Summary:
ZIP code 37015 (Ashland City, TN) contains two high schools serving grades 9–12: Cheatham County Central School and Cheatham County Virtual School, both part of Cheatham County Schools.
Cheatham County Central is clearly the stronger option. It has a traditional setting, an enrollment of 514, and ranks in the 45th percentile statewide for 2025–26, while the tiny virtual school (70 students) ranks in the 7th percentile and earns zero stars. Academically, Central outperforms the virtual school in every subject with reported data: 47.7% vs. 16.7% proficiency in US History, and 25.2% vs. 9.1% in English I. Central also has a better graduation rate (83.1% vs. 78.3%) and a lower dropout rate (8.5% vs. 13.0%). The virtual school’s chronic absenteeism was 44.4% in 2022–23, compared to Central’s 16.1%, and it spends just $3,251 per student versus Central’s $11,947.
Despite Central’s advantages, both schools trail district and state averages on key measures. The district graduation rate is 89.4% and the state’s is 90.5%, but Central’s is 83.1% and the virtual school’s is 78.3%. Central shows real strengths in English II (58.5% proficient, matching the state) and US History (47.7% vs. 42.4% statewide), but Algebra I is a major weakness: only 8.1% of students are proficient, well below the state’s 32.3%. Central’s state rank has also been volatile, moving from 222nd to 187th and then back to 220th over three years. For parents choosing between these two schools, Cheatham County Central offers a much more solid academic environment and better student outcomes, while the virtual school appears to serve a high-need population with very limited results.
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