Harding Academy | At a Glance

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17

years is the the average number of teaching experience for Harding teachers
500

students (grade Pre-K–8)
18

class size average
70%

of teaching faculty hold advanced degrees

TECHNOLOGY

1000 Mbps Internet bandwidth
One-to-one laptop program grades 4 through 8. Students take home MacBook Airs in grades 6 through 8.
One-to-one iPad program grades K through 3.
Google Apps accounts for grades 3 through 8
E-Books for all middle school textbooks
Touchscreens and classroom audio in every classroom.
3D Printers
Lego Robotics

COMMUNITY SERVICE

2 to 3 all-school initiatives each year (e.g. Second Harvest, Soles for Souls, and Rally Foundation)
Middle school service days each trimester- Second Harvest, Warner Parks, Radnor Lake
Individual grade-level initiatives—K—Humane Society; first—Teddy bears for Metro police; second—UNICEF; third—Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital; fourth and fifth—McNeilly Center for Children; faculty—50 Forward

VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS

Grade level plays for kindergarten through third
Fall musical for grades fifth through eighth
Spring musical for grades first through eighth
Band and choral programs for grades fifth through eighth
Individual grade level rock bands sixth through eighth
Student art show for grades kindergarten through eighth

GRADUATES

The Class of 2023 will attend 9 high schools: Ensworth High School, Father Ryan High School, Franklin Road Academy, Harpeth Hall, Hume-Fogg High School, Montgomery Bell Academy, The Bush School (WA), and University School of Nashville.

Please click HERE more information about secondary school placement.

LOCATIONS

Main Campus

170 Windsor Drive

Kever Park

152 Blackburn Avenue

Athletic Facilities

6506 Hwy 70

FOUNDED

School Founded 1971

Head of School Mike Walker, Ed.D.

ACCREDITATIONS

Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS)

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)

ACADEMICS

Spanish, French, and Latin offered.
Avg. ERB stanine is 7.2 for grades 3-7 (averaged subtests) national norms
Students in grades 1-8 traditionally score far above grade level on the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test by national norms.