📍 220 Venture CIR, Nashville, Davidson County, 37228
Purpose Prep is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Nashville, Davidson County. The school has 393 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Davidson County school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 35.7:1. It operates as a public charter school. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Purpose Prep enrolls 393 students across grades K–5. The student body is 45% male and 55% female. A teaching staff of 11 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 35.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 89% Black or African American, 5.9% White and 3.3% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 350 | 89% |
| White | 23 | 5.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 13 | 3.3% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 1.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
Purpose Prep 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.
Purpose Prep 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 393 students, Purpose Prep is smaller than the district average of about 503 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large