📍 1035 1st Ave South, Nashville, Davidson County, 37210
Lead Academy is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Nashville, Davidson County. The school has 480 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Davidson County school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 33.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1. It operates as a public charter school. 22% of students are proficient in reading. The four-year graduation rate is 92%. The school offers 6 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Lead Academy enrolls 480 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 33.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 64% Hispanic or Latino, 28% Black or African American and 6.9% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 308 | 64% |
| Black or African American | 133 | 28% |
| White | 33 | 6.9% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
Lead Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). It operates as a public charter school. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TN-70, state senate district 19, state house district 58.
Lead Academy is one of 161 schools in Davidson County, based in Nashville, Tennessee. The district serves 81,021 students district-wide and employs 4,975 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 480 students, Lead Academy is close to the district average of about 503 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large