Our School

Our Mission

University School of Nashville models the best educational practices. In an environment that represents the cultural and ethnic composition of Metropolitan Nashville, USN fosters each student’s intellectual, artistic, and athletic potential, valuing and inspiring integrity, creative expression, a love of learning, and the pursuit of excellence.

Our Community

University School of Nashville is a K-12, independent, all-gender, non-sectarian day school established in 1975 as the successor to Peabody Demonstration School. USN is known for its academic excellence and for its commitment to putting students first.

Our student body includes 1,075 students from 52 zip codes in Middle Tennessee as well as 37% students of color with 55 countries of origin represented among our families. Nashville is approximately 38% people of color, according to the 2020 U.S. Census.

For more infomration, please visit our USN website.