2025 Nashville Private School Guide
With so many private school options in the Nashville area, finding the right fit for your child can be overwhelming. Our Nashville Moms team has compiled a guide that we hope you find useful in your search. We have enjoyed partnering with the amazing schools highlighted below, so be sure to check them out in person as you navigate your private school decision!
Brentwood Academy
Providing students with an opportunity to pursue excellence while integrating faith, Brentwood Academy aims to nurture and challenge each whole person, body, mind, and spirit, to the glory of God. For more than 50 years, Brentwood Academy has encouraged students grades 6 through 12 to thrive in an environment that fosters community, integrity, and critical thinking, resulting in a transformational experience for students and their families. The school is located on fifty acres in Brentwood, Tennessee and is open daily for tours by appointment. Visit BrentwoodAcademy.com/starthere for more information.
Harpeth Hall
At Harpeth Hall, ambitions become achievements, and girls become purposeful young women prepared to make a meaningful difference in their communities and the world. As an independent school for girls in 5th through 12th grades, Harpeth Hall designs every aspect of the school experience with girls in mind. The student council president is a girl. The captain of the state title-winning lacrosse team is a girl. The leader of the school’s two-time World championship-qualifying robotics team is a girl. At Harpeth Hall, it is “cool to be smart.” In the classroom, hands-on experiences with everything from telescopes to power tools elevate concepts beyond the textbook. Premier programs such as Winterim, SEEK, Global Scholars, and Public Purpose develop students’ global perspectives as they think outside of familiar boundaries. Harpeth Hall’s dynamic and passionate faculty are at the heart of learning as the girls engage in a vibrant academic environment that values diversity of thought and cultivates respect for others’ views. Outside the classroom, Harpeth Hall girls shine in the arts and athletics. They perform as actors, musicians, and dancers while contributing original paintings, poetry, and prose to school publications. In athletics, they embrace healthy challenges, leading to recent state titles in cross country, lacrosse, riflery, rowing, soccer, and track and field. Two alumnae swimmers even competed at the 2024 Olympics. At Harpeth Hall, each girl is known and valued for the unique individual she is. Harpeth Hall educates girls and young women to think critically, lead confidently, and live honorably.
We invite you to learn more about Harpeth Hall. Schedule a campus tour and plan to join us for Preview Day on Sunday, Nov. 3. More information: harpethhall.org/admission
St. Paul Christian Academy
Over the last 52 years, St. Paul has emerged as a local and regional leader in early childhood education and academic excellence. The nurturing environment is a signature to our school, which has faculty whose special calling is to bring out the best in their students, starting in these formative early years and continuing long after their graduation from sixth grade.
The St. Paul experience can best be described in the succinct mission captured with the St. Paul pillars: Academic Excellence, Passion for Christ, and Leadership Development. The St. Paul journey from junior kindergarten to sixth grade is an authentic partnership with parents where a culture of joy abounds, as children and families are served well because they are well known. With a unique curriculum based on a classical experience, curiosity, and inspiration, St. Paul faculty and staff know students well and, as a result, strengthen their spiritual, academic, and personal foundation to bring out his or her best and thrive at any next-level school.
We would love the opportunity to share how St. Paul could be a blessing to your family. The early childhood years are thoroughly enjoyed as part of a faith-based and engaging community, and it would be our honor to walk alongside your family as you seek a place for your child to grow and thrive during these most important foundation-building years.
Franklin Road Academy
FRA is a coeducational, independent school in Nashville offering students in pre-kindergarten through grade 12 an exceptional educational experience within an inclusive Christian community, all on one campus. We value a well-rounded student experience, and our intentional class size allows students to fully engage in the classroom while competing at a high athletic level or perfecting an art form.
Each year, 100 percent of our graduates are accepted to four-year colleges and universities. Our expert faculty challenge our students to think critically in an ever-changing world. Our students go to college confident in their abilities to tackle the most challenging problems, communicate effectively using a variety of media, and ask challenging questions of their own.
At FRA, we are big enough to offer students all of the academic and co-curricular options and small enough that our students are known by each other, faculty and staff members, and parents. We encourage our students to take risks and discover their passions, and our students are able to succeed in the classroom while also competing on our athletic teams, starring in major arts productions, and participating in numerous clubs and other leadership opportunities.
