Charter school agency · Tennessee
Tennessee Public Charter School Commission
Tennessee Public Charter School Commission in Tennessee: 17 public schools with 6,979 students and — students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year.
- Schools
- 17
- 17 charter
- Students
- 6,979
- Students per teacher
- —
- TN — · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- —
- TN $13K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- —
- Counselors (FTE)
- —
- Students per counselor
- —
- TN — · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- —
- Librarians (FTE): —
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Tennessee's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Tennessee: 39%31%proficient
+2.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 77% of school districts in Tennessee
Median 36% · 145 school districts compared
3,239 students tested, grades 3–8 · TNReady; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Tennessee: 42%32%proficient
+2.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 83% of school districts in Tennessee
Median 42% · 145 school districts compared
3,249 students tested, grades 3–8 · TNReady; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
The Census Bureau publishes no finances for this agency.
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cornerstone Prep - LesterCharterFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 354 | — | 23% | 20% |
Cornerstone Prep Denver CampusCharterFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 657 | — | 31% | 42% |
Cornerstone Prep SchoolCharterFree meals for all | K–2 | 85 | — | — | — |
KIPP Antioch College Prep ElementaryCharterFree meals for all | K–4 | 604 | — | 53% | 43% |
LibertasCharterFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 576 | — | 35% | 33% |
Nashville Collegiate PrepCharter | K–8 | 837 | — | 28% | 24% |
Promise Academy Spring HillCharterFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 422 | — | 21% | 27% |
Rocketship Dream Community PrepCharterFree meals for all | K–4 | 447 | — | 44% | 44% |
| K–5 | 462 | — | 16% | 9.7% | |
Rutherford Collegiate PrepCharter | K–6 | 435 | — | 25% | 25% |
KIPP Antioch College Prep MiddleCharterFree meals for all | 5–8 | 526 | — | 45% | 48% |
KIPP Antioch Global Middle SchoolCharterFree meals for all | 5–6 | 113 | — | 43% | 40% |
LEAD Neely's BendCharterFree meals for all | 5–8 | 291 | — | 15% | 25% |
Lester PrepCharterFree meals for all | 6–8 | 204 | — | 7.0% | 11% |
Tennessee Nature AcademyCharter | 5–7 | 195 | — | 33% | 28% |
Bluff City High SchoolCharterFree meals for all | 9–12 | 514 | — | — | — |
KIPP Antioch Global High SchoolCharterFree meals for all | 9–12 | 257 | — | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 500 James Robertson PKWY, Nashville, TN 37243
- Phone
- (615)532-6245
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.