FRA Fast Facts
FRA is a coeducational independent school in Nashville offering pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade students a challenging educational experience within an inclusive Christian community.
1,040
Students pre-kindergarten through grade 12
8:1
Student-teacher ratio
19%
Students of color
$1.9 Million
Need-based aid awarded in 2022
Academic
- Class of 2022 graduates (81) accepted to 180 different colleges
- 70% of faculty hold advanced degrees
- 85% of students take at least one AP or Honors course
- 23 AP courses and 16 Honors courses offered in upper school
- Average class size is 17.3
- $1.9 million awarded in need-based aid in 2022
- Academy-wide Interim program for international travel, job shadowing, and community involvement
- Accredited by The Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS) and Cognia
Spiritual & Service
- Daily convocation in grades 5 - 12
- Daily devotions & weekly chapel in pre-kindergarten - grade 4
- Academy-wide Spiritual Emphasis Week
- 2,800+ hours of community service contributed by the Class of 2020
- Best Buddies International Chapter of the Year in 2016
- Mission trips for grades 9 - 12
- Turner Fellowship paid internship scholarship program for rising seniors to work with local non-profit organizations
- 15 upper school students received Presidential Volunteer Service Award in 2016
Athletics & Arts
- 59 sports teams offered at varsity, junior varsity, and middle school levels
- 26 alumni are currently playing collegiate sports
- Collegiate-level fitness center and track and field facility, multi-purpose synthetic turf field, synthetic football field, natural grass soccer field, baseball and softball fields, and four gymnasiums
- 700-seat theater with professional lighting and sound
- More than 10% of the Class of 2022 will continue arts in college
- 20+ arts shows throughout the year featuring vocal, theatre, instrumental, dance and visual arts