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Teachers and Staff
Students Per Counselor
206:1
Student Diversity
Male
52.3%
Female
47.7%
Hispanic
64.2%
Black
27.7%
White
6.9%
Asian or Pacific Islander
<1%
Two or more races
<1%
Specialty School Programs
AP Programs Offered
Free/Reduced Lunch Offered
Colleges Students are Considering
Students are most interested in or go on to attend these colleges.
Middle Tennessee State University200 Students
Tennessee State University117 Students
Belmont University112 Students
Nashville State Community College102 Students
Austin Peay State University101 Students
Lipscomb University101 Students
University of Tennessee, Knoxville92 Students
Trevecca Nazarene University81 Students
Tennessee Technological University75 Students
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga72 Students
What Students Want to Study
Niche users from this school are most interested in the following majors.
Business52 Students
Biology45 Students
Nursing41 Students
Computer Science25 Students
Psychology23 Students
Social Work and Youth Services21 Students
Architecture19 Students
Small Business Management17 Students
Real Estate13 Students
Accounting12 Students
This School’s Reviews
Niche Reviews
4.056 Reviews
3.0Senior
7/24/2020
I like how we go and visit the colleges. The campus is very liberal though. You do not feel welcome to express your opinion unless you agree with them.
4.0Junior
5/3/2020
Have been in Lead Public Schools for 6 years and it is a great learning environment with all the resources you need.
5.0Senior
3/20/2020
I like about lead academy that it helps all the students to be better in education and to make sure that every single student is learning. Also I like how the students are communicating with their teachers and how much they helping their students. I like it a lot because it's small school and small classes so we can learn a lot and have more time to understand everything. I dislike about the school is that the sports are not good enough to us and the food is not really good as we want so I world like to find more sports and to let all the students to participate in all the sports and to make sure the food is good.
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