Jere Baxter Middle

Jere Baxter Middle, a tight-knit 6-8 campus in Nashville, Tennessee, operated by Davidson County, works with 369 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 554 students per school, that is 33% smaller than typical.

Jere Baxter Middle is one of 160 schools operated by Davidson County, a district that hosts 81,532 students overall.

Demographically, Jere Baxter Middle shows that 50% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 37% Hispanic, 10% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Davidson County as a whole is about 25% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Davidson County) records that median household income runs about $77,853, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Davidson County's 177 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,005 students), Jere Baxter Middle is one campus in the mix.

Tom Joy Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Jere Baxter Middle operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 26%: 293 students in 2018 compared to 369 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 26% to 37%.

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