Nashville public schools: every school, zone and report card

Last checked Oct. 19, 2026. Sources: Metro Nashville Public Schools’ schools directory, 2026-27 pathways chart (PDF), district maps, School Options and charter schools pages and 2026-27 school building map layer; the Tennessee Department of Education’s 2024-25 letter grade file and 2024-25 school profile file; the federal NCES school directory and Private School Survey.

Public schools in Nashville are run by Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS), which serves all of Davidson County, from Joelton and Whites Creek to Antioch, Bellevue and Old Hickory, and the small cities inside the county such as Goodlettsville, Oak Hill and Forest Hills. Attendance zones do not follow neighborhood or city lines, so the only sure way to find your zoned school is the district’s zone finder. The district’s main number is 615-259-4636 (615-259-INFO).

This page lists the 146 schools we cover: 22 high schools, 30 middle schools, 70 elementary and K-8 schools, and 24 public charter schools that MNPS authorizes. Each name links to our page for that school, with its zone, feeder schools, state report card, calendar and bell times. Together they enrolled 76,522 students in 2024-25, according to the state’s school profile file.

Who to call

• MNPS Family Information Center: 615-259-4636
• Registering a student: online through Register for School, or at one of eight enrollment centers, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. weekdays
• Choosing a school outside your zone: the School Options application
• Buses: MNPS Transportation, 615-259-4636

How the district is organized

MNPS groups its schools into 12 clusters in four quadrants. Each cluster is a zoned high school and the elementary and middle schools that feed it, as shown on the district’s 2026-27 pathways chart (PDF) and its cluster maps. The clusters are Antioch, Cane Ridge, Glencliff, Hillsboro, Hunters Lane, Lawson, Maplewood, McGavock, Overton, Pearl-Cohn, Stratford and Whites Creek.

Magnet, academic magnet and other optional schools have no zone; families apply through School Options, which MNPS says fills seats by random selection. Hume-Fogg, Martin Luther King Jr., Meigs and Early College High have academic entrance requirements, and Nashville School of the Arts and Isaiah T. Creswell require an audition or interview. Charter schools are public, run by independent operators under agreements with MNPS. The letter grade in each table is Tennessee’s 2024-25 A-to-F grade; the link opens the school’s State Report Card.

High schools

Middle schools

Elementary and K-8 schools

Charter schools

Enrollment at each high school

Other MNPS schools and programs

MNPS also runs schools that students attend by placement, not by zone or application. We list them here without separate pages: the special education schools Cora Howe School, Harris-Hillman Special Education and Murrell at Glenn School; the alternative learning centers Johnson Alternative Learning Center and W.A. Bass Learning Center, which also houses Transitions at Bass and the W.A. Bass adult program; Robertson Academy, its center for gifted pre-K students; and four pre-K early learning centers, Cambridge, Casa Azafrán, Ivanetta H. Davis and Ross.

MNPS’s 2026-27 building map also marks a number of Nashville schools as authorized by the Tennessee Public Charter School Commission, not MNPS, shown for location only. They include the KIPP Antioch schools, KA @ The Crossings, LEAD Southeast Elementary, LEAD Neely’s Bend, Rocketship Dream Prep, Rocketship Nashville Northeast Elementary, Invictus Nashville, Encompass Community School, Tennessee Nature Academy, Nashville Collegiate Prep and Nurse Middle College Nashville. Check each school’s own website for enrollment.

Private schools

The U.S. Department of Education’s Private School Survey for 2023-24 lists 43 private schools with Nashville mailing addresses. These are the ones it lists with 200 or more students whose websites we could confirm, with grades as the survey reports them. We list them for reference only; we do not rate them.

The survey also lists Christ the King School, Holy Rosary Academy, Montgomery Bell Academy, Nashville International Academy, St. Ann School, St. Clement Coptic Orthodox Christian Academy, St. Edward School and The Covenant School with 200 or more students, plus smaller schools and preschools. Private schools that did not answer the survey are not in it. Check current details with each school.

More on Nashville schools

• The 2026-27 calendar, how to register, the school board and how the state grades schools: our Nashville schools guide
• Which high school zone covers each part of the city: our neighborhoods guide
• High school games: Friday night football and the scoreboard

Frequently asked questions

Who runs the public schools in Nashville?

Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS), which serves all of Davidson County, including Antioch, Madison, Hermitage, Old Hickory, Goodlettsville and the other communities inside the county. Its main number is 615-259-4636.

How do I find my zoned school in Nashville?

Enter your address in the MNPS zone finder at zonefinder.mnps.org. Zones do not follow neighborhood or city lines, so check the address even if you live near a school.

How many high schools does MNPS have?

MNPS’s 2026-27 pathways chart organizes the district into 12 clusters, each with a zoned high school. The district also runs magnet and other optional high schools, and it authorizes charter high schools.

What is a cluster in MNPS?

A cluster is a zoned high school and the elementary and middle schools that feed it. MNPS publishes a pathways chart and a cluster map for each of its 12 clusters.