Lead Academy
Nashville · TN · Davidson County · Public charter
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Templeton Academy → Hermitage Hall → Hume - Fogg High → Nashville School Of The Arts → STEM Prep High School → University School Of Nashville → Martin Luther King Jr School → East Nashville Magnet High School →📋 At a glance
- 📚 6 AP courses offered — Strong
- 🔢 1 calculus classes · 2 physics · 8 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 61th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 74th percentile by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 92% (60th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Lead Academy compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 61th percentile nationally with 6 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyTN sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Templeton Academy, Hermitage Hall, Hume - Fogg High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses
61th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2174th percentile by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
60th percentile nationally
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +1.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 487 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $18,742 per student in district revenue, the 33 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $618,486/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Templeton Academy Nashville |
Private | 0.5 | 122 | — |
| Hermitage Hall Nashville |
Private | 1.0 | 88 | -47.9% |
| Hume - Fogg High Nashville |
Public | 1.2 | 885 | -1.0% |
| Nashville School Of The Arts Nashville |
Public | 1.8 | 548 | -10.2% |
| STEM Prep High School Nashville |
Public · charter | 1.8 | 505 | -2.7% |
| University School Of Nashville Nashville |
Private | 2.0 | 1,071 | +0.6% |
| Martin Luther King Jr School Nashville |
Public | 2.2 | 965 | -3.2% |
| East Nashville Magnet High School Nashville |
Public | 2.3 | 432 | -32.6% |