Isaiah T. Creswell Middle School of the Arts

Isaiah T. Creswell Middle School of the Arts operates as a small intermediate school in Nashville, Tennessee, overseen by Davidson County. Current enrollment sits at 269 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 51% smaller than the typical public school in Tennessee, which averages around 554 students.

Davidson County runs 160 schools in total, collectively educating 81,532 students. Isaiah T. Creswell Middle School of the Arts is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Isaiah T. Creswell Middle School of the Arts shows that the largest single group is Black, at 76% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 13% White, 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Davidson County indicate median household earnings sit near $77,853, about 48% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Davidson County runs 177 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,005 students), of which Isaiah T. Creswell Middle School of the Arts is one.

Ivanetta H. Davis Learning Center at Bordeaux is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Isaiah T. Creswell Middle School of the Arts.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Isaiah T. Creswell Middle School of the Arts's enrollment has declined 35% since 2018, when it stood at 414 (now 269). Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 86% to 76%.

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