Explore! Community School, 707 S. 7th St.: K-8, 591 students in 2024-25, state letter grade B.

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

Explore! Community School is a public charter school authorized by Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS), serving kindergarten through eighth grade. MNPS’s 2026-27 pathways chart lists it with the Stratford cluster in the district’s Northeast quadrant.

Who to call

  • Front office: 615-784-8222
  • Applying: the school; MNPS says families who want an MNPS charter school may apply year-round, and its School Options page explains the application. MNPS Family Information Center 615-259-4636

Enrollment

The federal NCES directory counted 560 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 19 students per teacher. The Tennessee Department of Education’s 2024-25 school profile file has a newer count of 591 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:

Measure Explore! Community
Overall letter grade, 2024-25 B (score 3.5 of 5)
Achievement grade C
Academic growth grade A
Growth of the lowest-scoring 25% of students C
Overall success rate on state tests, 2024-25 28%

The state’s spring 2026 test file has the share of Explore! Community students in tested grades who met or exceeded expectations on TCAP: 30.5% in English language arts, 28.9% in math, 38.7% in science and 33.1% in social studies. The 2025-26 letter grades have not been published yet.

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

Admission and pathway

Explore! Community has no attendance zone of its own on MNPS’s zone maps. MNPS lists it in its charter schools directory; its School Options page says families can choose a participating charter school, and that families who want an MNPS charter school may apply year-round. The school’s website has its own enrollment steps.

The district’s 2026-27 pathways chart (PDF) lists Explore! Community with the Stratford cluster, whose zoned high school is Stratford STEM Magnet.

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)
  • 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

Charter schools can set some dates of their own; check the school’s calendar.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Explore! Community serve?

Kindergarten through eighth grade. The school is at 707 S. 7th St. in Nashville; the main office number is 615-784-8222.

What is Explore! Community’s state report card grade?

Explore! Community received a B overall in Tennessee’s 2024-25 School Letter Grades, according to the Tennessee Department of Education.