Spring Station Middle, 1000 Spring Station Drive, Spring Hill: grades 6-8, 800 students (2024-25), Tennessee letter grade A. Feeds Summit High.
Last checked Oct. 19, 2026. Sources: ssms.wcs.edu, Williamson County Schools, the Tennessee Department of Education’s data files, the NCES school directory and the City of Spring Hill’s GIS school zone layer.
Spring Station Middle School is a Williamson County Schools (WCS) middle school for grades 6 to 8 on Spring Station Drive in north Spring Hill, south of Summit High. Its students go on to Summit.
Who to call
- Front office: 615-472-5080, 1000 Spring Station Drive, Spring Hill, TN 37174
- School website: ssms.wcs.edu
- Enrolling a new student: the WCS enrollment page. District office: 615-472-4000
- Buses: WCS Transportation, 615-472-4950
| Address | 1000 Spring Station Drive, Spring Hill, TN 37174 |
| Phone | 615-472-5080 |
| Grades | 6 to 8 |
| School day | 7:40 a.m. to 2:47 p.m. |
| District | Williamson County Schools |
| State letter grade, 2024-25 | A |
Principal
Principal Paula Waits, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
- Federal count: 835 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 15 students per teacher.
- State count: 800 students in the 2024-25 school year, in the Tennessee Department of Education’s school profile file.
- Space: WCS projected 757 students for the first month of 2026-27 in a building with room for 860, and offered 75 open-zoned seats, in its open-zoned schools list (PDF).
State report card
Tennessee gives every public school 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,” on its school letter grades page. For a middle school the grade combines achievement, growth and growth of the highest-need students, each scored 1 to 5.
Spring Station Middle earned an A for 2024-25, the latest grades published, with an overall score of 4.9 out of 5 in the state’s letter grade file.
| Indicator | Score (1 to 5) |
|---|---|
| Achievement | 5 |
| Growth | 5 |
| Growth of highest-need students | 4 |
| Overall success rate, all students, 2024-25 tests | 59.5% |
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 | 50.3% | 734 |
| Math | 59.1% | 673 |
| Science | 69.5% | 732 |
| Social studies | 74.8% | 734 |
| Algebra I | over 95% | 52 |
The full report is on the Tennessee State Report Card; search for Spring Station Middle School.
Attendance zone and feeder schools
Check any address with the WCS zoned school finder (abbreviate the street type, leave the ZIP code blank) or the district’s school zone maps. You must live in Williamson County to attend WCS. Out-of-zone requests run Feb. 4 to April 15.
On the City of Spring Hill’s school zone layer, three elementary zones feed Spring Station Middle, and all of them go on to Summit High:
- Chapman’s Retreat Elementary
- Part of the Allendale Elementary zone; the rest goes to Heritage Middle
- Most of the Bethesda Elementary zone; a smaller part goes to Thompson’s Station Middle
Our Chapman’s Retreat and Allendale and June Lake guides list subdivisions in the zone.
Calendar and bell times
From the WCS 2026-27 student calendar (PDF):
- Tuesday, Nov. 3: Election Day, no students
- Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
- Friday, Dec. 18: half day for students
- Dec. 21 to Jan. 4: winter break; students return Tuesday, Jan. 5
- March 15-19, 2027: spring break
Bell times for 2026-27, from the district’s start and end times page: 7:40 a.m. to 2:47 p.m., with an 8:25 a.m. start on late-start Mondays and 11:15 a.m. dismissal on half days. The next late starts are Oct. 26, Nov. 2, Nov. 9, Nov. 16, Nov. 30 and Dec. 7.
Activities
The school’s athletics page lists baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, volleyball and wrestling. Students sign up and complete physical forms through the WCS FinalForms dashboard, and teams play under the Williamson Middle Athletic Association.
More on Spring Hill schools
- The school’s website and Williamson County Schools’ list of middle schools
- Every public school in Spring Hill
- Our Spring Hill schools guide for enrollment documents and school board meetings
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Spring Station Middle School serve?
Grades 6 to 8. It is a Williamson County Schools middle school at 1000 Spring Station Drive in Spring Hill.
What is Spring Station Middle School’s state letter grade?
Spring Station Middle earned an A in Tennessee’s 2024-25 school letter grades, with an overall score of 4.9 out of 5.
Which high school does Spring Station Middle feed into?
Summit High School, according to the city’s school zone map.
What time does Spring Station Middle School start?
Classes run 7:40 a.m. to 2:47 p.m. in 2026-27, with an 8:25 a.m. start on late-start Mondays.
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