Explore Community School

As a mid-tier elementary campus in Nashville, Tennessee, Explore Community School educates 591 students from grades K through 8, operated by Davidson County. Compared to the state average of about 470 students per school, that is 26% bigger than typical.

Across the 160 schools in Davidson County (81,532 students total), Explore Community School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Explore Community School logs that Black students make up the majority at 57%. The remainder reads as 30% White, 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Davidson County indicate median household income runs about $77,853, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Davidson County's 177 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,005 students), Explore Community School is one campus in the mix.

KIPP Kirkpatrick Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Explore Community School.

The campus sits in a high-density setting. Explore Community School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Explore Community School has climbed 160%, going from 227 students in 2018 to 591 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 48% to 30% over that span.

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