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Metro Nashville Public Schools

Failing Report Card

We all know that our children get grades but our teachers and schools get grades too. Nashville has 18 schools on the Tennessee Department of Education’s priority (failing) list. Priority schools are either in the bottom 5% or have graduation rates lower than 67%. Sixty-nine out of 100 high school students also did not meet the standards to graduate high school. If our children are failing, it’s because the system is failing to provide them with the quality teachers and resources they need to learn.

Listen to PROPEL leaders Sonya Thomas and Vesia Hawkins featured in “What the Words Say” – an audio documentary produced by APM Reports about the struggle of Black children and the inequalities of getting help.

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Whites Creek High School

585+ students
78% Black
11% Hispanic
Economically disadvantaged: 63%

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STUDENTS CAN DO GRADE LEVEL ENGLISH
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READY TO GRADUATE

Jere Baxter Middle School

440 students
59 % Black
28% Hispanic
Economically disadvantaged: 64%

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STUDENTS READING ON GRADE LEVEL
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STUDENTS CAN DO GRADE LEVEL MATH

Tom Joy Elementary School

415+ students
55% Black
33% Hispanic
Economically Disadvantaged: 67%

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STUDENTS READING ON GRADE LEVEL
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STUDENTS CAN DO GRADE LEVEL MATH

Amqui Elementary School

475 students
43% Black
45% Hispanic
Economically disadvantaged: 54%

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STUDENTS READING ON GRADE LEVEL
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STUDENTS CAN DO GRADE LEVEL MATH

“The human case calls for a need to ensure that MNPS students, especially those living in poverty, have an educational pathway to economic security and stability. The structural and systemic barriers that keep many from a pathway to the middle class have a profound impact on families, schools, and communities.”

Nashville Chamber of CommerceEducation Report Card

“No student should have to go outside of their neighborhood for a high-quality education, but advocacy groups and local media have highlighted the disparities between schools in affluent communities and those in distressed neighborhoods.”

Nashville Chamber of CommerceEducation Report Card