Enrollment
249
Middle
DISTRICT 301 · STATE 554
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 470014702309
Brick Church: A LEAD Public School
2835 Brick Church PIKE, Nashville, TN 37207 · (615)262-6665 · Davidson County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE11-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL249 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
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Title I proxy
DISTRICT -0% · STATE -0%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
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TCAP 2023-24 . % On Track or MasteredEnglish Language Arts
8.3%
TN avg 39.0% . +2.1pp since 2022
Math
15.3%
TN avg 37.2% . +8.2pp since 2022
What this means: On the TCAP, Tennessee's statewide test, about 8 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Tennessee schools, those numbers are about 39 and 37. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Source: TCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
6-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2023-24Enrollment
249
-78 (-24%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 23.7:1
% White
4%
was 8%
% Hispanic
15%
was 10%
% Black
78%
was 81%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Brick Church: A LEAD Public School
Brick Church: A LEAD Public School is one of the small junior highs in Nashville, Tennessee, operated by Achievement School District, with 249 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8. That puts it 55% smaller than the typical public school in Tennessee, which averages around 554 students.
Achievement School District comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 5,309 students; Brick Church: A LEAD Public School is among them.
In terms of who attends, Brick Church: A LEAD Public School reports that the largest single group is Black, at 78% of enrollment. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 4% White, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.
On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.1:1. The state averages about 18.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Davidson County shows median household income runs about $77,853, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Davidson County runs 177 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,005 students), of which Brick Church: A LEAD Public School is one.
The closest other public school is Brick Church Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
Brick Church: A LEAD Public School operates from an inner-city location. Brick Church: A LEAD Public School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
Over the past 6-year window. Over the past 6-year window, the student count declined 24%: 327 students in 2018 compared to 249 in 2024. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 10% to 15%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.7:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2024.
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Davidson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
715,388
Census ACS
Median income
$77,853
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
177
86,005 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Achievement School District
- Journey Coleman SchoolElementary · 630 students
- Wooddale Middle SchoolMiddle · 534 students
- Martin Luther King Preparatory High SchoolHigh · 491 students
- Fairley High SchoolHigh · 480 students
- Hillcrest High SchoolHigh · 476 students
- Kirby Middle SchoolMiddle · 402 students
Other schools in Nashville
- John Overton HighHigh · 1,942 students
- McGavock HighHigh · 1,844 students
- Hunters Lane HighHigh · 1,414 students
- Valor Flagship AcademyHigh · 1,402 students
- James Lawson High SchoolHigh · 1,393 students
- Martin Luther King Jr SchoolHigh · 1,280 students
Nearby schools
- Brick Church Middle School0.0 mi · 103
- Haynes Middle1.0 mi · 234
- Rocketship Nashville Northeast Elementary1.0 mi · 510
- Rocketship Nashville Northeast Elementary1.0 mi · 462
- RePublic High School1.5 mi · 587
- Shwab Elementary1.5 mi · 329
Frequently asked questions
About Brick Church: A LEAD Public SchoolHow many students attend Brick Church: A LEAD Public School?
Brick Church: A LEAD Public School enrolls approximately 249 students in grades 05-08.
Is Brick Church: A LEAD Public School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Brick Church: A LEAD Public School is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Brick Church: A LEAD Public School have?
Brick Church: A LEAD Public School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Brick Church: A LEAD Public School?
At Brick Church: A LEAD Public School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 15% Hispanic, 78% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Brick Church: A LEAD Public School public or private?
Brick Church: A LEAD Public School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Achievement School District.
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