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The highest-performing public high schools in reading in Nashville, Tennessee

22 public high schools in Nashville, Tennessee appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public high schools in reading, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Hume - Fogg High leads the list at 94.6%, against a median of 29.7% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked
22
Nashville, Tennessee
Top % Proficient (Reading)
94.6%
Median % Proficient (Reading)
29.7%
BEST IN READING · NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
#SchoolCityDistrictLevelStudents% Proficient (Reading)Rank change
1Hume - Fogg HighNashville, TNDavidson CountyHigh88594.6%—
2Martin Luther King Jr SchoolNashville, TNDavidson CountyHigh1,28082.6%no change
3Early College High SchoolNashville, TNDavidson CountyHigh17482.3%no change
4Nashville School Of The ArtsNashville, TNDavidson CountyHigh54864.6%no change
5Valor Flagship AcademyNashville, TNDavidson CountyHigh1,40258.0%no change
6KIPP Antioch Global High SchoolNashville, TNTennessee Public Charter School CommissionHigh25755.3%no change
7KIPP Nashville Collegiate High SchoolNashville, TNDavidson CountyHigh43842.4%▲ 4
8Hillsboro HighNashville, TNDavidson CountyHigh1,22435.5%▼ 1
9James Lawson High SchoolNashville, TNDavidson CountyHigh1,39331.8%▲ 1
10East Nashville Magnet High SchoolNashville, TNDavidson CountyHigh43231.6%▲ 8
11LEAD SoutheastNashville, TNDavidson CountyHigh83329.7%▲ 1
12STEM Prep High SchoolNashville, TNDavidson CountyHigh50529.7%▼ 3
13Nashville Big Picture High SchoolNashville, TNDavidson CountyHigh12528.6%▼ 5
14John Overton HighNashville, TNDavidson CountyHigh1,94228.5%▼ 1
15Lead AcademyNashville, TNDavidson CountyHigh48723.9%no change
16RePublic High SchoolNashville, TNDavidson CountyHigh58723.9%▼ 2
17Stratford STEM Magnet SchoolNashville, TNDavidson CountyHigh81021.7%▲ 3
18McGavock HighNashville, TNDavidson CountyHigh1,84419.5%▼ 1
19Hunters Lane HighNashville, TNDavidson CountyHigh1,41417.6%▼ 3
20Pearl-Cohn HighNashville, TNDavidson CountyHigh52615.6%▲ 1
21Glencliff High SchoolNashville, TNDavidson CountyHigh1,01314.0%▼ 2
22Maplewood HighNashville, TNDavidson CountyHigh7007.7%no change

Rank change counts the places a school moved since its prior test year, among the schools on this list that were tested both years. A dash means the school has no prior-year result.

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