out her agenda and bring home the right books) but in the long run, she's made some good habits she's learned from signing the record. This year, they've added extra enrichment for kids in music and technology..we are looking forward to those programs. We've learned that school is what you make it---we get involved and help the school to be even better. The PTO is outstanding and free to join. Read less
Posted by a parent on 09/17/06
The current Principal seems to put more emphasis on how the school looks, test scores and what activities they have than on genuinely caring about the children. In other words its all about perception not substance. I am actually looking forward to getting my child out of there and with the current
... Read more rezoning, the school will be losing a lot of the parental support base they have enjoyed for so long. The long and short of it is, this school isn t what it once was and doesn t appear to be turning that around anytime soon. On the upside my child has had 3 absolutely incredible, caring, dedicated teachers. To bad those in charge don t live up to that standard. Read less
Posted by a parent on 03/21/06
I can say that many teachers, aides and other staff have been great. I really feel that they care for my children. I wish that they had smaller ratios per class. I hope that with new schools being built things will get better.
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Posted by a parent on 03/20/06
My son has been a student at Cedar Grove for 3 years. Overall, I think the school is great. However, when he moved to fifth grade, I feel that some of the excitement and joy were diminished. He learned quite a lot, but he didn't have nearly as much fun doing so as he had in the past. I suppose as
... Read more the work becomes harder, it's more difficult to build in the fun times. They are great about rewards though (honor's ceremonies, character education programs, incentive field trips) and the fifth graders seemed to get a lot of recognition from the administration. They have a strong focus on reading so be prepared for nightly logs to sign. They have an open library which allowed students to exchange books frequently, do research etc. We really liked that. They welcome parents and the PTO is great--we were very involved. Read less
* In 2007-2008 Tennessee used the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) Achievement Test to test students in grades 3 through 8 in reading/language arts, math, science and social studies, and in grades 5 and 8 in writing. The results for reading/language arts and math are displayed on GreatSchool profiles. The results are for all grades combined for each subject and reflect the performance of students enrolled for the full academic year. The TCAP is a standards-based test that measures specific skills defined for each grade by the state of Tennessee. The goal is for all students to score at or above the proficient level.
Student enrollment:
954
Students per teacher:
19
Full-time teachers:
49
Number of classrooms:
48
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Smyrna schools — Cedar Grove Elementary School is located at 354 Chaney Rd, Smyrna TN 37167. 354 Chaney Rd is in the 37167 ZIP code in Smyrna, TN The school district for Cedar Grove Elementary School is the Rutherford County School District. Cedar Grove Elementary School is a Public school that serves grade levels K - 5.
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