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For the 2026 school year, there are 15 private schools with special program emphasis serving 1,631 students in Tennessee.

The top-ranked with special program emphasis private schools in Tennessee include Akiva School, Agathos Classical School, and Rivers Edge Christian Academy.

The average acceptance rate is 68%, which is lower than the Tennessee private school average acceptance rate of 83%.

73% of private schools with special program emphasis in Tennessee are religiously affiliated (most commonly Christian and Jewish).

Special education schools primarily serve specific student groups such as those that may be hard of hearing, deaf, speech impaired, health impaired, orthopedically impaired, cognitive delays/impairments, seriously emotionally disturbed, multi-handicapped, visually handicapped, or deaf and blind.