Hume Fogg Magnet High School - Nashville, Tennessee/TN

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Hume Fogg Magnet High School

700 Broadway, Nashville, TN, 37203-3937 -

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Definition of Terms

Hume Fogg Magnet High School

School Level

High school

School Type

Magnet School

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Davidson County, TN

Students & Faculty

Total Students

854 students

% Male / % Female

43% / 57%

Total Classroom Teachers

44 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 226 students

Grade 10 - 219 students

Grade 11 - 202 students

Grade 12 - 207 students

This School

(TN) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:19

1:19

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(TN) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	6%	1%
% Hispanic	2%	2%
% Black	17%	21%
% White	74%	67%
% Unknown	1 %	2%

Additional Student Information

This School

(TN) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

n/a

n/a

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

n/a

n/a

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(TN) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Nashville-davidson County Sd School District

This School's Agency

(TN) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	132	8
Number of Students Managed	75,816 students	3,966 students
District Total Revenue	$626,563,000	$26,447,000
District Expenditure	$666,878,000	$26,933,000
District Revenue / Student	$8,264	$6,668
District Expenditure / Student	$8,796	$6,791
District Graduation Rates	67%	85%

3 Metro Schools Named As Nation's Top (WSMV Nashville)
posted on June 9, 2009 at 08:53:11 pm
Three Metro schools have been named on Newsweek's list of the top schools in the country.
Pearl Cohn seniors graduate with extra security (WKRN Nashville)
posted on May 20, 2009 at 07:24:58 pm
High school seniors in Metro gradated with a heightened police presence after a 21-year-old was shot and killed Monday night.
7 Metro Schools Opt Out Of Standard Attire (WSMV Nashville)
posted on May 8, 2009 at 11:16:40 pm
Seven Metro schools have decided to scrap standard school attire for the rest of this school year and all of next.

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Hume-Fogg Academic High School is a public magnet high school located in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. It includes grades 9–12.
History
Hume-Fogg's original incarnation, Hume High School, which opened in 1855 on Eighth Avenue (Spruce Street) and Broad, was the first public school in Nashville.
In 1875 Fogg High School became the second public school in Nashville. It was built on the same property as Hume High School facing Broad Street. In 1912, the two merged into Hume-Fogg at the present site at 700 Broadway in Nashville, a Tudor Revival building. The Building consist of five floors including the basement, which has several tunnels leading to various places around downtown Nashville, however they are currently boarded off and unable to be used, except for Ghost Tours held annually by the school's Student Government Association. In 1942 Hume-Fogg was recast as a Technical and Vocational School. It continued in this capacity until the 1982 court supervised desegregation of Nashville's public school system. In that year, Hume-Fogg was again recast as an academic magnet school for Nashville's gifted and talented secondary students.
Hume-Fogg High School was the location for the filming of Taylor Swift's music video for the song "Teardrops on My Guitar."
In the 2004–2005 school year, Hume-Fogg celebrated its sesquicentennial anniversary.
In 2008, Hume-Fogg became the second Metro school and first Magnet School to have lacrosse.
School mascot
The current school mascot is Knightro, the Blue Knight. His suit of armor can be found in the entrance hallway of the school. The school colors are blue and white.
Athletics
Hume-Fogg has the highest percentage of students in sports in Davidson County, though the gym isn't full size.
Varsity Sports
Boys/Girls Basketball
Boys Lacrosse
Boys/Girls Tennis
Baseball
Cross Country
Boys/Girls Track
Ice Hockey
Boys/Girls Soccer
Wrestling
Softball
Volleyball
Co-Op Football with Hillwood High School
Boys/Girls Swimming
Ultimate Frisbee
Ping Pong
Distinctions
Hume-Fogg is respected academically. Nearly 100�percent of graduates each year go on to four-year colleges, many earning prestigious academic scholarships in the process. Each year, the Hume-Fogg senior class is granted over 10�million dollars in cumulative scholarship and grant money from various universities across the United States.Hume-Fogg also has a high rate of students involved in sports. In 1964 it was the first public high school in Nashville to desegregate its sports teams.
In 2006 Hume-Fogg was ranked 43rd in Newsweek's Top Public High School; 58 in 2007 and 24th in 2008. In 2006–2007 the school received the National Siemens Award for one of the best scientific and math-based academic programs in the country.
The 848 students attending Hume-Fogg were selected county-wide from students with total reading and mathematics stanine scores each averaging 7 or above and an academic grade point average of at least 85 (B) with no failing grades. Sixty-six percent of students who apply as eighth graders are admitted to the school. Hume-Fogg students come from diverse cultural, economic, and ethnic backgrounds. Students represent 39 of 45 zip code areas in the Metropolitan area. Hume-Fogg has 44 faculty members; of these, 39 hold an advanced degree.
Notable alumni
Tennessee poet Randall Jarrell attended Hume-Fogg, where he wrote some of his first essays; there is now a historical marker on the site.
Actress Dinah Shore also graduated from Hume-Fogg.
Pinup queen and Playboy Playmate Bettie Page was salutatorian in 1940.
Transsexual author, actress and activist Calpernia Addams, who was thrust into the spotlight in 1999 following the tragic murder of her Army boyfriend, Barry Winchell.
NBC's You're the One that I Want's 3rd Place "Sandy" Allie Schulz
Academy Award winning director Delbert Mann graduated from Hume-Fogg.
Former Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball coach and current Northern Illinois Huskies coach Ricardo Patton
St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Johnny Beazley
Lead singer/Guitarist of the band The Pink Spiders, Matt Friction
Editor and founder of Versal literary journal, Megan M. Garr
Notes
http://www.humefogghs.mnps.org/Page471.aspx
External links
Hume-Fogg's website

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About This Zip Code (37203)

School Zip (37203)

(TN) State Average

Population (Approximate)

12,781 people

5,477,204 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

24%

18%

Population Average Age

29 years old

35 years old

Average Household size

2.0 persons

2.4 persons

Median Household Income

$19,437

$37,494

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

3.7 rooms

5.4 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

47 years old

38 years old

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% Owning / % Renting

21% / 79%

67% / 33%

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