The Academy at Old Cockrill, 610 49th Ave.: grades 11-12, 24 students in 2024-25.

Last checked Oct. 19, 2026. Sources: The Academy at Old Cockrill, 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.

The Academy at Old Cockrill is a Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) nontraditional high school serving 11th grade through 12th grade. MNPS’s 2026-27 pathways chart lists it with the Pearl-Cohn cluster in the district’s Northwest quadrant.

  • Address: 610 49th Ave., Nashville, TN 37209
  • Main office: 615-298-2294
  • Grades: 11-12
  • School hours: 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 start times
  • Website: academyatoldcockrill.mnps.org

Who to call

  • Front office: 615-298-2294
  • 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
  • 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 Clarissa Zellars Stith, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment

The federal NCES directory counted 31 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 4 students per teacher. The Tennessee Department of Education’s 2024-25 school profile file has a newer count of 24 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.”

The state’s 2024-25 letter grade file lists The Academy at Old Cockrill as not eligible for a letter grade.

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

Measure The Academy at Old Cockrill
Graduation rate, class of 2025 98% (50 of 51 students)
Average ACT composite, 2024-25 14.9 (48 students tested)

The state’s spring 2026 test file has the share of The Academy at Old Cockrill students who met or exceeded expectations on each end-of-course exam: U.S. History 10%. The 2025-26 letter grades have not been published yet.

The State Report Card page for The Academy at Old Cockrill holds the full detail: results by grade and subject, chronic absenteeism and results for each group of students.

Admission and pathway

The Academy at Old Cockrill 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 district’s 2026-27 pathways chart (PDF) lists The Academy at Old Cockrill with the Pearl-Cohn cluster, whose zoned high school is Pearl-Cohn 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 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 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

For game nights, see our Friday night football guide and the scoreboard.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does The Academy at Old Cockrill serve?

11th grade through 12th grade. The school is at 610 49th Ave. in Nashville; the main office number is 615-298-2294.

Does The Academy at Old Cockrill have a state letter grade?

No. The Tennessee Department of Education’s 2024-25 letter grade file lists The Academy at Old Cockrill as not eligible for a letter grade. Its test results and other data are on the State Report Card.

What time does The Academy at Old Cockrill start?

School runs from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 school start times.