✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades PreK-870 students5.6 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Catholic schools in Nashville, TN
10 in Nashville or within 6 miles; schools in Nashville itself count at any distance from downtown. 8 are on the state’s EFS list. Parochial, diocesan and independent Catholic schools.
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades PreK-8233 students14.6 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
St. Ann School
4 mi✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades PreK-8171 students9 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Overbrook School
4 mi✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades PreK-6216 students8.9 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades 7-12295 students6.8 students per teacherRoman CatholicAll-girls97% to 4-year college
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades PreK-8187 students9.6 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades 9-12833 students9.5 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed96% to 4-year college
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades PreK-8296 students13.1 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Grades PreK-8338 students9 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Grades PreK-8115 students5.5 students per teacherRoman CatholicMontessoriCo-ed
Catholic schools near Nashville by the numbers
- Where
- all 10 in Nashville
- Students
- about 2,754 in all; the typical school has 233
- Smallest and largest
- St. Pius X Classical Academy, 70 students; Father Ryan High School, 833 students
- Students per teacher
- 9 typical, 5.5 to 14.6 across 10 schools
- Co-ed or single-sex
- 1 all-girls; the rest co-ed
- Association members
- 10, most often the National Catholic Educational Association
- Verified tuition
- Overbrook School $19,725; St. Cecilia Academy $21,450; Father Ryan High School $28,750; St. Bernard Academy $18,375
- Upcoming application deadlines
- 1 school; soonest St. Cecilia Academy, January 15, 2027
- State program
- Scholarship, $7,530 per student for 2026-27
How EFS works
- Pre-K (and up)8
- Elementary (K to 5)8
- Middle (6 to 8)9
- High school (9 to 12)2
- 50 to 1492
- 150 to 2996
- 300 to 5991
- 600 or more1
- Catholic schools here80%
- All of Tennessee57%
Where these facts come from
- Grades, size, affiliation, co-ed, membership, college-going: NCES Private School Universe Survey 2023-24, downloaded September 20, 2026.
- Program list: Tennessee Education Freedom Scholarships schools, list dated August 24, 2026, checked November 4, 2026.
- Award and rules: Tennessee Education Freedom Scholarships, official page, read October 2, 2026.
- Tuition for 4 schools: each school’s own website, last read October 11, 2026.
- Deadlines, 1 school: each school’s admissions page, last read October 6, 2026.
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