Whites Creek High School, 7277 Old Hickory Blvd.: grades 9-12, 730 students in 2024-25, state letter grade F.
Last checked Oct. 19, 2026. Sources: Whites Creek 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.
Whites Creek High School is a Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) high school serving ninth grade through 12th grade, in the Whites Creek cluster in the Northwest quadrant of the district. Its mailing address says Whites Creek, a community inside Nashville’s consolidated city-county government.
- Address: 7277 Old Hickory Blvd., Whites Creek, TN 37189
- Main office: 615-876-5132
- Grades: 9-12
- School hours: 7:25 a.m. to 2:25 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 start times
- Website: whitescreek.mnps.org
Who to call
- Front office: 615-876-5132
- 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 Melissa Brooks, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment
The federal NCES directory counted 616 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 37 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 730 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 | Whites Creek High |
|---|---|
| Overall letter grade, 2024-25 | F (score 1.2 of 5) |
| Achievement grade | F |
| Academic growth grade | F |
| Growth of the lowest-scoring 25% of students | D |
| College and career readiness grade | D |
| Overall success rate on state tests, 2024-25 | 11.5% |
| College and career readiness rate, 2024-25 | 37.3% |
| Graduation rate, class of 2025 | 88% (146 of 166 students) |
| Average ACT composite, 2024-25 | 15.1 (144 students tested) |
The state’s spring 2026 test file has the share of Whites Creek High students who met or exceeded expectations on each end-of-course exam: English I 8.2%, English II 34.1%, Integrated Math I 9.8%, Integrated Math III 8.7%, Biology 16.9% and U.S. History 6%. The 2025-26 letter grades have not been published yet.
The State Report Card page for Whites Creek 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 Whites Creek cluster map (PDF) and the other maps on its district maps page.
On the district’s 2026-27 pathways chart (PDF), the Whites Creek cluster’s middle schools, Haynes Middle and Richard H. Dinkins Middle, feed Whites Creek High.
The cluster’s elementary schools are Alex Green Elementary, Cumberland Elementary and Joelton Elementary.
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
Whites Creek High 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, Stratford, Westmoreland and White House Heritage. Boys basketball is in Class 2A, Region 4, District 7. The school’s athletics page lists baseball, basketball, bowling, cheerleading, cross country, dance, football, girls flag football, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, Unified Sports, volleyball and wrestling, plus a marching band. It is one of the Academies of Nashville high schools; its website lists one career academy, the Academy of Alternative Energy, Community Health and Law. For game nights, see our Friday night football guide and the scoreboard.
More
- The school’s own site: whitescreek.mnps.org
- The school’s listing in the MNPS schools directory
- Neighborhood guides for the Whites Creek zone: Bordeaux-Whites Creek
- Every public school in the city: Nashville public schools
- Calendars, enrollment and the school board: our Nashville schools guide
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Whites Creek High serve?
Ninth grade through 12th grade. The school is at 7277 Old Hickory Blvd. in Whites Creek; the main office number is 615-876-5132.
What is Whites Creek High’s state report card grade?
Whites Creek High received an F overall in Tennessee’s 2024-25 School Letter Grades, according to the Tennessee Department of Education.
What time does Whites Creek High start?
School runs from 7:25 a.m. to 2:25 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 school start times.
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