Meigs Middle School, 713 Ramsey St.: grades 6-8, 692 students in 2024-25, state letter grade A.

Last checked Oct. 19, 2026. Sources: Meigs Middle, Metro Nashville Public Schools’ school directory, 2026-27 pathways chart (PDF), district calendar, school start times and zone finder, the Tennessee Department of Education’s State Report Card, 2024-25 letter grade and school profile files and spring 2026 test file and the federal NCES school directory.

Meigs Middle School is a Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) middle school serving sixth grade through eighth grade. MNPS’s 2026-27 pathways chart lists it with the Maplewood cluster in the district’s Northeast quadrant. MNPS lists it among its magnet schools.

  • Address: 713 Ramsey St., Nashville, TN 37206
  • Main office: 615-271-3222
  • Grades: 6-8
  • School hours: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 start times
  • Website: meigs.mnps.org

Who to call

  • Front office: 615-271-3222
  • Enrolling a new student: the school, or the Maplewood Enrollment Center, 401 Walton Lane, 615-262-6770, option 7, open 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. weekdays (all eight centers); MNPS Family Information Center 615-259-4636
  • Applying: the MNPS School Options process
  • Getting there: MNPS says that in most cases it does not provide school buses to out-of-zone students at optional schools; high school students, and middle school students at MNPS optional schools, ride WeGo buses free through the StrIDe program (Transportation, 615-259-4636)

Principal

Principal Nae’Shara Neal, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment

The federal NCES directory counted 693 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 21 students per teacher. The Tennessee Department of Education’s 2024-25 school profile file has a newer count of 692 students.

State report card

Tennessee grades every public school A to F. The department says School Letter Grades give “a snapshot of how each school in the state is performing, including student achievement and academic growth measures for all schools, as well as a measure of college and career readiness just for high schools.”

From the state’s 2024-25 letter grade file:

Measure Meigs Middle
Overall letter grade, 2024-25 A (score 5 of 5)
Achievement grade A
Academic growth grade A
Growth of the lowest-scoring 25% of students A
Overall success rate on state tests, 2024-25 94%

The state’s spring 2026 test file has the share of Meigs Middle students in tested grades who met or exceeded expectations on TCAP: 94.2% in math. The 2025-26 letter grades have not been published yet.

The State Report Card page for Meigs Middle holds the full detail: results by grade and subject, chronic absenteeism and results for each group of students.

Admission and pathway

Meigs Middle has no attendance zone. Students apply through the district’s School Options process, which MNPS says uses a computerized random selection for applications received by the deadline; for 2026-27, applications opened Jan. 20, 2026, and were due Feb. 13. New MNPS families may apply year-round to optional schools with open seats.

Meigs Middle is one of the schools MNPS lists with academic entrance requirements. For 2026-27, students already in MNPS needed an 80 average or higher with no missing or failing grades and met or exceeded expectations in both math and English language arts; the full rules are on the district’s academic requirements page.

The district’s 2026-27 pathways chart (PDF) lists Meigs Middle with the Maplewood cluster, whose zoned high school is Maplewood High.

Calendar and school hours

The MNPS 2026-27 district calendar has these dates next:

  • Thursday, Oct. 22: report cards issued
  • Tuesday, Nov. 3: parent conference day, no school for students
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, district closed
  • Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break (district closed Nov. 26-27)
  • Friday, Dec. 18: half day; the second quarter ends
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break
  • March 22-26, 2027: spring break and the spring holiday
  • Tuesday, May 25, 2027: last day for students, a half day

The school day runs 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 school start times; the school kept its schedule when the district adjusted start times for 2026-27.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Meigs Middle serve?

Sixth grade through eighth grade. The school is at 713 Ramsey St. in Nashville; the main office number is 615-271-3222.

What is Meigs Middle’s state report card grade?

Meigs Middle received an A overall in Tennessee’s 2024-25 School Letter Grades, according to the Tennessee Department of Education.

What time does Meigs Middle start?

School runs from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 school start times.