📍 4000 Highway 48 North, Charlotte, Dickson County, 37036
New Directions Academy is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Charlotte, Dickson County. The school has 18 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Dickson County school district. It serves grades 6–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 8.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 2.1:1. 23% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
New Directions Academy enrolls 18 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 83% male and 17% female. A teaching staff of 8.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 2.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 78% White, 11% Black or African American and 11% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 14 | 78% |
| Black or African American | 2 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 2 | 11% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
New Directions Academy is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TN-70, state senate district 25, state house district 69.
New Directions Academy is one of 17 schools in Dickson County, based in Dickson, Tennessee. The district serves 7,777 students district-wide and employs 599 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 18 students, New Directions Academy is smaller than the district average of about 457 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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