How do LEAD Public Schools Compare to Schools in Your Community?
When choosing a school for your child, it’s important to consider how that school performs on metrics like growth, proficiency, and chronic absenteeism rates. At LEAD Public Schools, we’re transparent about how we fare in comparison to surrounding neighborhood schools. Check out how each of our schools stack up against their nearby peer schools.
LEAD Academy’s Chronic Absenteeism Rates Significantly Lower Than Neighboring Schools
At schools across the country, one of the biggest obstacles to student learning is chronic absenteeism.
To combat the issue, the LEAD Academy team took an aggressive and comprehensive approach that resulted in reducing their chronic absenteeism rate by half. During the 2021-22 school year, 42% of students were chronically absent. After implementing a new set of strategies, LEAD Academy saw a dramatic impact with the chronic absenteeism dropping to just over 16% for the 2023-24 school year.
Take a look at how that 16% compares to the chronic absenteeism rates at other schools in the area:
- Glencliff High School: 34.4%
- Antioch High School: 37.7%
- Cane Ridge High School: 39.6%
- McGavock High School: 34.1%
To learn more about the strategies LEAD Academy employed to combat chronic absenteeism, read this story.
LEAD Cameron Boasts Level 5 Growth Scores on State Tests
LEAD Cameron, along with all of LEAD’s schools, scored a Level 5, the highest possible level of academic growth a school can achieve, on the Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System (TVAAS) for the 2023-24 school year.
See how they compare to neighboring middle schools:
- Margaret Allen Middle School: Level 3
- Wright Middle School: Level 2
- Apollo Middle School: Level 4
- Antioch Middle School: Level 1
LEAD Neely’s Bend’s Letter Grade of B Makes it Madison’s Premier Middle School Option
LEAD Neely’s Bend achieved a letter grade of B on the Tennessee state report card for the 2023-24 school year. This is a huge accomplishment for LEAD Neely’s Bend, given how far the school has come since 2015, when the state-run Achievement School District (ASD) selected LEAD Public Schools to operate Neely’s Bend, a zone-enrolled school in Madison, after it fell in the bottom five percent of all Tennessee schools for academic performance.
Neely’s Bend’s academic performance improved under LEAD’s operation, and is currently outperforming Madison Middle in all subjects, making LEAD Neely’s Bend the best option for middle school families in the Madison community.
See how its B rating compares to all of its neighboring schools:
- Madison Middle School: C
- Neely’s Bend Elementary School (K-8): F
- Dupont Hadley Middle School: D
- Haynes Middle School: C
LEAD Southeast Middle School Success Rate More Than Double Those of Peer Schools
The 2023-24 school year was an incredible year for LEAD Southeast Middle School, as it ranked #1 in Nashville and top 5 in the state for growth in math and English language arts. The school’s success rate – which measures percentage of students who met or exceeded grade-level expectations on state TCAP assessments – reflects this momentum, at 32.9%.
See how this compares to surrounding schools:
- Apollo Middle School: 11.5%
- Antioch Middle School: 11.5%
- McMurray Middle School: 13.3%
- John F. Kennedy Middle School: 17.5%
- Thurgood Marshall Middle School: 16.9%
LEAD Southeast High’s Graduation Rate Exceeds State and Local Numbers
At LEAD Public Schools, our goal is to prepare students to graduate from high school and enter their futures prepared to succeed. At LEAD Southeast High School, more students are doing just that. LEAD Southeast High’s graduation rate for the 2023-24 school year was 93.9%.
To put these numbers in perspective, this performance is particularly noteworthy when compared to schools across the city of Nashville and the state of Tennessee:
- State of Tennessee Average: 92.1%
- Metro Nashville Public Schools Average: 85.7%
The contrast becomes even more striking when comparing LEAD Southeast’s results to neighboring schools in the Metro Nashville area:
- Glencliff High School: 60.7%
- Antioch High School: 70.8%
- McGavock High School: 72.7%
- Cane Ridge High School: 80.9%
To learn more about how LEAD Public Schools compare to other Metro Nashville schools, click below for a breakdown of the numbers:
