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Nashville, Tennessee - 16 schools
5,966
Total Enrollment
16
Schools
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Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Achievement School District operates 16 public schools serving 5,966 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Tennessee. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 combined, 5 middle, 3 high, 2 elementary schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Davidson County.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 16 schools offering Advanced Placement (7 AP courses district-wide), a 287.3:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 59.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 75.2% African American, 22.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Wooddale Middle School, with a diversity index of 51.2/100.
Its largest campus is Journey Hanley School, enrolling 657 students (11% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Memphis Scholars Raleigh-Egypt, at 78 students, a 8x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Achievement School District school enrollment varies 8.4× across entities
Achievement School District school enrollment ranges from 78 students (lowest) to 657 students (highest), a spread of 579 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Achievement School District student-counselor ratio is 287:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Variation between sub-units within Achievement School District is typically wider than the Achievement School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Achievement School District chronic absenteeism rate is 59.7% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
How many schools are in Achievement School District?
Achievement School District has 16 schools, including 6 combined, 3 high, 5 middle, 2 elementary. Total enrollment is 5,966 students.
What is the demographic composition of Achievement School District?
Achievement School District students are 75.2% African American, 22.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% White, 0.4% Asian, averaged across 16 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.