W.A. Bass Alternative Learning Center

W.A. Bass Alternative Learning Center operates as a rural-scale 9-12 campus in Nashville, Tennessee, run under Davidson County. Current enrollment sits at 68 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Tennessee's public schools average about 754 students each, so W.A. Bass Alternative Learning Center sits 91% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Davidson County, which oversees 160 schools and 81,532 students, W.A. Bass Alternative Learning Center is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, W.A. Bass Alternative Learning Center shows that 72% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder consists of 22% Hispanic, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 25% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Davidson County shows the typical household earns roughly $77,853 per year, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 W.A. Bass Alternative Learning Center is one.

Transitions at Bass is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at W.A. Bass Alternative Learning Center has climbed 51%, going from 45 students in 2018 to 68 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 11% to 22% over that span.

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