- Established 1939
- Original building destroyed by fire on Halloween night, 1952
- Current building, designed by acclaimed Nashville architect Edwin Keeble, built in 1954
- Phase II of $90 million campus reconstruction project currently underway
- An International Baccalaureate World School since 2004; nearly 250 IB diplomas awarded
- Only high school in Tennessee authorized to offer three IB programmes: the Middle Years Programme (MYP) in grades 9 & 10 and the Diploma Programme (DP) and Career-related Certificate Programme (CP) in grades 11 & 12
- Notable alumni: Artist Red Grooms (1955), chef/TV personality Carla Hall (1982), film director Harmony Korine (1991), WNBA player Isabelle Harrison (2011)
- School colors: green and gold; mascot: burro
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