Enrollment
269
Middle
DISTRICT 384 · STATE 554
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAVIDSON COUNTY·NCES 470318001384
Isaiah T. Creswell Middle School of the Arts
3500 John Mallette DR, Nashville, TN 37218 · (615) 291-6515 · Davidson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL269 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% of Tennessee public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Tennessee public middle schools
Student : Teacher
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Teacher data unavailable
STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
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Title I proxy
STATE -0%
Community
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Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 106 | 39% |
| Grade 7 | 88 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 75 | 28% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 61% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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TCAP 2024-25 . % On Track or MasteredEnglish Language Arts
28.1%
TN avg 40.9% . +4.2pp since 2022
Math
17.6%
TN avg 39.3% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the TCAP, Tennessee's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Tennessee schools, those numbers are about 41 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
TCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.1% | 17.6% |
| 2023-24 | 26.1% | 21.2% |
| 2022-23 | 23.9% | 15.6% |
% On Track or Mastered, all students and all tested grades.
Source: TCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Isaiah T. Creswell Middle School of the Arts ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Tennessee | In Davidson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.6% | #274 of 336 ▼ 27 | #24 of 41 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.1% | #202 of 336 ▲ 7 | #15 of 41 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 269 | #300 of 349 | #32 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.7% | #183 of 325 | #34 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.0% | #26 of 216 | #14 of 32 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
269
-52 (-16%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 563
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 269 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 302 | 22.7 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 276 | 21.1 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 321 | 22 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 414 | 24 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 433 | 20 | 21.6:1 | 63% (272) |
| 2010-11 | 554 | 28 | 19.8:1 | 52% (290) |
| 2000-01 | 585 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 563 | 35 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Isaiah T. Creswell Middle School of the Arts.
About Isaiah T. Creswell Middle School of the Arts
Isaiah T. Creswell Middle School of the Arts is a small middle school in Tennessee, located in Nashville. Federal data show 269 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. On average, middle schools in Tennessee enroll around 554, and this school is 51% below that mark.
Davidson County has a total of 160 schools and 81,532 students, Isaiah T. Creswell Middle School of the Arts among them.
The share of Black students at Isaiah T. Creswell Middle School of the Arts is 76%, a majority. Smaller groups are 13% White, 4% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Davidson County is roughly 25% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 40, compared with 70 nationally.
Isaiah T. Creswell Middle School of the Arts earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 26% of Tennessee public middle schools.
In Davidson County, the median household earns about $77,853 a year, about 48% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Davidson County has 177 public schools with about 86,005 students, including Isaiah T. Creswell Middle School of the Arts.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, Ivanetta H. Davis Learning Center at Bordeaux, is the closest to Isaiah T. Creswell Middle School of the Arts. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
The school's student count fell 16% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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Davidson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
715,388
Census ACS
Median income
$77,853
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
177
86,005 students
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- Ivanetta H. Davis Learning Center at Bordeaux0.4 mi · 151
- Hull-Jackson Elementary1.7 mi · 312
- John Early Middle1.9 mi · 136
- Cumberland Elementary2.0 mi · 452
- Robert Churchwell Elementary2.1 mi · 280
- Jones Elementary2.2 mi · 251
Frequently asked questions
About Isaiah T. Creswell Middle School of the ArtsHow large is Isaiah T. Creswell Middle School of the Arts?
Isaiah T. Creswell Middle School of the Arts enrolls approximately 269 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Isaiah T. Creswell Middle School of the Arts serve?
Isaiah T. Creswell Middle School of the Arts serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How diverse is Isaiah T. Creswell Middle School of the Arts?
Isaiah T. Creswell Middle School of the Arts reports a student body of 13% White, 4% Hispanic, 76% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Isaiah T. Creswell Middle School of the Arts public or private?
Isaiah T. Creswell Middle School of the Arts is a public K-12 school, overseen by Davidson County.
Where is Isaiah T. Creswell Middle School of the Arts located?
Isaiah T. Creswell Middle School of the Arts is located at 3500 John Mallette DR, Nashville, TN 37218.
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