Situated on property adjoining the historic Hermitage, Andrew Jackson Elementary School serves as a link between the rich history and heritage of Tennessee and the surrounding progressive community.

The earliest school house in this part of the Fourth District was a one room brick building near the original Presbyterian Church in Jones Bend now known as Hadley's Bend. This subscription school was operated before the public school system was inaugurated. About 1870, a public school, a one room frame building, was erected on the site of the subscription school as a district school. Three school commissioners elected by the voters of the district had charge of employing teachers. The school day lasted from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with three recesses. The midday recess lasted one hour. In 1890, Old Hickory School was erected on the Hermitage property. This school was built by private subscription of the patrons and donated to Davidson County. It was later called Red Top School.

In 1928, Andrew Jackson School was built on three acres of land purchased from Mr. John Donelson. The school opened on Monday following Thanksgiving with an approximate enrollment of 150 students in grades one through eight. In 1941, an addition was built on the lower end of the building which housed classrooms and the cafeteria. A new cafeteria was built in 1955, and in 1962 the old cafeteria was converted into a library and two classrooms. In 1970, an open-space facility was built adjacent to the existing school which contained two pod areas divided by a teacher workroom. Andrew Jackson School absorbed the student body of Stateland School and at that time the Stateland School was closed. In 1988, the Stateland School was reopened as Andrew Jackson Annex and was occupied by fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students. Andrew Jackson School continued to be housed in two buildings until the fall of 1996. In January 1995, the second through sixth grades were moved to the old Donelson High School building and the
kindergarten and first grades were moved to the Andrew Jackson Annex building. The original Andrew Jackson School building at our present site was demolished and a new facility was built. The new building incorporated the open space pod into the new structure, thus providing adequate space for approximately 700 students.