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Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet High School and Martin Luther King, Jr. Magnet High School have been named to Newsweek magazine's Top 30 U.S. High Schools, ranking respectively at 28 and 29. According to Newsweek, the ratings were based on the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate or Cambridge tests taken by all students in a particular school, divided by the number of graduating seniors at that school. All schools on the list are in the top 5 percent of public schools measured.
- Newsweek, June 2009
Area Schools
Educational quality and school choice are two of the most important factors to consider when evaluating a community. With more than 130 public schools in Metro Nashville, 50 private schools in the immediate area, and many more quality public and private schools in the surrounding counties, the Nashville area offers an array of educational options.
The area's concentration of post-secondary educational institutions earned Nashville the nickname "Athens of the South." The Nashville area's 21 accredited four-year and postgraduate institutions are an integral part of the economic and cultural identity of the area. In addition, the area boasts six community colleges and 11 vocational and technical schools. The availability of such varied higher education choices creates an extremely well-educated base of residents. In the Nashville MSA, 51.5 percent of adults at least 25 years old have one or more years of college education, and more than 70,000 people have graduate or professional degrees.
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