Dogwood Elementary School, 8945 Dogwood Road: pre-K to fifth grade, 637 students in 2024-25, state letter grade A. Feeds Houston Middle.

Last checked Oct. 18, 2026. Sources: Dogwood Elementary School and Germantown Municipal School District, the Tennessee Department of Education’s State Report Card and 2024-25 and 2026 data files, and the federal NCES school directory.

Dogwood Elementary School is a pre-K to fifth grade school of Germantown Municipal School District (GMSD) on Dogwood Road, on the east side of the city. The school says it has served the neighborhood since 1977, has about 600 students and sits on a residential street where many students walk and bike to school. Its students are the Dolphins, and its motto is “All Dolphins Belong.”

  • Address: 8945 Dogwood Road, Germantown, TN 38139
  • Main office: 901-756-2310
  • Grades: pre-K to 5
  • School hours: 8:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.; doors open at 8:30 a.m.
  • Website: des.gmsdk12.org

Who to call

  • Front office: 901-756-2310
  • Enrolling a new student: GMSD Student Services, 901-752-7889, and the district’s registration page; the district office is 901-752-7900
  • Checking a zone: the GMSD school zone locator
  • Buses: the school’s transportation administrator, Roya Perkins, at 901-752-7957; Durham School Services’ main bus lot, 901-861-0256; or shared services transportation, 901-286-6703, according to the district’s transportation page

Principal

Principal Jessica Woody, according to the school’s Meet Our Administrators page, which says she has worked in education for 25 years, starting as a middle school teacher.

Enrollment

The federal NCES directory counted 647 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 14 students per teacher. The Tennessee Department of Education’s 2024-25 school profile file has a newer count of 637 students, including 26 in pre-K.

State report card

Tennessee grades every public school A to F. The department says School Letter Grades give “a snapshot of how each school in the state is performing, including student achievement and academic growth measures for all schools, as well as a measure of college and career readiness just for high schools.”

From the state’s 2024-25 letter grade file:

Measure Dogwood Elementary
Overall letter grade, 2024-25 A (score 4.8 of 5)
Achievement grade A
Academic growth grade A
Growth of the lowest-scoring 25% of students C
Overall success rate on state tests, 2024-25 87.7%

The state’s spring 2026 test file has the share of Dogwood’s third through fifth graders who met or exceeded expectations on TCAP: 84.2% in English language arts, 84.8% in math and 85.4% in science. The 2025-26 letter grades have not been published yet.

The State Report Card page for Dogwood lists the school as a Reward School, the state’s label for high performance or improvement, and holds the full detail: results by grade and subject, chronic absenteeism and results for each group of students.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

GMSD serves residents of the City of Germantown. Check an address in the school zone locator, which shows the zoned elementary, middle and high school; the district asks families to confirm the result with Student Services.

For addresses in the Dogwood zone, the locator returns Houston Middle and then Houston High. Our Dogwood neighborhood guide covers the streets around the school, which we found zoned mostly for Dogwood.

We found no rezoning approved by the Germantown Board of Education that changes this school’s zone.

Calendar and school hours

The district’s 2026-27 instructional calendar (PDF, board-approved and marked pending state approval) has these dates next:

  • Monday, Oct. 19: second quarter begins
  • Monday, Nov. 2: district learning day, no school for students
  • Nov. 23-24: flex professional development days, no school for students
  • Nov. 25-27: Thanksgiving break
  • Friday, Dec. 18: half day, end of the second quarter
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break; students return Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2027
  • March 15-19: spring break
  • Friday, May 21, 2027: last day, a half day

School runs from 8:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., according to the school’s About page and the district’s back-to-school guide. After-school care is through REACH, run by Germantown Parks and Recreation.

Activities

The school’s Student Life pages list clubs, school counseling and Deep Blue Drama, its drama program. The district says its elementary schools offer preschool programs taught by teachers endorsed in both general and special education.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Dogwood Elementary serve?

Pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. The school is at 8945 Dogwood Road in Germantown; the main office number is 901-756-2310.

What is Dogwood Elementary’s state report card grade?

Dogwood received an A overall in Tennessee’s 2024-25 School Letter Grades, according to the Tennessee Department of Education.

Which middle school does Dogwood Elementary feed into?

Houston Middle School, then Houston High School, according to the district’s school zone locator.

What time does Dogwood Elementary start?

School runs from 8:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., and doors open at 8:30 a.m., according to the school’s website.