Ensworth School
The Ensworth School is a kindergarten through twelfth grade, coeducational independent school located in Nashville, Tennessee. The School promotes academic excellence and inspires students to be intellectually curious, to use their talents to the fullest, to be people of integrity, and to be contributors to society. Students are encouraged to pursue intellectual challenges, think logically and critically, communicate clearly, be creative, be physically fit, develop good organizational and study skills, be conscientious and consistent in their studies, learn to set and achieve goals, develop confidence through individual effort, work effectively with others, be responsible, be respectful, be honest, and be good citizens. We believe that coeducation improves the ways students think, learn and collaborate. Children are able to develop confidence, empathy, understanding and leadership as they navigate the challenges of social and emotional growth, while encouraging success in one another. By offering a coeducational environment where youth develop the character, understanding and skills necessary for the future, Ensworth equips students for life beyond the classroom.
Kindergarten Admission Lunches
Wednesday, September 25
Wednesday, November 6
Middle School Preview
Thursday, October 24 at 6:30 p.m.
High School Preview
Sunday, November 10 at 2 p.m.
Kindly RSVP online:
www.ensworth.com/visit
For questions, visit www.ensworth.com or contact our Director of Enrollment Management Rebekah Armstrong at [email protected].
Montgomery Bell Academy
Montgomery Bell Academy offers young men an exemplary college preparatory experience in an inclusive community, assisting them to be “gentlemen, scholars, and athletes” and young men of wisdom and moral integrity who will make significant contributions to society. MBA, as a day school for young men in grades seven through twelve, seeks to enable its students, first, to achieve excellent academic preparation for college and, second, to become responsible and productive citizens within the community.
Montgomery Bell Academy expects its students to have a high regard for others and a sense of responsibility to school, family, and community. Therefore, it endeavors to help each student develop citizenship and concern for others. MBA believes that positive mental, physical, and spiritual growth take place in a thoughtful and respectful environment, and the school expects its students to conduct themselves as gentlemen at all times.
Join us for upcoming admissions events:
- Coffee and Tours – every Thursday at 10:00 a.m.
- Carnival and Picnic – Sept. 13
- Homecoming and Spaghetti Supper – Sept. 27
- Admission Preview Day – Oct. 27
Currey Ingram Academy
Situated on a beautiful 3-acre campus in Brentwood, Tennessee, Currey Ingram Academy is a PreK-12 day school and 9-12 boarding school for students with learning differences. If your child isn’t reaching his or her fullest potential in a traditional classroom, Currey Ingram can help arm them with the tools to succeed. We address each student’s learning profile through small classes and individualized learning plans. Signature programs include arts, athletics, and extracurricular activities that emphasize student strengths and talents while offering support in speech-language, OT, executive function skills, social-emotional learning, school counseling, and college counseling, rounding out our approach to preparing every student for college and life.
Currey Ingram Academy also has a Residential Life Program that continues the mission of the day school program by supporting and empowering students to live independently. Residential life is open to students in grades 9-12.
Templeton Academy
Discover Templeton Academy, where students learn to pursue their Why to find what brings them joy and allows them to serve others. As an affordable independent private school in downtown Nashville, our core principles are Core Advisory, a social-emotional learning program where students explore ideas of self-reflection, identity, and community; Project-Based Learning, a philosophy of hands-on, student-driven learning by doing; and Field Work, our city-as-your-classroom model that asks students to explore our vibrant city and make real-time, real-world connections between life and learning. Templeton Academy is revolutionizing the Student experience by centering the critical thinking and problem-solving skills needed for a life of curiosity and purpose. So what’s your Why? Come ask big questions and find meaningful answers at Templeton!
Episcopal School of Nashville
The Episcopal School of Nashville is an inclusive 3K-6 independent school located in the heart of East Nashville. When students walk through our doors, they enter a place where the joy of learning and the spirit of discovery thrive!
At ESN, we create a foundation for learning that lasts a lifetime. It starts in our unique, play-based early childhood program where children’s natural curiosity is nurtured. As they progress through our lower and upper schools, students develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills through a balance of traditional academics and project-based learning. Outside of the classroom, we offer a variety of special classes, clubs, sports, and community service opportunities to encourage each student to pursue their passions and develop new skills.
We’re proud to teach well-rounded individuals who are intellectually, spiritually, and responsibly engaged with the place, community, and world they call home. Now enrolling for the 2024-2025 school year.
