Smithson Craighead Academy

Located at 730 Neely's Bend RD, in Madison, Tennessee, Smithson Craighead Academy is a tight-knit elementary campus that educates 319 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Davidson County. Enrollment runs roughly 32% leaner than the state mean of about 470.

Across the 160 schools in Davidson County (81,532 students total), Smithson Craighead Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Smithson Craighead Academy lists that 49% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 40% Black, 8% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Davidson County as a whole is about 14% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In the broader community, census data for Davidson County shows 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%. In all, Davidson County runs 177 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,005 students), of which Smithson Craighead Academy is one.

LEAD Neely's Bend is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Smithson Craighead Academy operates from a downtown location. Smithson Craighead Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 72%: 185 students in 2018 compared to 319 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 46% to 40% over that span.

On the community side, the feed for Smithson Craighead Academy typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.