W.A. Bass Alternative Learning Center
Nashville · TN · Davidson County · Public
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Transitions at Bass → W. A. Bass Adult Program → The Academy at Old Cockrill → Nashville Big Picture High School → Early College High School → St Cecilia Academy → Montgomery Bell Academy → Pearl-Cohn High →📋 At a glance
- 📚 1 AP courses offered — Moderate
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 33% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 13% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How W.A. Bass Alternative Learning Center compares for families
What families should know about W.A. Bass Alternative Learning Center.
- ▸ 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: Transitions at Bass, W. A. Bass Adult Program, The Academy at Old Cockrill and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Moderate — some AP / advanced course access
Bottom 33% of US high schools
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 · 2020-21Bottom 13% 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.
👩🏫 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.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +37.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 68 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transitions at Bass Nashville |
Public | 0.0 | 18 | — |
| W. A. Bass Adult Program Nashville |
Public | 0.0 | 309 | +10.0% |
| The Academy at Old Cockrill Nashville |
Public | 0.3 | 24 | — |
| Nashville Big Picture High School Nashville |
Public | 0.8 | 125 | -13.8% |
| Early College High School Nashville |
Public | 1.4 | 174 | -8.9% |
| St Cecilia Academy Nashville |
Private | 1.6 | 243 | -6.2% |
| Montgomery Bell Academy Nashville |
Private | 1.9 | 822 | +7.0% |
| Pearl-Cohn High Nashville |
Public | 2.1 | 526 | -19.3% |