At Father Ryan High School, students are known, loved, and inspired to lead lives of purpose.
Celebrating 100 years as an exceptional, trusted, Catholic-centered, coed college preparatory high school, Father Ryan is Nashville’s only private high school to offer four personalized academic learning paths. We challenge and support each student to reach their full academic, individual, and spiritual potential.
We are Nashville’s largest private high school, allowing us to provide numerous opportunities to explore every interest through courses and programs. From these experiences, our students learn to lead and serve and discover new interests, perspectives, cultures, and lifelong friends.
The Father Ryan Difference:
- 200+ courses
- 81 courses at Honors or above
- 28 AP courses
- 15 average class size
- 11:1 faculty:student ratio
- 61% of faculty hold advanced degrees
- Hayes Scholars Program for top learners with unique opportunities for academic and personal development with 96.7 average GPA for Hayes Scholars
- 1483 average SAT scored by top 10% of Class of 2025
- 31 average ACT scored by top 10% of Class of 2025
- Dual Enrollment Program of college-credit courses taught by master Father Ryan faculty in partnership with Trevecca Nazarene University
- Customized academic enrichment experiences including Study Abroad, Exchange Programs, and STEAM Lab courses
- 31 sports teams, 2 full-time physical therapists, and new Big Board online partnership to support student-athletes through the college athletic recruitment process
- 37 visual and performing arts courses offered, the most of any private school in Middle Tennessee
- 40+ clubs and 100s of leadership positions
- Robust House System that makes a big school feel like a family through smaller mentoring programs, House leadership opportunities for all grades, 150+ annual House events, meaningful service, and spiritual development
- 20,000+ annual hours of community service, including the world’s largest student-run Relay for Life program raising $2M for cancer research
- 13,000+ alumni serving Nashville and the world
- 100% admittance rate to colleges and universities
- $29.M in scholarships offered to the Class of 2024
- All faiths are valued, affirmed, and welcomed
- 43-acre, collegiate-level campus focused on safety and community
- 830 students from 125 different schools and 59 different zip codes
As Tennessee's flagship Diocesan school, faith is at the center of all we do. Our mission: To be an experience of the living Gospel while challenging students to reach their spiritual, academic, and personal potential.
Be Known. Be Loved. Be Inspired.
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