📍 12619 Old Nashville HWY, Smyrna, Rutherford County, 37167
Smyrna West Alternative School is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Smyrna, Rutherford County. The school has 90 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Rutherford County school district. It serves grades 6–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 5.6:1. 10% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Smyrna West Alternative School enrolls 90 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 70% male and 30% female. A teaching staff of 16 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 5.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 43% White, 32% Black or African American and 12% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 39 | 43% |
| Black or African American | 29 | 32% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 11 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 12% |
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.
Smyrna West Alternative School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TN-40, state senate district 13, state house district 49.
Smyrna West Alternative School is one of 51 schools in Rutherford County, based in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The district serves 52,127 students district-wide and employs 3,238 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 90 students, Smyrna West Alternative School is smaller than the district average of about 1,022 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small
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