Nashville, Tennessee · Davidson County
W.A. Bass Learning Center
9–12 · The Nations / Sylvan Park
W.A. Bass Learning Center is an MNPS special-education or alternative program in The Nations / Sylvan Park, serving grades 9–12 in Davidson County.
This is a placement-based MNPS program rather than a school you apply to in the usual way: it has no attendance zone and no open application. Students arrive by referral or placement — through an IEP team, the district discipline process, or a credit-recovery referral — so the place to start is your current school counselor or the MNPS Exceptional Education office.
It enrolled 68 students in 2023-24. MNPS describes its pathway as: Alternative learning center.
For families weighing logistics: MNPS busing is available, and there is no uniform requirement.
W.A. Bass Learning Center is one of 14 schools this guide lists in The Nations / Sylvan Park and one of 11 MNPS special-education and alternative programs in Davidson County.
W.A. Bass Learning Center is a placement-based MNPS program. Students arrive by referral or placement, not by open application, so start with your current school counselor or the MNPS Exceptional Education office.
Nothing. W.A. Bass Learning Center is a free public school.
Yes. MNPS busing is available for W.A. Bass Learning Center.