Martin Luther King Jr School

Martin Luther King Jr School is a high school of sizable scale in Nashville, Tennessee, overseen by Davidson County, caters to 1,280 students in grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 70% larger than the state mean of about 754.

Davidson County comprises 160 schools with combined enrollment of 81,532 students; Martin Luther King Jr School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Martin Luther King Jr School logs that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 32% Black, 9% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 3% multiracial.

Around the school, Davidson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $77,853 per year, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Martin Luther King Jr School is one.

The closest other public school is Head Middle, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Martin Luther King Jr School.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 4%: 1,226 students in 2018 compared to 1,280 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share fell from 42% to 32%.

On the community side, members of the Martin Luther King Jr School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.