Stratford STEM Magnet School, 1800 Stratford Ave.: grades 6-12, 810 students in 2024-25, state letter grade C.

Last checked Oct. 19, 2026. Sources: Stratford STEM Magnet, 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.

Stratford STEM Magnet School is a Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) magnet school for grades 6 to 12 serving sixth grade through 12th grade, in the Stratford cluster in the Northeast quadrant of the district. MNPS lists it among its magnet schools.

  • Address: 1800 Stratford Ave., Nashville, TN 37216
  • Main office: 615-242-6730
  • Grades: 6-12
  • School hours: 7:25 a.m. to 2:25 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 start times
  • Website: stratfordhigh.mnps.org

Who to call

  • Front office: 615-242-6730
  • Enrolling a new student: the school, or one of MNPS’s eight enrollment centers, open 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. weekdays; 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 Michael Pratt, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment

The federal NCES directory counted 756 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15 students per teacher. The Tennessee Department of Education’s 2024-25 school profile file has a newer count of 810 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 Stratford STEM Magnet
Overall letter grade, 2024-25 C (score 2.5 of 5)
Achievement grade D
Academic growth grade C
Growth of the lowest-scoring 25% of students A
College and career readiness grade F
Overall success rate on state tests, 2024-25 22%
College and career readiness rate, 2024-25 18%
Graduation rate, class of 2025 77% (137 of 178 students)
Average ACT composite, 2024-25 15.6 (130 students tested)

The state’s spring 2026 test file has the share of Stratford STEM Magnet students in tested grades who met or exceeded expectations on TCAP: 12.4% in English language arts, 11.2% in math, 19.4% in science and 16.7% in social studies. It also has the share of Stratford STEM Magnet students who met or exceeded expectations on each end-of-course exam: English I 19.4%, English II 35.8%, Integrated Math I 11.2%, Integrated Math II 13.4%, Integrated Math III 22.1%, Biology 29.3% and U.S. History 25.7%. The 2025-26 letter grades have not been published yet.

The State Report Card page for Stratford STEM Magnet 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 Stratford cluster map (PDF) and the other maps on its district maps page.

On the district’s 2026-27 pathways chart (PDF), the Stratford cluster’s middle schools, Stratford’s own lower campus for grades 6 to 8 and Isaac Litton Middle, feed Stratford STEM Magnet.

The cluster’s elementary schools are Dan Mills Elementary, Inglewood Elementary, KIPP Kirkpatrick Elementary, Rosebank Elementary and Warner Elementary.

As a magnet school, Stratford STEM Magnet also takes students from outside its zone through the district’s School Options application.

Zone change: beginning in 2026-27, all Ida B. Wells Elementary students are zoned to Jere Baxter Middle and Maplewood High, ending a split with the Stratford cluster, according to the district’s zone change page. Students already zoned to Stratford may stay there, but without district bus service.

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. The lower campus for grades 6 to 8 runs 8:55 a.m. to 3:55 p.m., the same list shows.

Sports and activities

Stratford STEM Magnet competes in the TSSAA, the state high school athletic association. For 2026-27, the TSSAA football classification list puts its team in Class 3A, Region 5, with Maplewood, Westmoreland, White House Heritage and Whites Creek. Boys basketball is in Class 2A, Region 4, District 8. The school’s athletics page lists football, cross country, volleyball, bowling, girls soccer and cheerleading in the fall; boys and girls basketball and wrestling in the winter; and girls flag football, track and field, softball, baseball, boys soccer and tennis in the spring. It is one of the Academies of Nashville high schools; its website lists two career academies: Academy of National Safety and Securities Technologies and Academy of Science and Engineering. For game nights, see our Friday night football guide and the scoreboard.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Stratford STEM Magnet serve?

Sixth grade through 12th grade. The school is at 1800 Stratford Ave. in Nashville; the main office number is 615-242-6730.

What is Stratford STEM Magnet’s state report card grade?

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

What time does Stratford STEM Magnet start?

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