FAFSA CHAMPION - 2023-2024 FAFSA Champion

117 high schools across Tennessee have been recognized as FAFSA Champions for the Class of 2024, including six in Williamson County and eight in Davidson County. 

The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) and the Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation (TSAC) award the designation of FAFSA Champion to schools whose Tennessee Promise FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) completion rate exceeds 90 percent or increased by 5 percent or more over the previous year.

THEC/TSAC partnered earlier this year with dozens of education and community partners across the state to launch a special FAFSA Frenzy campaign to encourage and support all students and families in completing the FAFSA.

“Tennessee continues to be the number one state in the nation in the number of high school seniors that complete the FAFSA," THEC Executive Director Steven Gentile said in a release. "We applaud and celebrate each of these high schools for their leadership and success." 

Local high schools honored as 2024 FAFSA Champions include:

Williamson County

  • Brentwood High School
  • Franklin High School
  • Independence High School
  • Nolensville High School
  • Ravenwood High School
  • Summit High School

Davidson County

  • Hume-Fogg High
  • Hunters Lane High
  • Independence Academy High School
  • Lead Southeast
  • Martin Luther King Jr School
  • Nashville Big Picture High School
  • Valor College Prep
  • Whites Creek High

Federal officials have announced that the FAFSA for the Class of 2025 will open on Dec. 1.

The state’s 56.7 percent college-going rate for the class of 2023 represents the largest year-over-year increase since the initial implementation of the tuition-free Tennessee Promise scholarship in 2015.