ABOUT MAGNET SCHOOLS  

Magnet schools have a specialized program and voluntary enrollment. Students may enroll in these programs from throughout Davidson County. Some magnets have academic entrance requirements that students must meet; other magnet schools are theme based. Students are selected for both by lottery.

The academic magnet schools are:

• Meigs Middle School (5-8)
• Hume Fogg High School (9-12)
• Martin Luther King High School (7-12)

The enrollment requirements are

•  85 or above average for the spring semester of last year and the 1st grade period of the current school year with no failing grades, AND 
• current Metro students must have achievement test (CRT) scores ADVANCED in both math and reading, and non Metro students must have reading and math stanine scores on a norm-referenced achievement test equaling 14 or above (no rounding)

The thematic (theme based) magnets are:

• Carter Lawrence Math and Science Elementary (K-4)
• Hull Jackson Montessori Elementary ( PS-4)
• Jones Paideia Elementary (K-4)
• Creswell Arts Magnet (5-8)
• Head Math and Science Middle (5-8)
• Rose Park Math and Science (5-8)
• East Literature (5-12)
• Pearl Cohn High School Business and Communications (9-12)
• Nashville School of the Arts (9-12)

Students must apply for all magnet programs. A lottery is held to select the students.
NASHVILLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
Nashville School of the Arts is the one exception to the lottery. Students must fill out an application and audition.  There is no lottery for NSA admission.

APPLY FOR A MAGNET SCHOOL
All students must apply for a magnet school by deadline date.  Wait lists created by the lottery will be eliminated after the third day of school. Applications are available at 2601 Bransford Avenue, Nashville, TN or can be downloaded by clicking the link below.

TRANSPORTATON
Parents must provide their own transportation for students in magnet schools. MTA has buses that also provide transportation. There is assistance with the costs for MTA transportation for students on free or reduced lunch.
CONTACT INFORMATION