Blackman High, 3956 Blaze Drive: Rutherford County Schools, grades 9-12, 2,301 students (2024-25), state grade B.

Last checked Oct. 19, 2026. Sources: bhs.rcschools.net, Rutherford County Schools, Tennessee Department of Education data files, the NCES school directory and the TSSAA.

Blackman High School is a Rutherford County Schools (RCS) high school for grades 9 to 12 on the Blackman school campus in northwest Murfreesboro, where Blackman Elementary and Blackman Middle share the same site. The teams are the Blaze.

Who to call
Address 3956 Blaze Drive, Murfreesboro, TN 37128
Phone 615-904-3850
Grades 9 to 12
District Rutherford County Schools
State letter grade, 2024-25 B

Principal

Principal Justin Smith, according to the school’s website staff directory.

Blackman Collegiate Academy

The school runs the Blackman Collegiate Academy, which it describes as “a high-quality, college-preparatory academic program” with a partnership with Middle Tennessee State University. Students apply; applications for 2026-27 opened Dec. 9, 2025, according to the academy’s page. Dean Kim Baumann answers questions at 615-904-3850, ext. 22982.

Enrollment and teachers

  • Federal count: 2,233 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 133 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 17 students per teacher.
  • State count: 2,301 students in the 2024-25 school year, in the Tennessee Department of Education’s school profile file.

State report card

Tennessee gives every public school an A-F letter grade each year, explained on the Department of Education’s school letter grades page. The grade combines indicators each scored from 1 to 5: student achievement, academic growth and growth of the highest-need students, plus college and career readiness for high schools.

Blackman High earned a B for 2024-25, the latest grades published, with an overall score of 4.1 out of 5 in the state’s letter grade file.

Indicator Score (1 to 5)
Achievement 5
Growth 3
Growth of highest-need students 2
College and career readiness 5
Overall success rate, all students, 2024-25 tests 47.1%

Spring 2026 TCAP tests (share of students who met or exceeded expectations, from the state’s 2026 school assessment file):

Subject Met or exceeded Valid tests
Algebra I 38.7% 475
Algebra II 55.8% 504
Biology 65.4% 598
English I 56.4% 525
English II 71.2% 531
Geometry 55.1% 515
U.S. history 60.5% 392
  • Graduation rate, class of 2025: 97.3% of a cohort of 525 students, in the state’s graduation rate file.
  • ACT, 2024-25: average composite score 20.6; 48.3% of test takers scored 21 or higher, per the state ACT file.

The full report, with chronic absence, subgroup results and more, is on the Tennessee State Report Card.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

Check any address on the RCS 2026-27 zone map, linked from the district’s bus routes and school zones page, or call RCS Transportation at 615-893-5815, ext. 22100.

On the district’s 2026-27 zone map, the Blackman High zone takes in most of the Blackman Middle zone and part of the Poplar Hill Middle zone.

The map also marks a Blackman High and Siegel High dual zone, where students may attend either school. RCS created dual zones for high school students rezoned from Rockvale, Riverdale, Smyrna or Blackman high schools during 2025-26, and families who wanted to return to their previous school had to apply by April 1, 2026, according to the Rutherford Choice page.

These shares are measured from the district’s map layers; zones follow streets, not city limits, so always check the exact address.

Calendar and bell times

From the RCS 2026-27 academic calendar (revised June 3, 2026):

  • Tuesday: parent-teacher conferences
  • Tuesday, Nov. 3: Election Day, no school for students
  • Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
  • Friday, Dec. 18: two-hour day, end of the second nine weeks
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break; Jan. 4 is an in-service day, and students return Tuesday, Jan. 5
  • March 29 to April 2, 2027: spring break, after Good Friday, March 26
  • Friday, May 28, 2027: last day, a two-hour day

The school’s website does not show a 2026-27 bell schedule; call the front office for start and end times.

Sports and activities

Blackman High plays football in Class 6A, Region 3 for 2026-27, according to the TSSAA’s current alignments, with LaVergne, Oakland, Riverdale, Rockvale, Siegel, Smyrna and Stewarts Creek. In basketball it is in Class 4A, District 9, with LaVergne, Smyrna and Stewarts Creek.

The school’s athletic teams page lists baseball, boys and girls basketball, bowling, cheerleading, cross country, flag football, football, golf, boys and girls soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track, volleyball and boys and girls wrestling, plus a JROTC battalion.

Scores and previews: our Friday night football page and the high school scoreboard.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Blackman High School serve?

Blackman High serves grades 9 through 12. It is part of Rutherford County Schools and sits at 3956 Blaze Drive, Murfreesboro.

What is Blackman High School’s state letter grade?

Blackman High earned a B in Tennessee’s 2024-25 school letter grades, with an overall score of 4.1 out of 5. Its class of 2025 graduation rate was 97.3%.

Which middle schools feed Blackman High?

On Rutherford County Schools’ 2026-27 zone map, the Blackman High zone takes in most of the Blackman Middle zone and part of the Poplar Hill Middle zone. Check your address on the district’s zone map.