East Nashville Magnet High School, 110 Gallatin Road: grades 9-12, 432 students in 2024-25, state letter grade C.

Last checked Oct. 19, 2026. Sources: East Nashville Magnet 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, the federal NCES school directory, the TSSAA’s 2026-27 classifications.

East Nashville Magnet 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 Maplewood cluster in the district’s Northeast quadrant. MNPS lists it among its magnet schools.

  • Address: 110 Gallatin Road, Nashville, TN 37206
  • Main office: 615-262-6947
  • Grades: 9-12
  • School hours: 8:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 start times
  • Website: easthigh.mnps.org

Who to call

  • Front office: 615-262-6947
  • Enrolling a new student: the school, or the Maplewood Enrollment Center, 401 Walton Lane, 615-262-6770, option 7, 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 Myra Taylor, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment

The federal NCES directory counted 547 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 16 students per teacher. The Tennessee Department of Education’s 2024-25 school profile file has a newer count of 432 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 East Nashville Magnet High
Overall letter grade, 2024-25 C (score 3.2 of 5)
Achievement grade D
Academic growth grade A
Growth of the lowest-scoring 25% of students A
College and career readiness grade D
Overall success rate on state tests, 2024-25 23.9%
College and career readiness rate, 2024-25 35.4%
Graduation rate, class of 2025 95.6% (108 of 113 students)
Average ACT composite, 2024-25 16 (107 students tested)

The state’s spring 2026 test file has the share of East Nashville Magnet High students who met or exceeded expectations on each end-of-course exam: English I 14.7%, English II 43.5%, Integrated Math I 32.4%, Integrated Math II 33.8%, Integrated Math III 56.2%, Biology 36.4% and U.S. History 55.6%. The 2025-26 letter grades have not been published yet.

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

Admission and pathway

East Nashville Magnet 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.

The school gives enrollment preference to students who live in its geographic priority zone (map, PDF); MNPS says admission from the zone is not guaranteed and depends on available space.

The district’s 2026-27 pathways chart (PDF) lists East Nashville Magnet High with the Maplewood cluster, whose zoned high school is Maplewood 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 8:15 a.m. to 3:15 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

East Nashville Magnet High competes in the TSSAA, the state high school athletic association. For 2026-27, the TSSAA football classification list puts its team in Class 2A, Region 6, with East Hickman, East Robertson, Hickman County and Houston County. Boys basketball is in Class 2A, Region 4, District 8. The school’s athletics page lists baseball, boys and girls basketball, bowling, cheerleading, cross country, football, girls soccer, softball, volleyball, golf, wrestling, tennis and track and field. For game nights, see our Friday night football guide and the scoreboard.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does East Nashville Magnet High serve?

Ninth grade through 12th grade. The school is at 110 Gallatin Road in Nashville; the main office number is 615-262-6947.

What is East Nashville Magnet High’s state report card grade?

East Nashville Magnet High received a C overall in Tennessee’s 2024-25 School Letter Grades, according to the Tennessee Department of Education.

What time does East Nashville Magnet High start?

School runs from 8:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 school start times.