Early College High School, 120 White Bridge Road: grades 9-12, 174 students in 2024-25, state letter grade A.

Last checked Oct. 19, 2026. Sources: Early College High, Metro Nashville Public Schools’ school directory, 2026-27 pathways chart (PDF), district calendar, school start times and zone finder, the Tennessee Department of Education’s State Report Card, 2024-25 letter grade, school profile, graduation rate and ACT files and spring 2026 test file and the federal NCES school directory.

Early College High School is a Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) high school serving ninth grade through 12th grade. MNPS’s 2026-27 pathways chart lists it with the Lawson cluster in the district’s Southwest quadrant.

  • Address: 120 White Bridge Road, Nashville, TN 37209
  • Main office: 629-999-6344
  • Grades: 9-12
  • School hours: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 start times
  • Website: earlycollege.mnps.org

Who to call

  • Front office: 629-999-6344
  • Enrolling a new student: the school, or the Lawson Enrollment Center, 8001 Highway 70 S., 615-353-6000, open 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. weekdays (all eight centers); MNPS Family Information Center 615-259-4636
  • Applying: the MNPS School Options process
  • Getting there: MNPS says that in most cases it does not provide school buses to out-of-zone students at optional schools; high school students, and middle school students at MNPS optional schools, ride WeGo buses free through the StrIDe program (Transportation, 615-259-4636)

Principal

Principal Roderick Manuel, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment

The federal NCES directory counted 160 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13 students per teacher. The Tennessee Department of Education’s 2024-25 school profile file has a newer count of 174 students.

State report card

Tennessee grades every public school A to F. The department says School Letter Grades give “a snapshot of how each school in the state is performing, including student achievement and academic growth measures for all schools, as well as a measure of college and career readiness just for high schools.”

From the state’s 2024-25 letter grade file, 2025 graduation rate file and 2024-25 ACT file:

Measure Early College High
Overall letter grade, 2024-25 A (score 4.8 of 5)
Achievement grade A
Academic growth grade A
Growth of the lowest-scoring 25% of students C
College and career readiness grade A
Overall success rate on state tests, 2024-25 72.9%
Graduation rate, class of 2025 more than 99% (of 36 students)
Average ACT composite, 2024-25 23.1 (36 students tested)

The state’s spring 2026 test file has the share of Early College High students who met or exceeded expectations on each end-of-course exam: English I 63.2%, English II 87.5%, Integrated Math I 60%, Integrated Math II 75.6%, Integrated Math III 87.5% and Biology 78.9%. The 2025-26 letter grades have not been published yet.

The State Report Card page for Early College High holds the full detail: results by grade and subject, chronic absenteeism and results for each group of students.

Admission and pathway

Early College High has no attendance zone. Students apply through the district’s School Options process, which MNPS says uses a computerized random selection for applications received by the deadline; for 2026-27, applications opened Jan. 20, 2026, and were due Feb. 13. New MNPS families may apply year-round to optional schools with open seats.

Early College High is one of the schools MNPS lists with academic entrance requirements. For 2026-27, students already in MNPS needed an 80 average or higher with no missing or failing grades; the full rules are on the district’s academic requirements page.

The district’s 2026-27 pathways chart (PDF) lists Early College High with the Lawson cluster, whose zoned high school is James Lawson High.

Calendar and school hours

The MNPS 2026-27 district calendar has these dates next:

  • Thursday, Oct. 22: report cards issued
  • Tuesday, Nov. 3: parent conference day, no school for students
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, district closed
  • Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break (district closed Nov. 26-27)
  • Dec. 15-17: half days for high school exams
  • Friday, Dec. 18: half day; the second quarter ends
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break
  • March 22-26, 2027: spring break and the spring holiday
  • Tuesday, May 25, 2027: last day for students, a half day

The school day runs 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 school start times; the school kept its schedule when the district adjusted start times for 2026-27.

Sports and activities

The school’s website says it has a cooperative athletics agreement with James Lawson High. For game nights, see our Friday night football guide and the scoreboard.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Early College High serve?

Ninth grade through 12th grade. The school is at 120 White Bridge Road in Nashville; the main office number is 629-999-6344.

What is Early College High’s state report card grade?

Early College High received an A overall in Tennessee’s 2024-25 School Letter Grades, according to the Tennessee Department of Education.

What time does Early College High start?

School runs from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 school start times.