Poplar Hill Elementary, 5100 Baker Road: Rutherford County Schools, kindergarten to grade 5.

Last checked Oct. 19, 2026. Sources: phe.rcschools.net, Rutherford County Schools and Tennessee Department of Education data files.

Poplar Hill Elementary School is a Rutherford County Schools (RCS) elementary school for kindergarten to fifth grade on Baker Road, northwest of Murfreesboro, next to Poplar Hill Middle. It has a Murfreesboro mailing address but sits outside the city limits, on the Census Bureau’s city boundary. It does not appear in the state’s 2024-25 enrollment or letter grade files, so it has no letter grade or federal enrollment figure yet; its spring 2026 test results are below.

Who to call
Address 5100 Baker Road, Murfreesboro, TN 37129
Phone 615-848-6505
Grades Kindergarten to 5
District Rutherford County Schools

Principal

Principal Jason Eaton, according to the school’s website staff directory.

Enrollment and teachers

  • The school is not yet in the federal directory or the state’s 2024-25 enrollment file. Its spring 2026 state test results are below.

State report card

Tennessee gives every public school an A-F letter grade each year, explained on the Department of Education’s school letter grades page. The grade combines indicators each scored from 1 to 5: student achievement, academic growth and growth of the highest-need students, plus college and career readiness for high schools.

The school has no 2024-25 letter grade; it does not appear in the state’s 2024-25 letter grade file.

Spring 2026 TCAP tests (share of students who met or exceeded expectations, from the state’s 2026 school assessment file):

Subject Met or exceeded Valid tests
English language arts 52.1% 449
Math 59.3% 450
Science 54.1% 449

The full report, with chronic absence, subgroup results and more, is on the Tennessee State Report Card.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

Check any address on the RCS 2026-27 zone map, linked from the district’s bus routes and school zones page, or call RCS Transportation at 615-893-5815, ext. 22100.

On the district’s 2026-27 zone map, the Poplar Hill Elementary zone feeds Poplar Hill Middle: all of it in the Poplar Hill Middle zone. Those middle school zones lead on to high school as follows: - Poplar Hill Middle: part of it is zoned for Stewarts Creek High, part of it is zoned for Blackman High, part of it is in the Blackman and Siegel High dual zone and part of it is zoned for Smyrna High

These shares are measured from the district’s map layers; zones follow streets, not city limits, so always check the exact address.

Calendar and bell times

From the RCS 2026-27 academic calendar (revised June 3, 2026):

  • Tuesday: parent-teacher conferences
  • Tuesday, Nov. 3: Election Day, no school for students
  • Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
  • Friday, Dec. 18: two-hour day, end of the second nine weeks
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break; Jan. 4 is an in-service day, and students return Tuesday, Jan. 5
  • March 29 to April 2, 2027: spring break, after Good Friday, March 26
  • Friday, May 28, 2027: last day, a two-hour day

The school’s website does not show a 2026-27 bell schedule; call the front office for start and end times.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Poplar Hill Elementary School serve?

Poplar Hill Elementary serves kindergarten through fifth grade. It is part of Rutherford County Schools and sits at 5100 Baker Road, Murfreesboro.

Which middle and high school does Poplar Hill Elementary feed into?

On Rutherford County Schools’ 2026-27 zone map, all of the Poplar Hill Elementary zone goes on to Poplar Hill Middle, and part of that zone goes to Stewarts Creek High. Check your address on the district’s zone map.