Pearl-Cohn High School, 904 26th Ave. N.: grades 9-12, 526 students in 2024-25, state letter grade D.

Last checked Oct. 19, 2026. Sources: Pearl-Cohn 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.

Pearl-Cohn High School is a Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) high school serving ninth grade through 12th grade, in the Pearl-Cohn cluster in the Northwest quadrant of the district. MNPS lists it among its magnet schools.

  • Address: 904 26th Ave. N., Nashville, TN 37208
  • Main office: 615-329-8150
  • Grades: 9-12
  • School hours: 7:25 a.m. to 2:25 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 start times
  • Website: pearlcohn.mnps.org

Who to call

  • Front office: 615-329-8150
  • Enrolling a new student: the school, or the Pearl-Cohn Enrollment Center at McKissack Middle School, 915 38th Ave. N., 615-329-8170, option 4, open 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. weekdays (all eight centers); MNPS Family Information Center 615-259-4636
  • Checking a zone: the MNPS zone finder
  • Buses: MNPS Transportation, 615-259-4636; the district says students who attend their zoned school and live more than 1.25 miles away (1.5 miles for high schools) can ride the bus

Principal

Principal Miriam Harrington, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment

The federal NCES directory counted 545 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 17 students per teacher. The Tennessee Department of Education’s 2024-25 school profile file has a newer count of 526 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 Pearl-Cohn High
Overall letter grade, 2024-25 D (score 1.9 of 5)
Achievement grade F
Academic growth grade C
Growth of the lowest-scoring 25% of students C
College and career readiness grade D
Overall success rate on state tests, 2024-25 12%
College and career readiness rate, 2024-25 35.5%
Graduation rate, class of 2025 76.8% (119 of 155 students)
Average ACT composite, 2024-25 14.6 (116 students tested)

The state’s spring 2026 test file has the share of Pearl-Cohn High students who met or exceeded expectations on each end-of-course exam: English I 8.9%, English II 32.5%, Integrated Math I 15.4%, Integrated Math II 28.2%, Integrated Math III 20.2%, Biology 32.7% and U.S. History 14.5%. The 2025-26 letter grades have not been published yet.

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

Attendance zone and feeder schools

MNPS attendance zones do not follow neighborhood lines. Check an address in the zone finder, which shows the zoned elementary, middle and high school, or see the district’s Pearl-Cohn cluster map (PDF) and the other maps on its district maps page.

On the district’s 2026-27 pathways chart (PDF), the Pearl-Cohn cluster’s middle schools, Moses McKissack Middle and John Early Middle, feed Pearl-Cohn High.

The cluster’s elementary schools are Cockrill Elementary, Jones Elementary, Park Avenue Elementary and Robert Churchwell Elementary.

Some addresses in the Pearl-Cohn cluster have a zoned option, a second zoned school with bus service; see the district’s Pearl-Cohn zoned options map (PDF).

As a magnet school, Pearl-Cohn High also takes students from outside its zone through the district’s School Options application.

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 7:25 a.m. to 2:25 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 school start times, which the Board of Education approved as part of a districtwide adjustment.

Sports and activities

Pearl-Cohn High competes in the TSSAA, the state high school athletic association. For 2026-27, the TSSAA football classification list puts its team in Class 4A, Region 6, with Greenbrier, Liberty Creek, Springfield and White House. Boys basketball is in Class 2A, Region 4, District 8. The school’s athletics page lists basketball, bowling, boys and girls soccer, cheerleading and dance, cross country, football, softball, volleyball and wrestling, plus a marching band. It is one of the Academies of Nashville high schools; its website lists two career academies: Academy of Entertainment Industry and Academy of Health Science and Personal Care. For game nights, see our Friday night football guide and the scoreboard.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Pearl-Cohn High serve?

Ninth grade through 12th grade. The school is at 904 26th Ave. N. in Nashville; the main office number is 615-329-8150.

What is Pearl-Cohn High’s state report card grade?

Pearl-Cohn High received a D overall in Tennessee’s 2024-25 School Letter Grades, according to the Tennessee Department of Education.

What time does Pearl-Cohn High start?

School runs from 7:25 a.m. to 2:25 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 school start times.